300 West End Avenue
300 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10023
Upper West Side
BBL 1011660001 · BIN 1030718
- Year built
- 1917
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 34
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2024
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $6M – $6M
- Listing discount
- 8.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 25
300 West End Avenue is the kind of pre-war cooperative that explains why the West End Avenue corridor commands the premiums it does: a 1917 building of just 34 apartments, designed by Schwartz & Gross — one of the most prolific and accomplished apartment-house firms of the era — and conceived from the outset as a building of large, gracious family homes rather than a stack of small flats. With roughly 3,500 finished square feet per apartment on average, this is among the most spacious co-ops on the avenue, and that scale is the building's enduring argument.
The position is precise: the northeast corner of West 74th Street, deep in the West End–Collegiate Historic District, two blocks from Riverside Park and three from Central Park, with the Broadway shopping-and-restaurant spine and the 72nd Street express subway a short walk east. It is a quiet, residential stretch where the architecture is the amenity, and 300 West End reads as one of its more dignified addresses.
For buyers, the appeal is straightforward: full-floor and near-full-floor pre-war layouts, period detail intact, in a small, financially conservative co-op with an attended lobby and a live-in superintendent — the classic Upper West Side family co-op, at a scale that is increasingly hard to find.
Architecture and unit composition
Schwartz & Gross gave 300 West End a restrained Colonial Revival face: a Flemish-bond brick facade trimmed in limestone, granite, and terra cotta, with a dignified entrance framed by engaged Scamozzi pilasters beneath a sweeping arched pediment of carved ornament. It is genteel rather than grand — the architecture of a building meant to house established families, not to advertise.
Inside, the apartments are the draw. The building was laid out with very large units, including ten-room full-floor homes served by private elevator landings, with several apartments retaining two wood-burning fireplaces. High ceilings, hardwood floors, separate formal and service spaces, and the deep light afforded by the corner exposures are characteristic of the better Schwartz & Gross product of this period. The 34-unit count across thirteen stories tells the story plainly: these are family-sized residences, and turnover is correspondingly slow.
Building operations
300 West End operates as a full-service cooperative. A full-time doorman attends the lobby and a live-in resident manager handles day-to-day operations, supported by central laundry, basement storage, and bicycle storage. The building is pet-friendly. As with most pre-war co-ops of this caliber, the board reviews purchasers through a standard application and interview, and the financial posture is conservative — typical of a small building where the shareholders are also the long-term residents.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $994/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $2
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2024 | GB | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,100,000 | -12.0% | |
| Aug 10, 2023 | 3A | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,550 sf | $6,000,000 | $1,690/sf | -7.6% |
| Jun 21, 2019 | 4B | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | $5,800,000 | -7.2% | |
| Jun 13, 2019 | 7A | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | $5,513,720 | -11.8% | |
| Nov 29, 2018 | PHB | 4 BR | $7,900,000 | -4.2% | |
| Jan 2, 2018 | 13A | 5 BR | $6,700,000 | -4.2% | |
| Dec 9, 2015 | 5A | 4 BR | $9,508,888 | +26.8% | |
| Feb 24, 2012 | 8B | 5 BR · 3,800 sf | $5,378,000 | $1,415/sf | -2.2% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $1,445/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2024. Median listing discount 8.5% 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 1-01166-0001) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a co-op, so plan for a board package and interview and the financial scrutiny that comes with a small, conservative pre-war building. The reward is space and provenance: full-floor layouts, wood-burning fireplaces, and Schwartz & Gross detail in a historic-district setting two blocks from Riverside Park. Because the largest apartments are genuinely rare on the market, buyers seeking a ten-room home here should be prepared to move decisively when one appears. We help buyers read the building's financials, benchmark the asking price against comparable West End and Riverside pre-wars, and prepare a board package that clears cleanly.
What to know if you’re selling
Scarcity is the seller's leverage. A full-floor pre-war home with period detail in the West End–Collegiate Historic District is a category buyers actively hunt for, and the small size of the building means there is rarely competing inventory at the same address. The marketing case writes itself — Schwartz & Gross pedigree, full-floor scale, fireplaces, and a quiet residential corner near two parks. Pricing should be set against the avenue's best pre-war comparables rather than the broader Upper West Side median, and timed to the building's natural turnover rhythm. We position these homes to the family buyer who understands what full-floor pre-war square footage on West End is worth.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 300 West End Avenue, also evaluate these nearby West End Avenue and Riverside Drive pre-war cooperatives:
- 320 West End Avenue — pre-war co-op a few blocks north
- 140 West End Avenue — full-service West End co-op to the south
- 100 Riverside Drive — pre-war Riverside co-op nearby
- 290 West End Avenue — West End pre-war peer
- 277 West End Avenue — pre-war cooperative on the avenue
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across West End Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to West End Avenue.
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.
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