305 West 72nd Street
305 West 72nd Street, New York, NY 10023
Upper West Side
BBL 1011840007 · BIN 1030986
- Year built
- 1913
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.4M
- Recent range
- $490K – $1.9M
- Listing discount
- 4.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 36
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305 West 72nd Street is one of the more architecturally vigorous pre-war cooperatives on the Upper West Side — an Italian Renaissance palazzo designed by Gaetano Ajello, the prolific architect whose buildings gave West End Avenue and the Riverside corridor much of their early-twentieth-century character. Built in 1913 and converted to a cooperative in 1983, it sits on the corner of West End Avenue, a block from Riverside Park and steps from the 72nd Street subway and the Broadway retail row.
Ajello signed the building in the most literal way — his name is inscribed in the western cornerstone, "G. AJELLO, ARCHITECT," a flourish that captures the confidence of his work. The facade is the payoff: a particularly vigorous Italian Renaissance composition with Venetian accents and the layered masonry detailing that distinguishes Ajello's apartment houses from the plainer stock around them.
For buyers, the appeal is a full-service pre-war building with real architectural pedigree, a prime corner near Riverside Park, and — notably — a board whose policies are among the most flexible on the Upper West Side.
Architecture and unit composition
Ajello's design is a textbook of the Italian Renaissance idiom applied to a Manhattan apartment house: a richly modeled facade, Venetian-inflected detailing, and the kind of ornamental ambition that has aged into rarity. The corner siting gives the building light and air on two exposures and a presence that mid-block buildings lack.
With 46 apartments across 13 floors, the building offers a wide range of layouts — from efficient studios and one-bedrooms to larger family homes — reflecting the broad market the building has always served. The pre-war interiors carry the period's hallmarks: good ceiling heights, hardwood floors, and well-proportioned rooms, with the corner and upper-floor residences enjoying the better light and, from the higher floors, glimpses toward the Hudson and Riverside Park.
Building operations
305 West 72nd runs as a full-service pre-war cooperative. A 24-hour doorman, elevator operators, and a live-in resident manager anchor the staffing, and the amenity set includes a bicycle room, private storage, and a central laundry room.
The board's policies are among the most accommodating in the corridor. The building is pet-friendly — cats and dogs are welcome. Pieds-à-terre are permitted, co-purchasing and guarantors are allowed, and subletting is permitted with board approval — a genuinely flexible posture that opens the building to a wide range of buyers, including investors and part-time residents whom stricter co-ops exclude. Prospective purchasers should expect a board package and interview.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $4,525/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $8
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 before the next inspection cycle. 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
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | 10A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,365,000 | -2.2% |
| Oct 8, 2025 | 1B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $930,000 | -6.5% |
| May 15, 2025 | 10A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,386,000 | -4.4% |
| Aug 15, 2024 | 4AD | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,950,000 | -13.3% |
| Jan 5, 2023 | 1D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $490,000 | -1.8% |
| Mar 9, 2022 | 1A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $635,000 | -2.3% |
| Feb 24, 2022 | 2A | 1 BR · 2 BA | $1,100,000 | -15.4% |
| Aug 30, 2021 | 11C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,550,000 | -2.8% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $929/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 1.9% 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 1-01184-0007) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
305 West 72nd is one of the most flexible full-service cooperatives on the Upper West Side. Pieds-à-terre are permitted, co-purchasing and guarantors are allowed, and subletting is permitted with board approval — a combination that suits second-home buyers, parents buying for children, and longer-horizon investors. The building is pet-friendly. Expect a board package and interview, but the accommodating policy set makes approval reachable for a broad range of applicants. Buyers should focus diligence on the specific apartment: light, exposure, and layout vary considerably across this large pre-war floor plate, and the corner and upper-floor homes are the most desirable.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architecture and the flexibility. A Gaetano Ajello Italian Renaissance palazzo on a Riverside-adjacent corner, full-time staffing, and an unusually permissive board — pied-à-terre, guarantors, co-purchasing, and subletting — make a marketing package most Upper West Side co-ops cannot match. The flexible policies materially widen the buyer pool, so emphasize them. Benchmark to full-service West End / Riverside pre-war cooperatives, and price to the specific unit's size and exposure given the building's broad range. Stage to the pre-war buyer and present a board-ready purchaser to keep the closing clean.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 305 West 72nd Street, also evaluate these nearby West 70s cooperatives:
- 322 West 72nd Street — pre-war cooperative on the same block
- 330 West 72nd Street — Riverside-corridor cooperative nearby
- 340 West 72nd Street — pre-war cooperative toward Riverside Drive
- 267 West 71st Street — pre-war Upper West Side cooperative
- 243 West 70th Street — West 70s cooperative peer
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
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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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