295 Riverside Drive
295 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025
Upper West Side
BBL 1018890072 · BIN 1057167
- Year built
- 1911
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 57
- Floors
- 12
- Landmark
- In a historic district
- Pets
- Permitted under the cooperative's house rules
- Subletting
- Permitted subject to board approval and the co-op's sublet terms — confirm at offer stage
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1M
- Recent range
- $825K – $2.5M
- Listing discount
- 2.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 39
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295 Riverside Drive is a 1911 prewar cooperative on one of the Upper West Side's great park-facing boulevards — Riverside Drive between West 101st and West 102nd Streets, directly overlooking Riverside Park and the Hudson River. Designed by Evan T. MacDonald and converted to a cooperative in 1991, it is a twelve-story, roughly 57-unit prewar building of the kind that defines the Riverside Drive streetwall: substantial early-twentieth-century apartments, park frontage, and the character and scale that make prewar Riverside Drive perennially desirable.
The building presents a classic prewar face — a brown-brick façade rising over a rusticated limestone base and capped by a deep copper cornice — and sits within the Riverside–West End Historic District, which protects the boulevard's streetwall and governs exterior alterations. Its park-facing lines carry the Hudson River and Riverside Park views that are the corridor's defining asset.
For buyers, the appeal is prewar Riverside Drive at cooperative pricing: park frontage, prewar scale, and a quiet, garden-equipped building a short walk from the 96th and 103rd Street subway stations.
Architecture and unit composition
The residences span twelve stories in the generous proportions of 1911 prewar construction — entry foyers, separate rooms, and ceiling heights above postwar norms. Park-facing lines carry Riverside Park and Hudson River views and command the building's premium; rear and lower lines trade at a discount. Renovation condition varies apartment-to-apartment and is a primary driver of value at the unit level.
MacDonald's brown-brick-and-limestone envelope, capped by its copper cornice, is protected by the building's location in the Riverside–West End Historic District, which governs exterior alterations and preserves the boulevard's streetwall.
Building operations
295 Riverside Drive operates as a prewar cooperative with a part-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, bicycle and private storage, and a landscaped garden. It does not carry a gym, pool, or garage; its value is concentrated in prewar scale, park frontage, and the quiet character of the Riverside Drive corridor. As a co-op, the building is governed by a board that reviews purchasers and sets house rules and financial requirements.
Buyers should expect a standard prewar UWS co-op board package and interview, and should confirm the building's specific financing limit (the maximum percentage of purchase price that may be financed), any flip tax or transfer fee, and the precise sublet and pied-à-terre terms with the managing agent at offer stage — these are board-set financial policies that vary and that we confirm on every transaction.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
As a cooperative, 295 Riverside Drive is best evaluated on price per room rather than price per square foot — the metric the co-op market uses, since co-op apartments are sold as shares and are conventionally measured in rooms. Pricing turns on floor, exposure, renovation condition, and room count. Renovated, high-floor, park-facing lines sit at the top of the building's range; original-condition and rear lines anchor the bottom. Buyers and sellers should anchor to the building's own recorded co-op transfers and to closely matched prewar Riverside Drive co-op comparables of the same room count, then adjust for condition and exposure.
Recent transfers at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | 4D | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,075,000 | -3.5% | |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 3C | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $1,650,000 | $1,269/sf | -8.1% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 3E | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,140 sf | $999,000 | $876/sf | +0.0% |
| Sep 18, 2023 | 7A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,480,000 | -1.3% | |
| Apr 21, 2023 | 12E | 2 BR | $1,050,000 | -15.9% | |
| Jan 19, 2023 | 6B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $825,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jul 12, 2022 | 8C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,376,000 | +6.3% | |
| Dec 29, 2021 | 4C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,149,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $1,073/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.3% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01889-0072). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
At the recent median sale of $1.65M (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $31,050 to close, or 1.9% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $16,500
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,550
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a park-facing prewar co-op. Riverside Park and Hudson River frontage, 1911 prewar scale, and a quiet Riverside Drive block — at cooperative rather than condominium pricing.
Plan for the board process. Co-op purchase means a board package, a financial review, and an interview. Build the timeline and documentation expectations into your plan from the start.
Confirm the financial policy at offer stage. The maximum financing percentage, any flip tax or transfer fee, and the sublet and pied-à-terre terms are board-set and should be confirmed with the managing agent before you commit — we do this on every co-op transaction.
Match the comparable to the room count and the view. Park-facing lines carry a meaningful premium; price your target against same-room-count, same-exposure Riverside Drive co-op sales.
Mansion tax may apply. At this building's price points the $1M mansion-tax threshold can apply. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Present a board-ready buyer. The right buyer for a prewar co-op is one who will clear the board cleanly; marketing and buyer qualification should account for that from the first showing.
Price on rooms, condition, and view. Room count, floor, park exposure, and renovation level are the value drivers. Price to the relevant in-building and same-room-count comparables.
Set timeline expectations. Co-op closings run longer than condo closings because of the board process; plan for it.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 295 Riverside Drive, also evaluate:
- 285 Riverside Drive — prewar Riverside Drive co-op nearby
- 310 Riverside Drive (The Master) — landmark prewar Riverside Drive building nearby
- 194 Riverside Drive — prewar Riverside Drive co-op comp
- 180 Riverside Drive — full-service prewar Riverside Drive building
- 230 Riverside Drive — prewar Riverside Drive building; tenure contrast
More Riverside Drive buildings
- 270 Riverside Drive (Glen Cairn) — 1910 condominium by Rouse & Goldstone
- 280 Riverside Drive — 1926 condominium by Rosario Candela
- 285 Riverside Drive — 1926 co-op by Rosario Candela
- 300 Riverside Drive — 1924 co-op by George F. Pelham
- The Clearfield (305 Riverside Drive) — 1909 co-op
- 310 Riverside Drive (The Master Apartments) — 1929 co-op by Sugarman & Berger
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Riverside Drive — read The Roebling Team Guide to Riverside Drive.
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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