325 West 83rd Street
325 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024
BBL 1012450058 · BIN 1033816
- Year built
- 1898
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 24
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- In a historic district
- Pets
- Confirm current house rules at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $560K
- Recent range
- $490K – $630K
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 26
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 325 West 83rd 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.
325 West 83rd Street is a turn-of-the-century Upper West Side cooperative on the protected stretch between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive. The building is one address of a single co-op that spans 325 and 327 West 83rd Street — marketed as The Devonshire and held by the 327 West 83 Owners corporation — designed by architect Horace Edgar Hartwell and completed at the very end of the 1890s. It sits within the Riverside Drive–West End Historic District Extension I, one of the city's designated historic districts, on a block defined by its Renaissance Revival flats and its short walk to Riverside Park.
For the buyer who wants pre-war character, a boutique building, and the price discipline and permanence of a cooperative structure, The Devonshire is a straightforward proposition: a small, landmarked, elevator co-op a block from the park, 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, private storage, and a residents' courtyard. 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.
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. The building generally permits pied-à-terre use and subletting under board terms. The exact financing maximum, any flip tax, current sublet rules, and the pet policy vary by board policy and should be confirmed at offer stage.
Architecture and residences
Completed in 1898–1899 to designs by Horace Edgar Hartwell — with William Call recorded as the original owner-builder — the building is a six-story Renaissance Revival flats house. The facade combines brick and limestone with a Greek-key border, a rusticated stone base, and a wide stone stoop framed by Doric engaged columns: the confident classical detailing of the era's better West Side apartment houses. The interiors carry pre-war scale — higher ceilings, defined rooms, and the layout logic of turn-of-the-century apartment living — and select residences retain fireplaces. The co-op combines the 325 and 327 lots into a single 24-residence building.
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 →Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 325 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 24 residences across the combined building, 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, and the short walk to Riverside Park. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the floor, the exposure, the presence of a fireplace, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2025 | 1D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $490,000 | -18.3% | |
| Jun 25, 2024 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $630,000 | -1.4% | |
| Sep 8, 2022 | 1A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $650,000 | +0.8% | |
| Sep 14, 2021 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $640,000 | $914/sf | +0.0% |
| Dec 4, 2020 | 6D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $580,000 | -3.3% | |
| Nov 5, 2018 | 6A | 1 BR | $615,000 | +1.7% | |
| Oct 30, 2015 | 1B | 1 BR | $635,000 | +1.6% | |
| Sep 3, 2014 | 2A | 1 BR | $545,000 | -4.4% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $914/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
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 1-01245-0058). 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% 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 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 — pied-à-terre and subletting are generally permitted subject to board terms, and the pet policy should be confirmed in writing. 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, 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 Horace Edgar Hartwell, 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, fireplace, 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 325 West 83rd Street, also look at these nearby Upper West Side pre-war and boutique buildings:
- 323 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
- 324 West 108th Street — 1898 condominium
- 324 West 83rd Street — 1901 co-op by George F. Pelham
- 325 West 82nd Street — 1892 co-op
- 327 West 85th Street — 1894 co-op
- 328 West 96th Street — 1930 co-op
- 329 West 108th Street — 1899 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.
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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