- Year built
- 1948
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $1.9M
- Recent range
- $1.6M – $3.1M
- Listing discount
- 6.2%
- Recorded transfers
- 33
315 West End Avenue is an intimate post-war cooperative on one of the Upper West Side's most consistent residential avenues — the southwest corner of West End and 75th Street, two blocks from Riverside Park and a short walk to the Broadway retail and subway spine. Completed in 1948, it belongs to the brief window when the avenue's pre-war masonry tradition gave way to cleaner post-war massing: a yellow-brick eight-story building distinguished by wrap-around corner casement windows that pull light and river-grid air into the apartments at the building's edges.
The building converted to cooperative ownership in 1981, organized as 315 Apartments Corp., and has run ever since as a small, owner-occupied house of just 24 homes. That scale is the point. With only three apartments on most floors and a live-in resident manager, it operates with the quiet, low-overhead discipline buyers look for on West End Avenue — a building where the staff knows every shareholder and the common charges are not underwriting a lavish amenity program nobody uses.
For buyers, the appeal is a well-located, well-run pre-war-adjacent co-op at a sane size: real corner light, a pet-friendly board, no-charge storage and bike parking, and a Riverside-and-Broadway location that has held its value through every cycle.
Architecture and unit composition
The building reads as a product of its moment: 1948 yellow brick, restrained ornament, and the signature corner casements that were a late-Deco and early-modern flourish on the avenue. Where the pre-war buildings a few doors down lean on limestone bases and elaborate cornices, 315 makes its case through proportion and glazing — the corner windows give the better-positioned lines a bright, dual-exposure quality that is hard to replicate in newer construction.
Inside, the 24 residences run to gracious post-war layouts — sensible room counts, hardwood floors, and the solid plaster-and-masonry construction of the era. Several lines combine across the building's width, and the corner apartments are the most sought-after for their light. Ceilings and proportions are post-war rather than soaring pre-war, but the homes are quiet, square, and efficient — the kind of stock that renovates well and lives larger than its footprint suggests.
Building operations
315 West End Avenue is staffed by a live-in resident manager and superintendent, with an elevator, video-intercom entry, a central laundry, a bicycle room, and basement storage offered to shareholders at no charge — an unusual and genuinely valuable perk in a market where storage typically commands a monthly fee. The building is pet-friendly, a meaningful draw on the family-heavy stretch of West End in the 70s.
As a 24-unit cooperative, the building runs lean: common charges support the staff, the systems, and the reserve rather than a deep amenity package. That posture keeps monthly carrying costs disciplined and is exactly what many West End buyers prefer — a house that spends on service and structure, not on marketing.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2025 | 5C | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,260 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,508/sf | -6.2% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | 2B | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,350 sf | $1,630,000 | $1,207/sf | +1.9% |
| Jan 22, 2025 | 7C | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,999,000 | -12.9% | |
| Aug 13, 2024 | 6BC | 5 BR · 4 BA | $3,150,000 | +6.8% | |
| Jul 26, 2022 | 1A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,100,000 | -2.2% | |
| Jul 19, 2022 | 8B | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,050,000 | -8.9% | |
| Jul 27, 2021 | 5B | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,650,000 | -2.9% | |
| Dec 27, 2019 | 7C | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,400 sf | $2,180,000 | $1,557/sf | +1.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,508/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 1.7% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2017 | 3A | $1,070,000 |
| Oct 19, 2017 | 2A | $900,000 |
| Jul 11, 2013 | 7C | $1,450,000 |
| Jul 12, 2012 | 7B | $1,650,000 |
| Jun 21, 2012 | 2C | $1,350,000 |
| Apr 17, 2012 | 1C | $1,195,000 |
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 1-01184-0083) 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 traditional cooperative, so purchases clear a board package and interview. The building is pet-friendly, and storage and bike-room space are provided at no additional charge — a real cost advantage over comparable co-ops that meter both. As with most post-war West End co-ops of this size, expect a board that values financial stability and primary residency; financing is permitted within standard co-op parameters, and subletting is restricted in the manner typical of a small owner-occupied house — this is a building to buy as a home, not as an investment lease.
Position matters more than usual here: the corner casement lines carry the building's best light and command the strongest pricing. Buyers should weigh exposure and floor carefully, and budget for the cosmetic updates that post-war kitchens and baths often invite.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling story is location, light, and low carrying costs. A corner co-op two blocks from Riverside Park, with no-charge storage and a pet-friendly board, appeals directly to the West End Avenue buyer — families and downsizers who want a quiet, well-run house rather than a glass tower with a pool. Lead with the corner exposures and the disciplined monthly costs; both are durable differentiators in this corridor.
Because the building is small, a single well-presented listing can define the comp set for the year. Pricing should be benchmarked to recent West End Avenue co-op trades in the 70s rather than to amenity-heavy buildings, and a board-ready buyer (clean financials, primary-residence intent) will move through approval fastest — worth screening for early.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 315 West End Avenue, also evaluate these nearby West End Avenue and Riverside cooperatives:
- 300 West End Avenue — pre-war West End Avenue cooperative one block south
- 320 West End Avenue — established West End Avenue co-op peer
- 333 West End Avenue — West End Avenue cooperative nearby
- 290 West End Avenue — pre-war co-op on the same corridor
- 310 Riverside Drive — Riverside Drive cooperative a short walk west
The Roebling Team at 315 West End Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side, West End Avenue, Riverside Drive, and the broader park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers at small West End co-ops deserve building-specific intelligence — the corner-light premium, the no-charge storage perk, the board's posture, and where pricing sits against the surrounding pre-war stock.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 315 West End Avenue, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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