317 West 89th Street
317 West 89th Street, New York, NY 10024
BBL 1012507503 · BIN 1087454
- Year built
- 1914
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 24
- Floors
- 9
- Landmark
- In a historic district
- Pets
- Pet-friendly (confirm current house rules at offer stage)
- Financing
- Permitted, subject to condominium terms
Every recorded sale at this building, 2007–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,323
- Listing discount
- 3.2%
- Recorded sales
- 32
- On record
- 2007–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 317 West 89th 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.
317 West 89th Street is a nine-story pre-war condominium a half-block from Riverside Park, on one of the Upper West Side's most protected residential blocks. Designed by Wallis & Goodwillie in 1914 for the Excelsior Holding Company and built as an elevator apartment house, it sits within the Riverside Drive–West End Historic District — a designated city historic district — and delivers the combination Upper West Side buyers rarely find together: full-service, pre-war architecture, boutique scale, and the deed-ownership flexibility of a condominium.
That combination is the point. On these blocks, most pre-war buildings of this caliber are cooperatives. A full-service pre-war condominium here — with a 24-hour doorman and a resident manager, but no board approval and flexible financing — is scarce, and it broadens the buyer pool to include pied-à-terre, investment, and non-traditional purchasers. The residences run large, and the building is steps from the park and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument.
Building operations
317 West 89th Street is a full-service pre-war building. On site there is a 24-hour doorman, a live-in resident manager/superintendent, a fitness room, a central laundry room, a bike room, private storage, and an elevator. Residences carry central air and in-unit washer/dryer. For a boutique 24-unit building, that is a deep amenity package, and it defines the carrying-cost profile — full staffing is reflected in common charges.
As a condominium, ownership is by deed. Purchases do not require board approval or an interview — a right of first refusal is the standard mechanism — and financing is generally more flexible than in a co-op. Pied-à-terre use, subletting, and investment ownership are typically permitted under condominium rules; confirm the current declaration, bylaws, house rules, any sponsor units still selling, and any building-wide assessments or capital projects at offer stage.
Architecture and residences
The building was completed in 1914 to designs by Wallis & Goodwillie, replacing a row of four-story houses. It is a nine-story brick-and-limestone apartment house on a dumbbell-shaped plan with east and west light courts — a two-story limestone base carrying cartouches and garlands, a five-story brick midsection, and an ornamented two-story top beneath a cornice. A large share of the original windows survive, part of what makes the building a well-preserved example of its era on the block.
The residences are generously scaled — larger homes run to four-bedroom, three-bath layouts of roughly 2,650 to 2,670 square feet, with smaller three-bedroom homes as well — and carry pre-war proportions: ceiling heights near nine and a half feet, hardwood floors, central air, and in-unit laundry. Because the building sits within the Riverside Drive–West End Historic District, exterior changes are subject to landmark review, a constraint that protects the streetscape and the building's character over time.
Note: some public listing copy dates the building to 1920 and attributes it to Wallis & Goodwillie; the Landmarks and Buildings Department records place construction in 1914. We use 1914.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $32,588/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $113
- Modeled exposure split equally across 24 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
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 →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.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
Condominium pricing is read on a price-per-square-foot basis, and 317 West 89th trades as a full-service pre-war condominium: generously sized homes, a deep amenity package, and the scarcity premium that attaches to a for-sale condo on a landmark Upper West Side block near the park. With only 24 residences — some of them large combined homes — resale volume is thin, and a single comparable can move the read on value. When underwriting a purchase or setting a list price, capture the square footage, the floor, the exposure, the layout, and renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood per-foot average. Genuinely variable figures — common charges, real estate taxes, any assessment — should be confirmed at offer stage.
Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | 9E | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,669 sf | $4,300,000 | $1,611/sf | -4.3% |
| Apr 12, 2022 | 1WF | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,527 sf | $1,862,500 | $1,220/sf | -6.8% |
| Jan 14, 2022 | 5W | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,700 sf | $4,350,000 | $1,611/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 4W | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,669 sf | $4,200,000 | $1,574/sf | -3.4% |
| Sep 24, 2020 | 6E | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,660 sf | $4,325,000 | $1,626/sf | +0.0% |
| Dec 12, 2019 | 1ER | 1 BR · 1 BA · 925 sf | $975,000 | $1,054/sf | -11.4% |
| Aug 1, 2019 | 6W | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,651 sf | $4,350,000 | $1,641/sf | -3.2% |
| Dec 28, 2018 | 4E | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,669 sf | $4,200,000 | $1,574/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,323/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 3.2% 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 1-01250-7503). 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; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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
This is a condominium, so the path is comparatively straightforward: an application, a right of first refusal rather than a board approval, and flexible financing. Review the declaration, bylaws, and house rules for the points that matter to you, and review the building's financials, reserve, and any planned capital work — particularly given the building's age and its position in a landmark district, which can affect the cost and timeline of exterior work. Weigh the full-service amenity package against the common charges it supports, and confirm whether any sponsor residences remain in the current sell-out.
The reasons to buy are the block, the service, and the structure: a protected historic-district address a half-block from Riverside Park, full-service pre-war living with large layouts, and a condominium's ownership flexibility in a neighborhood where most peer buildings are co-ops.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is scarcity, scale, and service. A full-service pre-war condominium on a designated historic-district block near the park is an unusual product on the Upper West Side, and it sells to a specific buyer — one who wants large pre-war rooms, a doorman, and the flexibility of deed ownership. The Wallis & Goodwillie authorship, the 1914 architecture, the amenity package, and the landmark context are the differentiators. Pricing is a residence-specific exercise: square footage, floor, light, layout, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the full-service pre-war-condominium narrative, emphasize the ownership flexibility relative to neighboring co-ops, and benchmark against the right comparable tier.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 317 West 89th Street, also look at these nearby Upper West Side pre-war and boutique buildings:
- 267 West 89th Street — Upper West Side building on the same block
- 320 West 89th Street — pre-war Upper West Side building nearby
- 250 West 89th Street — Upper West Side building nearby
- 309 West 86th Street — pre-war Upper West Side building nearby
- 300 West 83rd Street — pre-war Upper West Side building nearby
More Upper West Side buildings
- 316 West 79th Street — 1910 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
- 316 West 84th Street — 1949 co-op
- Gershwin House, 316 West 103rd Street — 1898 co-op
- The Brentwood, 317 West 87th Street — 1926 co-op
- 318 West 100th Street — 1909 condop by George F. Pelham
- 320 West 76th Street — 1944 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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