323 West 83rd Street
323 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024
BBL 1012450059 · BIN 1033817
- Year built
- 1897
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 24
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- In a historic district
- Pets
- Pet-friendly per public information (confirm current house rules at offer stage)
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $985
- Listing discount
- 1.9%
- Recorded sales
- 34
- On record
- 2004–2025
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323 West 83rd Street is a turn-of-the-century Upper West Side cooperative on the protected block between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive. It is a standalone co-op — the 323 West 83rd Owners Corp — designed by architect Harry T. Howell and developed by Thomas J. McGuire at the end of the 1890s. Though it sits directly beside the neighboring cooperative at 325 West 83rd Street, it is a separate building and a separate corporation. It falls within the Riverside Drive–West End Historic District Extension I, a designated city historic district, on a block of Renaissance Revival flats a short walk from Riverside Park.
For the buyer who wants pre-war character with the cost structure and permanence of a cooperative, the building is a clean proposition: a boutique, elevator co-op with a roof deck, on a landmark block, at price points well below the trophy market.
Building operations
The cooperative runs lean and well for its scale: an elevator, a laundry room, a bike room, a shared roof deck, and private storage. There is no doorman — typical and appropriate for a boutique pre-war co-op of this size, and a meaningful factor in keeping maintenance charges contained. A live-in superintendent handles day-to-day operations.
As a cooperative, ownership is by shares rather than deed: purchases require board approval and a board interview, financing is capped at a board-set percentage, and pied-à-terre, gifting, guarantor, and co-purchase arrangements are evaluated case by case. Public information describes the building as pet-friendly; confirm the current pet policy, financing maximum, any flip tax, and sublet rules with the board at offer stage.
Architecture and residences
Completed in 1897–1898 to designs by Harry T. Howell — with Thomas J. McGuire as the original developer — the building is a six-story Renaissance Revival apartment house of the type the Landmarks Preservation Commission classifies as "French flats." The facade opens at street level with a one-story rusticated limestone base carrying decorative carving, and the entrance is framed by Ionic columns supporting an iron balconette. The interiors carry pre-war scale — higher ceilings, defined rooms, hardwood floors — and select residences enjoy private outdoor space. The building holds 24 residences across six stories.
Because the building is within the Riverside Drive–West End Historic District Extension I, exterior changes are subject to landmark review — a constraint that also protects the streetscape and the building's character over time.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →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, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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.
Management & transfer contacts
- Sublet policy
- Sublet Fee: 15% of maintenance charge (1st year), 20% (2nd year), 30% (3rd year and above)
- Notable fees
- Buyer application fee $600; transfer fee $1,250; move-in/out deposits $1,000 (sale)
Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 323 West 83rd trades as a boutique pre-war cooperative — pre-war layouts, modest carrying costs, and the value a co-op structure offers relative to neighboring condominiums. With only 24 residences, resale volume is thin: a small number of closings in an active year. Demand here is driven by the landmark block, the pre-war character, the roof deck, and the short walk to Riverside Park. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the floor, the exposure, any private outdoor space, and renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average. Genuinely variable financial figures should be confirmed at offer stage.
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2025 | 3A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,100,000 | -1.3% | |
| Jun 11, 2025 | 5D | 2 BR · 1 BA · 950 sf | $850,000 | $895/sf | -1.0% |
| May 1, 2025 | 4C | 2 BR · 1 BA · 950 sf | $999,999 | $1,053/sf | +1.0% |
| May 12, 2022 | 3B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $970,000 | -0.5% | |
| May 26, 2021 | 4A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 950 sf | $1,050,000 | $1,105/sf | +0.0% |
| Nov 26, 2019 | 2D | 2 BR · 1 BA · 950 sf | $975,000 | $1,026/sf | -2.0% |
| Feb 13, 2019 | 2B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 950 sf | $925,000 | $974/sf | -3.5% |
| Nov 16, 2018 | 4D | 2 BR · 1 BA · 950 sf | $999,000 | $1,052/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $985/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. 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 1.9% 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 1-01245-0059). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
At the recent median sale of $999,999 (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $12,300 to close, or 1.2% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $12,300
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so the path is a board package and interview, a financing cap set by the board, and underwriting of the building's financials and house rules. Read the rules carefully on the points that matter to you — the building is described as pet-friendly, but confirm the policy in writing along with sublet and pied-à-terre terms. Review the co-op'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.
The reasons to buy are the block and the value: a protected historic-district address a block from Riverside Park, pre-war Renaissance Revival architecture with a roof deck, and a cooperative cost structure that keeps the entry point and carrying costs below condominium peers nearby.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the location and the character. The historic-district address, the 1890s architecture by Harry T. Howell, the roof deck, and the boutique pre-war feel are the differentiators — and they sell to a specific buyer who wants Upper West Side history and is comfortable with a co-op. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, floor, light, outdoor space, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the landmark narrative, prepare the buyer for the co-op process, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of pre-war Upper West Side cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 323 West 83rd Street, also look at these nearby Upper West Side pre-war and boutique buildings:
- 325 West 83rd Street — adjacent Upper West Side cooperative
- 300 West 83rd Street — pre-war Upper West Side building nearby
- 320 West 83rd Street — Upper West Side building on the same block
- 324 West 83rd Street — boutique Upper West Side building nearby
- 309 West 86th Street — pre-war Upper West Side building nearby
More Upper West Side buildings
- 321 West 78th Street — 1925 co-op
- 321 West 90th Street — 1929 co-op by Margon & Holder
- 322 West 72nd Street — 1924 co-op by George and Edward Blum
- 323 West 86th Street — 1926 co-op by Rosario Candela
- 324 West 108th Street — 1898 condominium
- 324 West 83rd Street — 1901 co-op 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.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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