- Year built
- 1917
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 34
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2009–2024
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $6M – $6M
- Listing discount
- 7.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 12
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 facade passed its last inspection with no required repairs — nothing to budget for here, and no facade assessment on the horizon for roughly five years.
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. Most recent trades (2023) cleared a median $1,690/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 7.6% 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 Roebling Team at 300 West End Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side, West End Avenue, Riverside Drive, and the broader pre-war Manhattan co-op market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating a full-floor pre-war co-op deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture, the scale of the apartments, the staffing, and where pricing sits against the avenue's best comparable stock.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 300 West End, a 30-minute consultation is the right place to start.
Get the full picture on this building.
Current availability including off-market, the full comp set, and the board & financials read most listings don't show.