- Year built
- 1922
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 101
- Landmark
- No
375 Riverside Drive is a Gaetan Ajello building — and that name means something to anyone who knows the architecture of upper Riverside Drive and Morningside Heights. Completed in 1922 at the corner of West 110th Street, where Cathedral Parkway meets the Drive, it is a refined Italian Renaissance palazzo-style apartment house from the architect most responsible for giving this stretch of the neighborhood its dignified residential character. Ajello designed a remarkable run of buildings for the Paterno family and their peers, and 375 is among the better examples on the northern Drive.
The location is a distinct sub-market within the Upper West Side. Morningside Heights — anchored by Columbia University, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and the wide green sweep of Riverside Park — has always offered a particular value proposition: serious pre-war architecture and river-facing exposures at pricing more accessible than the West 70s and 80s to the south. The corner site at 110th places 375 adjacent to Riverside Park, one block from Broadway, and essentially at the door of the 1 train at Cathedral Parkway — among the most convenient transit positions on the entire Drive.
Built as a middle-and-upper-class apartment house as Morningside Heights matured into a residential neighborhood, 375 has the generous proportions, classical detailing, and durable construction of its era. With roughly 101 apartments across 14 floors, it is a substantial, well-run co-op with the staffing and stability a building of this scale supports — and the park-and-river views the better lines command.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is one of Ajello's Italian Renaissance palazzo-style designs: a masonry body with restrained classical detailing and the consistent, ordered fenestration that gives the façade its dignity. The corner site delivers two and three exposures to many apartments and frames the open outlook west over Riverside Park to the Hudson — the asset that defines the better lines.
Inside, the apartments are pre-war in plan, with the gracious room counts, high ceilings, and solid construction of 1920s Riverside Drive. With roughly 101 apartments across 14 floors, the building carries a deeper unit count than the smaller pre-war houses to the south, which supports both a liquid resale market and the staffing a building this size sustains. The river-facing and high-floor lines carry the view premium; interior lines trade more accessibly.
Building operations
375 Riverside Drive is a full-service pre-war cooperative with a full-time doorman and a live-in superintendent. Amenities include a central laundry room, bike storage, and private resident storage. The cooperative is pet-friendly, and financing is permitted up to 75% of the purchase price — a 25% minimum down, comparatively accommodating for a pre-war Drive co-op and a meaningful widener of the qualified buyer pool. The building does not have an on-site garage, gym, or concierge; residents draw on the commercial garages and fitness options nearby, and on the unusually convenient subway at the corner.
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
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
With roughly 101 apartments, 375 Riverside Drive turns over at a steady, liquid pace for the northern Drive — generally several resales across a normal year, spanning a range of pre-war layouts. Pricing reflects the Morningside Heights value proposition: serious Ajello architecture and park-and-river exposures at a discount to the West 70s and 80s, with river-facing and high-floor lines at the top of the building's range and interior lines more accessible. For a current read on where a specific line trades, we maintain live comparables and are glad to share them.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a pre-war cooperative, so a purchase clears a board package and interview. The building's policies are relatively buyer-friendly for the Drive: pets are welcome and financing runs to 75%, a higher cap than many prime co-ops impose, which broadens access for buyers who prefer to finance. Budget for standard co-op closing costs.
The exposure is the asset to underwrite. River-facing and high-floor apartments carry the view premium and hold value best; the same plan on an interior line is a different price. The corner subway position is a genuine convenience worth weighing. We help buyers read the package, benchmark the exact line and exposure, and structure an offer the board will approve.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the Ajello name, the Italian Renaissance palazzo façade, the corner-of-the-park position, and — for the better lines — the protected Hudson views. The Morningside Heights value story is part of the pitch: pre-war pedigree and river exposures at a relative discount to the Drive's southern stretch, with the 1 train at the door.
Price against the northern Riverside Drive pre-war co-op set, positioning river-facing and high-floor homes at the top of the building's range. The 75% financing cap and pet-friendly board widen the buyer pool relative to stricter neighbors and belong in the marketing. We position each line by exposure and floor and manage the board process from accepted offer through closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 375 Riverside Drive, also evaluate these nearby pre-war co-ops:
- 370 Riverside Drive — pre-war Riverside Drive co-op directly across the street
- 395 Riverside Drive — northern Drive pre-war co-op nearby
- 340 Riverside Drive — pre-war Riverside Drive co-op a few blocks south
- 310 Riverside Drive — full-service pre-war Drive co-op nearby
- 300 Riverside Drive — pre-war Riverside Drive peer
- 725 Riverside Drive — uptown Riverside Drive co-op
The Roebling Team at 375 Riverside Drive
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side — Riverside Drive, Morningside Heights, and the pre-war co-op market that defines them. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers on the northern Drive deserve building-specific intelligence: the Ajello architecture, the exposures that carry the premium, the board's financing cap and pet policy, and where each line sits against the comparable set.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 375 Riverside Drive, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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