- Year built
- 1992
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 17
- Floors
- 19
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pets permitted under the condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2007–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,098
- Listing discount
- 7.8%
- Recorded sales
- 14
- On record
- 2007–2025
353 Central Park West is a park-fronting condominium built in 1992 at the corner of West 95th Street — a genuinely unusual thing, a new-construction tower directly on Central Park West at a moment when almost everything on the avenue was prewar. The nineteen-story building steps back as it rises and terminates in an illuminated crown, one of only a handful of residential buildings in the city whose top is lit at night, giving it a recognizable presence on the northern reach of the Central Park West skyline.
Its defining feature for a buyer is the plan: seventeen residences, organized largely as full-floor homes with private elevator landings, so that arriving at your floor means arriving in your apartment. That layout, combined with a park-fronting position and white-glove service, puts 353 in a small category — a full-service, full-floor condominium on Central Park West, rather than a prewar co-op with the financing limits and board processes that usually accompany the avenue. Park-facing residences look directly over Central Park; the higher floors gain long open views north and over the park.
This is a boutique building where every residence is a substantial home. Pricing turns on the specifics — floor, park exposure, and view — far more than on any building-wide figure.
Architecture and unit composition
353 Central Park West is a contemporary masonry tower designed to read comfortably on a prewar avenue while delivering new-construction light and layouts. Setbacks shape the massing as the building rises to roughly 230 feet, and the illuminated crown gives it a distinctive nighttime silhouette. The organizing idea inside is the full-floor residence: most homes occupy an entire floor, entered from a private elevator landing, with the cross-exposure and light that whole-floor living provides and, for the park-facing residences, direct Central Park views.
At nineteen stories and seventeen residences, the building is boutique by unit count but substantial by residence size. The service model is white-glove — a full-time doorman and concierge, elevators serving private landings, and storage — pitched to owners of large, park-adjacent homes.
Building operations
353 Central Park West operates as a white-glove condominium: a full-time doorman and concierge, private-landing elevator arrival, and private storage. Common charges reflect a small building carrying full-service staffing and the operating costs of a park-fronting tower, including the illuminated crown; buyers should model the full monthly carry and review reserves and any capital history during due diligence, as is prudent for any condominium now more than three decades into occupancy. Because the building is a condominium rather than a co-op, ownership flexibility is broad — but the residence sizes mean the natural owner base skews toward long-term, primary-residence buyers of full-floor homes.
Recent sales
As a condominium, 353 Central Park West prices on a price-per-square-foot basis, with the park-facing and higher-floor residences carrying decisive premiums. Turnover is light in a seventeen-unit building of full-floor homes; both resale and owner-rental activity occur, but this is an ownership condominium, not a rental building. Apartment-level context — floor, park exposure, view, layout, and condition — drives pricing far more than any building average, and the park frontage combined with condominium flexibility is the feature most likely to distinguish 353 from the prewar co-ops that dominate the avenue.
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2025 | 10 | 2,733 sf | $3,000,000 | $1,098/sf | off-mkt |
| Oct 19, 2023 | 5 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 2,733 sf | $6,200,000 | $2,269/sf | off-mkt |
| May 16, 2023 | 7 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 2,733 sf | $5,500,000 | $2,012/sf | -21.4% |
| Aug 8, 2022 | 9 | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,733 sf | $6,250,000 | $2,287/sf | -16.6% |
| Jul 21, 2022 | 1B | 1 BA · 850 sf | $850,000 | $1,000/sf | -5.0% |
| May 26, 2021 | 14 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 2,733 sf | $7,650,000 | $2,799/sf | -4.2% |
| Dec 9, 2019 | 3 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 2,733 sf | $4,600,000 | $1,683/sf | -29.2% |
| Sep 25, 2018 | 16 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 2,733 sf | $8,150,000 | $2,982/sf | -9.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,098/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 7.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2017 | 15 | $7,550,000 |
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 1-01209-7501) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re buying
The park frontage plus condo flexibility is the story. A park-fronting, full-service condominium on Central Park West is rare; the direct park views and the whole-floor layouts are what set the building apart.
Full-floor living is the norm. Most residences occupy an entire floor with private-landing arrival. Confirm exactly which floor plate, exposure, and view a given home carries.
Condo flexibility is real. Pied-à-terre, subletting, foreign buyers, and LLC/trust ownership are permitted under the declaration; closings run on condo timelines — a meaningful contrast to the co-ops nearby.
Underwrite a three-decade-old building. Review the reserve position and any capital history, as with any condominium of this age.
Mansion tax thresholds apply. At this building's pricing, the higher cliffs are firmly in play. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the park and the plan. Direct Central Park views and full-floor, private-landing living are the marketing story; photography and staging should read the park exposure and the whole-floor light.
Pricing requires apartment-level comps. With seventeen residences, floor, park exposure, and view move the number more than any neighborhood average.
Own the condo advantage. On an avenue of co-ops, the condominium flexibility — financing, pied-à-terre, LLC/trust ownership — widens the buyer pool; market it plainly.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 353 Central Park West, also evaluate these nearby Central Park West and Upper West Side buildings:
- 336 Central Park West — nearby Central Park West cooperative
- 360 Central Park West — neighboring park-fronting building
- 372 Central Park West — nearby Central Park West building
- 327 Central Park West — nearby Central Park West building
- 279 Central Park West — park-fronting Central Park West building
The Roebling Team at 353 Central Park West
The Roebling Team at Compass works the full Central Park West and Upper West Side market, including its rare park-fronting condominiums. We publish this profile because a full-service, full-floor condominium on an avenue of prewar co-ops trades on factors generic market commentary misses — the park frontage, the whole-floor plan, and the condominium flexibility.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 353 Central Park West, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires.
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Central Park West — read The Roebling Team Guide to Central Park West.
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