309 West 83rd Street
309 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024
BBL 1012457501 · BIN 1033837
- Year built
- 1886
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 17
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- In a historic district
- Pets
- Per the condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2017
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Recorded sales
- 14
- On record
- 2004–2017
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 309 West 83rd Street would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
309 West 83rd Street is one of the more layered addresses on the Upper West Side — a Colonial Revival building of 1886–87 designed by J. E. Terhune, standing on the quiet, landmarked block between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive. Its history reads like a compressed chronicle of the neighborhood: Terhune designed it as four single-family dwellings; in 1916 the houses were combined and converted into a school; in 1933 the Thirteenth Church of Christ, Scientist purchased the building and occupied it as a church; and between 1978 and 1981 it was sold and converted into two condominium units — one reserved for institutional use, the other a residential condominium of Class A apartments. Since 1995 the institutional unit has housed the Aish Center, a social and cultural center for young Jewish professionals.
For a buyer, the residential condominium is the point of interest: seventeen apartments inside a distinctive brick building with an arched main entrance, a triple row of decorative header brick above the arch, iron balconies stacked from the second through the sixth stories, and flanking chimneys — the full vocabulary of a well-preserved 1880s Colonial Revival composition, protected within the Riverside Drive–West End Historic District Extension I. The block itself is among the Upper West Side's most desirable residential streets, low-rise and tree-lined, a short walk from Riverside Park.
This is a small, historically rich building rather than a full-service tower. Its appeal is the architecture, the landmark-protected block, and the intimacy of a seventeen-unit condominium a few steps from the park.
Architecture and unit composition
Terhune's design is a textbook piece of 1880s Colonial Revival masonry. The brick facade centers on an arched main entrance topped by a triple row of decorative header brick; iron balconies run at the second through sixth stories, and flanking chimneys and a brick parapet with metal railings complete the roofline. The building's evolution — from four row houses to a school, to a church, to a condominium — has left it with an unusual internal history, and the residential conversion of 1978–81 organized the apartment portion as a distinct condominium unit alongside the institutional space.
Inside, the seventeen residences reflect that reconfiguration: apartments carved from a nineteenth-century structure, varied in size and plan, with the light and proportion of a low-rise, park-adjacent building. As with any building of this lineage, layouts differ from floor to floor, and pricing is best built unit by unit.
Building operations
309 West 83rd Street operates as a boutique condominium sharing its structure with a separate institutional condominium unit — a configuration buyers should understand during due diligence, including how common areas, entrances, and shared systems are allocated between the residential and institutional units. The residential building offers an elevator, common storage, and secured entry. Because the building sits within the Riverside Drive–West End Historic District, visible exterior work is subject to Landmarks review, which protects the facade and streetwall but adds process to any alteration. Common charges reflect a small residential condominium; buyers should review the declaration, reserves, and the cost-sharing arrangement with the institutional unit closely.
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 →Recent sales
As a condominium, 309 West 83rd Street prices on a price-per-square-foot basis, with the higher and better-configured residences carrying the building's premiums. Turnover is light in a seventeen-unit building of this age; both resale and owner-rental activity occur, but this is an ownership condominium, not a rental building. Apartment-level context — floor, exposure, prewar proportion, and condition — drives pricing far more than any building average, and the landmark block and park proximity support pricing for residences that present the building's character well.
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 1-01245-7501). 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.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
Understand the two-condominium structure. The building contains a residential condominium unit and a separate institutional unit (the Aish Center). Review how the declaration allocates common areas, entrances, and shared systems.
The architecture and block are the assets. An 1887 Terhune facade on a landmarked, park-adjacent block is a durable, defensible story.
Plan around Landmarks. Visible exterior changes require LPC review. The protection is a feature, but it shapes timelines for facade or window work.
Condo flexibility, with due diligence. Pied-à-terre, subletting, and LLC/trust ownership are generally permitted under a condominium declaration; confirm the specifics, along with reserves and the cost-sharing arrangement, before you commit.
Mansion tax thresholds apply. At this building's pricing, the $1M and $2M cliffs can be in play. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the history and the block. The Terhune architecture, the layered building history, and the landmarked, park-adjacent street are the marketing story.
Comp at the apartment level. With seventeen heterogeneous units, generic neighborhood averages mislead. Price from the building's own trades and the closest park-block peers.
Be ready to explain the structure. A prepared, transparent account of the residential-and-institutional condominium arrangement reassures buyers and their attorneys.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 309 West 83rd Street, also evaluate these nearby Upper West Side buildings:
- 320 West 83rd Street — nearby West 83rd Street building on the same block
- 323 West 83rd Street — neighboring West 83rd Street building
- 325 West 83rd Street — nearby West 83rd Street building
- 303 West 80th Street — nearby West End Avenue–area building
- 310 West 79th Street — nearby Upper West Side building
More Upper West Side buildings
- 306 West 100th Street — 1910 co-op
- 306 West 97th Street — 1900 condominium
- The Del Monte (306 Columbus Avenue / 102 West 75th Street) — 1891 co-op
- 309 West 86th Street — 1914 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
- 309–317 West 93rd Street (Albert Court and Eleanor Court), 309 and 317 West 93rd Street — 1901 co-op
- 310 West 106th Street — 1926 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
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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