316 West 84th Street
316 West 84th Street, New York, NY 10024
Upper West Side
BBL 1012450080 · BIN 1033824
- Year built
- 1949
- Type
- Cooperative
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Studio median
- $548K
- Recent range
- $540K – $2.3M
- Listing discount
- 1.8%
- Recorded transfers
- 59
316 West 84th Street is one of the quiet, well-run post-war cooperatives that make the far western blocks of the Upper West Side livable in a way the avenues are not. It sits mid-block between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive — half a block from Riverside Park and the Hudson River promenade — on a stretch defined by pre-war townhouses and small apartment houses rather than towers. The building itself is unflashy: a six-story, beige-brick elevator house of 41 apartments, built in 1949 and converted to cooperative ownership in the early 1980s.
What distinguishes it is not the façade but the courtyard. The building wraps a landscaped, furnished interior garden that residents actually use — a genuinely scarce amenity on a block this dense, and the feature that most often closes a sale here. For buyers who want a calm, owner-occupied building steps from the park, with a real flip tax and a stable board, 316 West 84th delivers exactly that without a luxury price tag.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is a representative example of the immediate post-war Upper West Side: a masonry-clad elevator house built for middle-class families when the neighborhood was rebuilding around the park. The plan favors light and efficiency over ornament, with the upper floor set back and the entrance addressing the quiet side street rather than an avenue.
The 41 residences range from studios and one-bedrooms to two-bedrooms, with several combined three- and four-bedroom layouts created over the decades by owners joining adjacent units — a common evolution in buildings of this size, and a source of the larger family apartments that occasionally come to market here. Ceilings are post-war standard; many homes have been renovated to contemporary finish levels while retaining the building's straightforward, light-filled room proportions.
Building operations
316 West 84th runs as a hands-on, owner-occupied cooperative. A part-time doorman and a live-in resident manager handle the lobby and day-to-day operations, with a central laundry room, bike room, and private storage in the building. The landscaped courtyard garden is the signature shared space.
The board's posture is the standard for a well-managed West Side co-op: financing is permitted up to 75% of the purchase price, a 2% flip tax is paid by the seller at closing, pets are welcome, and pied-à-terre purchases are allowed — a combination that keeps the building accessible to a broad range of buyers while protecting its reserves.
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 FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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 →Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 2% of the sales price
- Sublet policy
- Allowed. Sublease Fee tiered: 1st yr 1 month maintenance, 2nd yr 2 months, 3rd yr 3 months
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
- Notable fees
- Application Processing Fee $700; Closing Fee $600
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2025 | 6B | 1 BA | $540,000 | -1.8% | |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 4C | 1 BA | $555,000 | -0.7% | |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 5G | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,120,000 | -8.6% | |
| Oct 18, 2023 | 4E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $652,000 | $931/sf | -10.1% |
| Jul 27, 2023 | 4AB | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,250,000 | +3.4% | |
| Aug 2, 2022 | 5E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $750,000 | $1,000/sf | -3.2% |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 1G | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,000 sf | $1,200,000 | $1,200/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 28, 2022 | 4F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $840,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $922/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 1.8% 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 1-01245-0080) 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 co-op purchase, so expect a board package and interview. The terms are buyer-friendly by Manhattan standards: 75% financing means you do not need the all-cash or 50%-down position that whiter-glove buildings demand, and the pet and pied-à-terre policies open the building to a wider pool than many of its neighbors. Budget for the 2% flip tax — it is the seller's cost, but it shapes resale math.
The value case is location and lifestyle. You are half a block from Riverside Park, a short walk to the 1 train at 86th Street and the express stops at 96th and 72nd, and surrounded by the established restaurant and market row of Broadway and Amsterdam. The garden is the differentiator: confirm your unit's exposure to it, since the apartments facing the courtyard are the quietest in the building.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the two things buyers cannot get elsewhere on the block: the landscaped courtyard garden and the half-block walk to Riverside Park. Renovated kitchens and baths matter here — the buyer pool is value-conscious, and a turnkey apartment commands a clear premium over one needing work.
Price against the building's own recent trades and the comparable West End / Riverside co-op stock, not against doorman towers on the avenues. A 41-unit building produces thin, infrequent comparable data, so positioning a listing correctly from day one matters more than in a large building where the market sets itself. We bring building-specific pricing history and the active comparable set to every listing here.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing 316 West 84th Street, these nearby Upper West Side cooperatives are the natural comparison set:
- 15 West 84th Street — co-op on the same street near Central Park West
- 215 West 84th Street — full-service co-op a few blocks east
- 310 West End Avenue — pre-war West End Avenue cooperative
- 320 West End Avenue — West End Avenue co-op peer
- 325 West End Avenue — pre-war West End cooperative nearby
The neighborhood
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