311 West 106th Street
311 West 106th Street, New York, NY 10025
Upper West Side
BBL 1018920006 · BIN 1057259
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $2.7M
- Recent range
- $2.3M – $3M
- Listing discount
- 5.2%
- Recorded transfers
- 29
311 West 106th Street is a Rosario Candela cooperative — and the Candela name is the headline. The architect best known for the most coveted apartment houses on Fifth and Park designed a substantial slate of buildings on the West Side, and this 1925 tower, set on the quiet block between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive, is one of them. Fifteen stories and 52 residences, it offers a Candela pedigree and a full-service operation a half block from Riverside Park, at Upper West Side pricing rather than Gold Coast pricing.
The location is the second argument. This is the upper reach of the Upper West Side, where the avenue grid meets Riverside Drive and the park — a stretch that has held its value precisely because it pairs prewar housing stock with green space, river light, and a genuinely residential pace. Buyers get a doorman building with a landscaped roof deck, Candela layouts, and a cooperative whose financing posture is notably accommodating for the era. For a buyer who wants a real prewar co-op near the park without the Fifth-and-Park premium, 311 West 106th is a serious candidate.
Architecture and unit composition
Candela's West Side work trades the limestone grandeur of his avenue commissions for a more restrained masonry idiom, but his hand shows in the planning: the building rises fifteen stories in a dignified brick-and-limestone elevation, and the apartments carry the layout intelligence that made his name — sensible room flow, light brought deep into the plan, and the beamed ceilings, entry foyers, and hardwood floors of the period. Originally laid out with larger apartments, the building today holds 52 residences across a mix that includes lines reconfigured over the decades, so floor plans and proportions vary meaningfully line to line — a point worth diligence when comparing units.
The amenity set is deeper than the era's norm: a landscaped common roof deck with open views, a service elevator, a bike room, central laundry, and private storage support the residences, all under full-time attended service.
Building operations
This is a full-service cooperative — a full-time doorman, a live-in resident manager, and a porter staff — and its rules are unusually buyer-friendly for a prewar West Side co-op. The building permits financing of up to 75% of the purchase price, a far more accommodating cap than the 50% (or all-cash) postures common to the trophy co-ops downtown and on the East Side, which materially widens the buyer pool. Purchases clear through a standard cooperative board application and interview. The cooperative corporation was organized in 1980, the conversion vintage that defines much of the Upper West Side's prewar co-op stock.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2026 | 11C | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,300,000 | -5.2% | |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 7A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,700,000 | +17.6% | |
| Jan 10, 2025 | 9A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,035,000 | -5.2% | |
| Aug 3, 2022 | 5A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,900,000 | -1.7% | |
| Apr 28, 2022 | 6A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,250 sf | $2,900,000 | $1,289/sf | +5.5% |
| Jan 19, 2022 | 16B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,830,000 | -0.5% | |
| Oct 14, 2021 | 14B | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,780,000 | -7.3% | |
| Jun 5, 2019 | 12A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,075,115 | +23.3% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $1,289/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 0.8% 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 1-01892-0006) 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
The headline is the combination: a Rosario Candela cooperative, full-service, a half block from Riverside Park, with a 75% financing cap that opens the building to buyers a more conservative co-op would turn away. Diligence on the apartment matters here — because lines were reconfigured over the years, light, ceiling height, and plan vary unit to unit, so see several before deciding. Read the building's financials and reserve posture, plan for a board application and interview, and weigh the upper-West-Side location on its own terms: this is a quieter, more residential stretch than the 70s and 80s, which is exactly its appeal to the buyers who choose it. We help buyers benchmark the line and prepare a board package that clears.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the Candela name, the full-service staffing, the roof deck, and the park proximity — and lean hard on the 75% financing allowance, which is a real differentiator that expands your buyer pool relative to stricter co-ops. Price to the building's recent comparable lines and to the Riverside-edge prewar set, and prepare the apartment to show its light and its layout, since plans vary across the building. A clean, complete board package keeps the deal moving. We position resales here against the comparable prewar cooperatives of the upper Riverside and West End corridor.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 311 West 106th Street, also evaluate the prewar cooperative stock of the upper Riverside / West End corridor:
- 255 West 108th Street — prewar cooperative nearby
- 300 West 108th Street — full-service prewar co-op
- 300 West 109th Street — prewar cooperative near Riverside Park
- 305 West 98th Street — a Beaux-Arts cooperative
- 275 West 96th Street — full-service co-op to the south
The neighborhood
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