295 Central Park West
295 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
BBL 1012030033 · BIN 1031569
- Year built
- 1941
- Type
- Rental
- Units
- About 96
- Floors
- 19
- Pets
- Per current lease terms
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
295 Central Park West is Emery Roth’s final CPW residential building, completed in June 1941. Its Art Moderne design emphasizes horizontal lines and rounded corners, in contrast with the Art Deco ornament of the Eldorado and the Ardsley, built a decade earlier.
In November 1938, Northwest Realty Corporation, with Samuel Rudin as president, purchased the seven-story New Windsor Apartments at 294–295 Central Park West for $115,000, demolished it and commissioned Roth & Sons to design a replacement. Work began in 1940. An advertisement dated June 24, 1941 called the project a “20-Story Apartment Masterpiece” and promised occupancy on August 1; by mid-August it was 84% leased and 24 families had moved in.
The building was completed before the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and United States entry into World War II, although war in Europe had begun in September 1939. Wartime construction shortages and material restrictions curtailed the apartment-house building cycle.
Like 241 CPW and 275 CPW, 295 CPW has remained a rental. The Rudin family held the site through Northwest Realty Corporation and successor entities from 1938; this profile documents more than 87 years of that ownership history.
Architecture and unit composition
Rounded corners allow windows to wrap the building’s sides, and upper-floor setbacks create terraces. The nineteen stories plus penthouse compare with thirty stories at the Eldorado and twenty-two at the Ardsley; the actual apartment’s plan and exposure determine its light and views.
Apartments include a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom configurations. The building originally included six ground-floor professional suites (medical/dental offices); four of those were leased to physicians who also took apartments in the building — a model common in 1940s Manhattan luxury residential design that integrated professional space with residential.
Building operations
295 CPW has a full-time doorman, attended lobby and on-site superintendent. As a rental property, its operations are controlled by the landlord rather than a cooperative or condominium board.
The building is not in a cooperative or condominium structure. There is no proprietary lease, no flip tax, no NYC stockholders' abatement, no board approval process.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Concierge
- YesSource: recent listing records
- Attended lobby
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $37,720/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $23
- Modeled exposure split equally across 136 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; in a rental building the penalty is the owner's obligation, so this is a measure of scale only.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed September 2026.
Recent sales
Not applicable — 295 CPW does not have apartments for sale. The building is rental-only.
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What to know if you're researching 295 Central Park West as a renter
Lease terms are landlord-controlled. Rudin Management determines lease length, renewal terms, rent escalations (subject to applicable rent regulations on regulated units), and pet/sublet policies.
Some units may be rent-regulated; many are market-rate. The mix has shifted over decades. Prospective renters should ask explicitly about regulation status.
Daily-life convenience is upper-CPW. Between 89th and 90th, the building sits in the upper Park-facing residential corridor adjacent to the Reservoir, with proximity to the upper UWS retail and restaurant corridor.
What to know if you're a buyer researching CPW broadly
Apartments are offered for lease. Buyers seeking ownership should compare the cooperative buildings listed below.
Comparable rental buildings on CPW
- 241 Central Park West — Schwartz & Gross 1931 Art Deco rental, also Rudin-owned
- 275 Central Park West — Emery Roth 1931 Neo-Renaissance rental
Comparable purchasable buildings on upper CPW (for buyers)
- The Eldorado (300 CPW) — Roth Art Deco twin-tower co-op, immediately north
- The Ardsley (320 CPW) — Roth Art Deco co-op, north
- The St. Urban (285 CPW) — Beaux-Arts co-op, immediately south
- 336 Central Park West — Schwartz & Gross 1929 Egyptian Art Deco co-op
More Central Park West buildings
- 275 Central Park West — 1931 by Emery Roth
- 279 Central Park West — 1988 condominium by Costas Kondylis & Partners
- The St. Urban (285 Central Park West) — 1906 co-op by Robert T. Lyons
- The Eldorado, 300 Central Park West — 1931 co-op by Margon & Holder
- The Ardsley (320 Central Park West) — 1931 co-op by Emery Roth
- 322 Central Park West (The Cherbourg) — 1926 co-op by George and Edward Blum
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Central Park West — read The Roebling Team Guide to Central Park West.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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