325 Central Park West
325 Central Park West, New York, NY 10025
BBL 1012060032 · BIN 1031637
- Year built
- 1900
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditions
- Flip tax
- Tiered or formula; see fees
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $3.9M – $3.9M
- Listing discount
- 6.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 10
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325 Central Park West — known as The Rudolph — is one of the oldest survivors on the park-front avenue, a seven-story house completed in 1900 when Central Park West was still filling in north of the great early towers. Designed by George F. Pelham, a prolific architect of turn-of-the-century New York apartment houses, it predates the Art Deco skyline that came to define the avenue and offers something the later giants cannot: genuine boutique scale on a corridor otherwise dominated by 300-unit cooperatives.
With roughly twenty apartments and just three per floor, The Rudolph lives like a small park-front mansion. The front homes look directly across Central Park West into the park itself, through the large period windows and arched openings of a building constructed when ceilings ran high and rooms ran generous. Converted to cooperative ownership in 1965, its conversion date does not establish current owner occupancy or turnover. Compare its scale with the Deco landmarks a few blocks south and verify actual occupancy and sales records.
For buyers, the appeal is rare on this avenue: direct park views and full pre-war character without the institutional scale, the long elevator banks, or the elaborate amenity overhead of the big Central Park West houses.
Architecture and unit composition
The Rudolph belongs to the first generation of Central Park West apartment living. Pelham gave it a turn-of-the-century masonry vocabulary — a neo-Renaissance body with Gothic Revival flourishes — and the building survives today as a contributing structure within the Central Park West Historic District, its period detail intact under landmark protection.
Inside, the apartments carry the hallmarks of 1900 construction at its best: ceilings near eleven feet, hardwood floors, decorative moldings, and arched windows in the front-facing homes that frame the park. With only three apartments per floor, the layouts are broad and light-filled rather than carved into efficiency, and many residences retain original architectural detail — the kind of pre-war texture that newer construction simply cannot manufacture. The boutique floor plate means the front line, with its direct park exposure, is the building's defining and most coveted home.
Building operations
At roughly twenty units, The Rudolph runs as an intimate house. The building offers elevator service, basement storage, and a live-in superintendent; assess overhead and service quality from current financial and operating records rather than building size. There is no pool or sprawling gym here — the amenity is the address, the park view, and the small building scale. Common charges support staff, the systems of a 1900 masonry structure, and the reserve rather than an expensive amenity program, so compare current maintenance, debt and assessments with matched corridor alternatives.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of August 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
- Terms
- Flip Tax of 4% of the difference between the purchase price and the sales price
- Paid by
- Seller
Source: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
Purchase
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Not stated |
| Credit Report FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $100 per person | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Buyer Power of Attorney FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $250 per POA | Refundable Not stated |
| Recognition Agreement FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $400 (if financing) | Refundable Not stated |
| Shareholder Power of Attorney FeePer applicant | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $250 per POA | Refundable Not stated |
| Transfer Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $1,250 | Refundable Not stated |
Sublet
5 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Not stated |
| Credit Check FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $100 per person | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Sublet FeeRecurring | Paid by Shareholder | When Upon approval | Amount 25% of the maintenance charge, billed monthly | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move-Out Deposit | Paid by Shareholder | When Upon approval | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
| Move-In Deposit | Paid by Subtenant | When Upon approval | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditionsBoard approvalSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, storageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. 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 data last refreshed October 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 4% of difference between purchase and sale price
- Sublet policy
- Sublet fee 25% of maintenance, billed monthly
- Policies and fees
- Transfer fee $1,000
Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2025 | 3N | 5 BR · 4.5 BA | $3,900,000 | -8.2% | |
| Jul 11, 2022 | 5N | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,800,000 | -5.0% | |
| Jun 21, 2016 | 4W | 3 BR | $1,250,000 | -16.4% | |
| May 10, 2016 | P11N | 2 BR · 1,500 sf | $1,810,000 | $1,207/sf | +0.8% |
| Dec 24, 2013 | 3N | 4 BR | $2,125,000 | — | |
| Aug 26, 2004 | 2S | 2 BR · 1,800 sf | $1,300,000 | $722/sf | +4.0% |
| Dec 20, 2003 | P11N | 2 BR | $1,150,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2016): a median $1,207/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 2.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2015 | P1 | $1,125,000 |
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 1-01206-0032). 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
The Rudolph is a traditional cooperative, so purchases clear a board package and interview. Subletting is permitted with conditions; confirm the building's current financing, liquidity and occupancy requirements from its governing documents and application instructions. The defining decision for a buyer is exposure: the front park-view line is the reason to be here, and it carries the building's strongest pricing. Budget for the updates that century-old kitchens and baths often invite, and weigh the trade-off between an original-detail apartment and a renovated one.
The reward is a direct-park-view home in landmark-protected pre-war architecture, at a fraction of the unit count — and the institutional overhead — of the big Central Park West cooperatives.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with what is genuinely scarce: a direct Central Park view from a boutique pre-war building. Buyers shopping the avenue's large Deco towers will pay for the intimacy, the three-per-floor privacy, and the eleven-foot ceilings The Rudolph offers. The front line's park frontage is the headline; the building's small scale and landmark character are the supporting story.
Because the building is small, a single well-presented listing can define the comp set for the year. Benchmark pricing to recent boutique Central Park West pre-war trades with park exposure rather than to the large-tower market, and present a board-ready buyer — clean financials, primary-residence intent — to move through approval efficiently in a building that values fit.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Rudolph, also evaluate these nearby Central Park West and Upper West Side cooperatives:
- 322 Central Park West — pre-war Central Park West cooperative steps away
- 336 Central Park West — park-front co-op on the same stretch
- 372 Central Park West — Central Park West building to the north; compare ownership and purchase requirements
- 295 Central Park West — park-front pre-war rental building nearby
- 382 Central Park West — Central Park West building to the north; compare ownership and purchase requirements
More Central Park West buildings
- The Eldorado, 300 Central Park West — 1931 co-op by Margon & Holder
- The Ardsley (320 Central Park West) — 1931 co-op by Emery Roth
- 322 Central Park West (The Cherbourg) — 1926 co-op by George and Edward Blum
- 327 Central Park West (The Kenmare) — 1929 condominium
- The Turin (333 Central Park West) — 1909 co-op by Albert Joseph Bodker
- 336 Central Park West — 1929 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Central Park West — read The Roebling Team Guide to Central Park West.
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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