- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $2.9M
- Recent range
- $1.6M – $3.3M
- Listing discount
- 2.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 27
355 Riverside Drive carries a distinction few apartment houses can claim: it was designed by William Tuthill, the architect of Carnegie Hall. That pedigree shows in the building's careful detailing — a two-story limestone entrance surround dressed with urns, sconces, and fluted pilasters, set into a warm red-brick elevation with decorative spandrels — and it places the building in the more serious tier of Riverside Drive's pre-war stock.
The location is the other half of the argument. Standing at the corner of West 108th Street, the building faces Riverside Park and the Hudson directly, and many of its forty residences capture the sweeping park-and-river outlook that defines the Drive. This is the open-sky, water-view side of the Upper West Side — quieter and more residential than the avenues to the east, with the park as a permanent front yard.
The building was built as a rental in 1925 and converted to cooperative ownership in 1983, and it has operated as a co-op ever since — a stable, well-kept pre-war house with the generous proportions of its era and one of the best natural settings in upper Manhattan.
Architecture and unit composition
Tuthill's design is restrained but unmistakably considered. The red-brick mass is anchored by a limestone base and crowned by detailing that elevates it above the plainer apartment houses of the period — the kind of touches one would expect from the man who gave the city Carnegie Hall. The two-story entrance surround, with its urns and sconces, gives the building a dignified arrival sequence; the fluted pilasters and decorative spandrels carry that intent up the facade.
The forty apartments reflect 1925 planning at its most livable: generous room dimensions, high ceilings with detailed moldings, and many homes with windowed kitchens — a pre-war amenity that still commands a premium. The defining feature of the better units is the outlook: west-facing rooms over Riverside Park and the Hudson, with the long light and open horizon that no interior renovation can replicate. As at any building converted from rental stock, individual apartments range from original to fully renovated, but the floor plans and the views are the durable assets.
Building operations
355 Riverside runs as a full-service cooperative on a sensible footing. A doorman covers the lobby from 8 a.m. to midnight, with a live-in superintendent maintaining the building — a staffing model that delivers attentive service while keeping maintenance reasonable for a forty-unit pre-war building. The shared amenities are genuinely useful: a private wraparound garden that wraps the corner, a central laundry room, bicycle storage, and private storage.
On house rules, the cooperative permits pets with board approval but does not allow pied-à-terre ownership — it is a building of full-time residents, which suits its family-and-professional profile and the stability that comes with owner-occupancy. Buyers planning to make the apartment a primary home will find the policy set straightforward; those seeking a part-time second residence should look elsewhere on the Drive.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $13,893/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $29
Facade safety — Local Law 11
Safe to live in today — but the last inspection flagged repairs that are due on a deadline, so facade work and its cost are coming. Whether that’s a real concern depends on the scope, the timing, and how the building plans to pay for it — reserves or an assessment — which is exactly what we’d dig into 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2025 | 12W | 4 BR | $3,285,000 | -6.1% | |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 8E | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,625,000 | +8.7% | |
| Oct 14, 2021 | 4E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 755 sf | $715,000 | $947/sf | -2.7% |
| Feb 7, 2020 | 7W | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $3,100,000 | -11.3% | |
| May 3, 2019 | 16W | 1 BR · 1 BA · 900 sf | $848,500 | $943/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 16, 2018 | 12W | 4 BR | $3,500,000 | -2.8% | |
| Sep 22, 2016 | 12N | 1 BR · 500 sf | $650,000 | $1,300/sf | off-mkt |
| May 27, 2015 | 5E | 2 BR | $1,910,757 | +3.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2021) cleared a median $970/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2023 | 8W | $2,850,000 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | PHW | $995,000 |
| Jan 9, 2018 | 6W | $3,150,000 |
| Apr 13, 2012 | 7E | $1,651,000 |
| Mar 3, 2010 | 10WN | $2,650,000 |
| Sep 25, 2007 | 10N | $520,000 |
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 1-01892-0064) 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
This is a cooperative purchase, so prepare for a board package and interview, and note that the building requires full-time residency — pied-à-terre purchases are not permitted, though pets are allowed with approval. For an owner-occupant, those rules are unremarkable; they simply confirm the building's stable, primary-home character.
The decision that matters most here is exposure. A west-facing apartment with park and river views is a fundamentally different — and more valuable — asset than an interior unit at the same address, and the premium is justified by scarcity. Evaluate the specific apartment's light, view, and condition closely, and weigh the building's pre-war pedigree and corner setting as long-term value drivers. We help buyers compare exposures within the building and against the broader Riverside Drive market before committing.
What to know if you’re selling
The pitch is location, view, and provenance. A Tuthill-designed pre-war cooperative on the park, at a prominent Riverside Drive corner, with direct Hudson outlooks from its west-facing homes, is a distinctive and marketable combination. For view apartments, the river-and-park exposure is the headline; for all units, the building's full-service operation, wraparound garden, and architectural pedigree reinforce the case.
Positioning should benchmark to the Riverside Drive pre-war cooperative tier rather than to the interior side streets, and should foreground exposure — buyers shopping the Drive are paying for the view, and the marketing should make that value explicit. Presentation matters: a well-staged apartment that shows its light and outlook to full effect will outperform, and pricing should reflect the specific home's exposure and condition rather than a generic building number.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 355 Riverside Drive, also evaluate these nearby Riverside Drive cooperatives:
- 345 Riverside Drive — pre-war cooperative on the same stretch
- 340 Riverside Drive — park-facing pre-war cooperative
- 370 Riverside Drive — pre-war cooperative to the north
- 375 Riverside Drive — Riverside Drive cooperative nearby
- 320 Riverside Drive — pre-war cooperative on the Drive
The Roebling Team at 355 Riverside Drive
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side and the Riverside Drive pre-war market — the park-and-river buildings where exposure, room scale, and provenance set value. We publish this profile because a building like 355 Riverside rewards buyers and sellers who understand which apartments hold the view and why that matters.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 355 Riverside Drive, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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