Gershwin House, 316 West 103rd Street
316 West 103rd Street, between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive · Upper West Side
Upper West Side
BBL 1018900034 · BIN 1057186
- Year built
- 1898
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Elevator and common laundry; private outdoor space in selected homes
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $785K – $785K
- Listing discount
- 6.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 10
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Gershwin House began as a substantial private row house designed by Henri Fouchaux. The property is now a ten-residence cooperative, retaining a carved limestone frontage and a projecting two-story window bay.
Its location between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive places the building close to Riverside Park. The former house contains smaller apartments as well as a large garden duplex and upper-floor homes with private outdoor space. These later residential divisions occupy the original house's relatively deep floor plates.
Architecture and unit composition
The limestone parlor level has arched openings, rustication and carved ornament. Above it, the projecting oriel rests on decorated brackets, with carved panels beneath the windows. A bracketed cornice caps the principal facade. Later changes removed the stoop, moved the entrance to the basement and brought the upper story forward into line with the frontage.
The apartments include compact one-bedroom homes, larger combined configurations and a garden duplex of roughly 1,600 square feet. Tall ceilings, oversized windows, wood floors and decorative fireplaces survive in some interiors. The garden duplex connects two levels with a south-facing exterior area, while a top-floor home has a private roof deck.
Building operations
An elevator and common laundry serve the converted row house. The cooperative has no doorman. Its small residential inventory shares the upkeep of both the older ornamental exterior and the systems serving the apartments.
Historic district designation brings exterior alterations under LPC review. The carved stonework and projecting bay are distinctive parts of the building envelope, with repair requirements different from those of a plain brick facade. Private garden and roof areas also require clear divisions between shareholder use and common structural responsibilities.
Policy framework
Pets: Considered case by case — confirm with the managing agent. Financing: Up to 80%, implying a minimum 20% down payment — confirm with the managing agent.
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 | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | 5F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $785,000 | -1.8% | |
| Apr 20, 2022 | 4R | 1 BR · 1 BA | $600,000 | -17.2% | |
| Nov 9, 2021 | 5F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $735,000 | -2.0% | |
| Jul 28, 2021 | 1 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,600 sf | $1,500,000 | $938/sf | -18.9% |
| Aug 19, 2020 | 2F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 550 sf | $625,000 | $1,136/sf | -7.4% |
| Aug 23, 2010 | 3FR | 2 BR | $880,000 | -4.9% | |
| Feb 2, 2010 | 2R | 1 BR | $535,000 | -6.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $938/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 6.0% 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 1-01890-0034) 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.
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Comparable buildings
- 853 West End Avenue: A nearby prewar cooperative in a larger apartment-house form.
- 2669 Broadway: A modest prewar association with an avenue location.
- 305 West 104th Street: A taller prewar cooperative near the same stretch of Riverside Park.
- 306 West 100th Street: A larger prewar cooperative on another side street near the river.
- West End Hall: An older rental building with a broader residential inventory and apartment-house proportions.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 315 West 86th Street — 1926 co-op
- 316 West 79th Street — 1910 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
- 316 West 84th Street — 1949 co-op
- 317 West 89th Street — 1914 condominium
- The Brentwood, 317 West 87th Street — 1926 co-op
- 318 West 100th Street — 1909 condop by George F. Pelham
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, 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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