330 Haven Avenue (Lafayette Gardens)
330–340 Haven Avenue, New York, NY 10033
BBL 1021770234 · BIN 1079979
- Year built
- 1951
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 192
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- On-site parking garage (approximately 11,100 square feet per city records), two landscaped courtyards, two central laundry rooms, private storage, bike storage
- Pets
- Permitted
- Financing
- 80 percent maximum (20 percent minimum down) per listing records
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2024
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $340K – $422K
- Listing discount
- 1.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 108
Hudson Heights is upper Manhattan's co-op district — a concentration of well-run pre-war and post-war cooperatives on the highest ground in the borough, priced a full tier below comparable stock south of 96th Street — and Lafayette Gardens is one of its larger post-war complexes. The building occupies the southwest corner of Plaza Lafayette, the small landscaped circle where Riverside Drive's northern extension meets the bluff above the Hudson, and its west-facing lines carry the neighborhood's signature outlook: the river, the George Washington Bridge, and the Palisades, with no intervening development possible between the building and the water.
The format is the post-war garden-court type done at scale: two six-story brick wings, 192 apartments, and two landscaped interior courtyards that function as the complex's shared front yard. The product inside is what the format implies — well-proportioned one- to three-bedroom apartments with the generous closets and defined dining areas of 1951 construction, at maintenance levels that include gas and electricity per listing records, which materially flatters the monthly carry against buildings that bill utilities separately.
The cooperative's paper trail is unusually complete on our side. The full conversion offering plan — a non-eviction plan first offered September 6, 1984, allocating 24,015 shares across the 192 apartments — is on file in The Roebling Research Library. It documents the original wraparound mortgage structure, the reserve and working-capital funding, and a conversion-era detail your attorney should understand: a 47-year commercial lease between the apartment corporation and the sponsor group covering the complex's commercial space, flagged as a special risk in the plan itself. Four decades on, the building reads as a stable, conservatively run house with an active resident community — but the underlying documents, not market lore, are the right basis for diligence.
Architecture and unit composition
Lafayette Gardens is a low-rise complex on a large irregular lot — roughly 190 feet of building frontage running more than 200 feet deep — which is why so much of its housing stock gets courtyard or open-western exposure rather than lot-line light. The 192 apartments skew larger than the neighborhood's pre-war walk-up stock: one-bedrooms through three-bedrooms, with the premium product being west-facing upper-floor lines toward the river and bridge. Six stories with elevators, post-war concrete construction, and plans that renovate easily. The architect of record is not firmly documented in public records; the building's significance is typological — a textbook 1951 garden complex — rather than authorial.
Building operations
The cooperative runs a part-time doorman (afternoon-to-midnight coverage per listing records) over a live-in superintendent and porter staff — a service level calibrated to keep maintenance moderate. The on-site garage is the operational amenity that distinguishes the complex in a neighborhood where parking is scarce; storage, bike rooms, and two central laundry facilities round out the stack. An active tenants' community — including a resident-run food pantry noted in listing records — is part of the building's culture. The complete offering plan is on file in The Roebling Research Library; current financial statements should be obtained through the managing agent during diligence.
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 filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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 →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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2024 | 3K | 1 BR · 1 BA | $422,000 | -7.3% | |
| May 3, 2023 | 2F | 1 BA | $340,000 | -5.3% | |
| Dec 6, 2022 | 4E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $455,000 | -1.1% | |
| Jun 13, 2022 | 1F | 1 BA · 363 sf | $280,000 | $771/sf | +5.7% |
| Jun 10, 2022 | 4L | 2 BR · 1 BA | $625,000 | +4.3% | |
| Apr 15, 2022 | 5N | 1 BR · 1 BA | $370,000 | -6.3% | |
| Dec 29, 2021 | 1P | 2 BR · 1 BA | $315,000 | +0.0% | |
| Oct 6, 2021 | 2E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 725 sf | $435,000 | $600/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $781/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2024. Median listing discount 1.4% 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 1-02177-0234) 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
The neighborhood is the arbitrage. Hudson Heights delivers elevator co-ops, river views, and two major parks — Fort Tryon with the Cloisters to the north, Fort Washington Park on the river below — at a per-foot basis that no longer exists below 96th Street. The A express at 184th Street (a five-minute walk) reaches Midtown in roughly 20 minutes.
Underwrite the utilities-included maintenance. Gas and electricity bundled into maintenance changes the monthly math against buildings that bill separately. Run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator on a like-for-like basis.
Read the sublet schedule as policy, not just price. The escalating sublet fee — 15 percent of annual maintenance rising to 45 percent and beyond — is designed to keep the building owner-occupied. Investors should look elsewhere; owner-occupants benefit from exactly that.
The garage and the commercial lease deserve attorney attention. The conversion plan documents a 47-year commercial lease between the corporation and the sponsor group. Your attorney should confirm its current status, economics, and expiration posture — we provide the offering plan from the Research Library for that review.
Verify the policy stack. Financing convention (20 percent minimum down per listing records), pied-à-terre posture, purchase structures, and any transfer fee should all be confirmed with the managing agent at offer stage. Run the Co-op Board Qualification Calculator before offering.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the view and the plaza. West-facing bridge-and-Palisades lines are the complex's premium product, and the Plaza Lafayette address is the most recognizable corner in Hudson Heights. Market against the neighborhood's best co-ops, not against generic Washington Heights stock.
State the carry plainly. Utilities-included maintenance, garage access, and the low per-foot basis are the building's competitive facts. Buyers comparing downtown alternatives often miss the first one entirely.
Price to condition within a thin comp set. With 192 units, same-building comparables exist but turn over slowly. Same-line history — which we maintain in the Research Library — is the correct anchor, adjusted honestly for renovation level.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 330 Haven Avenue, also evaluate:
- Castle Village — the five-tower co-op on the bluff at 180th–186th Streets; the neighborhood's signature river-view complex
- Hudson View Gardens (116 Pinehurst Avenue) — the 1924 Tudor co-op enclave; the pre-war character alternative
- 100 Bennett Avenue — large pre-war co-op on the eastern slope of Hudson Heights
- 720 Fort Washington Avenue — Art Deco co-op at the foot of Fort Tryon Park
- Cabrini Terrace (900 West 190th Street) — large post-war co-op with garage; the closest like-for-like post-war format
- 116 Cabrini Boulevard and the surrounding Cabrini co-ops — the lower-bluff alternatives with river proximity
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