- Year built
- 1912
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.9M
- Recent range
- $1.4M – $5.6M
- Listing discount
- 8.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 41
375 West End Avenue belongs to the first great wave of apartment-house construction that transformed West End Avenue from a street of brownstones and private homes into a continuous wall of substantial prewar apartment buildings. When it rose in 1912, the trade press of the day was already describing "the reconstruction of West End Avenue" — the replacement of low-rise dwellings with twelve-story elevator buildings — and 375 is a confident, early example of that ambition.
The architects were Schwartz & Gross, one of the most prolific apartment-house firms of the era and a name attached to many of the Upper West Side's best prewar addresses. Here they designed in a Renaissance Revival idiom: a rusticated limestone base anchoring the building to the street, then ten floors of warm Flemish-bond brick rising to a crowning cornice, the whole composition explicitly modeled on the dignified palazzi of Renaissance Rome. The result is a building that reads as solid, residential, and unmistakably of its moment — the kind of masonry permanence that the avenue's later white-brick towers could never match.
For today's buyer, the appeal is straightforward: a genuine prewar cooperative inside a protected historic district, with the layouts, ceiling heights, and craftsmanship that 1912 construction delivered, on one of Manhattan's most desirable residential avenues two blocks from Riverside Park and a short walk from Central Park.
Architecture and unit composition
The building carries 44 residences across twelve floors, a generous ratio that produces large, light-filled prewar apartments rather than a warren of small units. The original layouts favored the classic prewar program — gracious entry galleries, separate dining rooms, and the kind of room proportions that drew an established professional clientele from the start; the building's earliest residents included figures from old New York society. Many homes retain wood-burning fireplaces, a hallmark of the period that survives in a number of the larger apartments.
The exterior detail rewards a second look: the molded limestone of the base, the careful brickwork above, and the cornice that completes the composition are all intact, protected now by the building's place within the Riverside–West End Historic District Extension. Inside, the apartments offer the high ceilings, deep windows, and solid plaster-and-masonry construction that distinguish prewar living from anything built since.
Building operations
375 West End Avenue is run as a well-managed, financially sound cooperative. A part-time doorman and a live-in resident manager handle day-to-day service, and the building maintains a central laundry, a bike room, and private storage bins in the basement. Washer/dryers are permitted within individual apartments — a meaningful convenience in a building of this vintage. Pets are welcome.
On policy, the building is comparatively flexible for a prewar co-op: financing is permitted up to 75 percent of the purchase price, and pied-à-terre ownership is allowed. A 2 percent flip tax applies on sale, paid in the customary manner at closing. Subletting is permitted subject to board approval. Taken together, these are owner-friendly terms that broaden the buyer pool relative to the more restrictive co-ops nearby.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $3,342/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $6
Facade safety — Local Law 11
An active hazard: the building must keep a sidewalk shed up and make repairs now — expect construction, disruption, and a likely special assessment. We’d get you the repair scope and the building’s funding plan up front, so you go in knowing exactly what’s underway and what it’s likely to cost.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2025 | 2C | 1 BR · 955 sf | $1,400,000 | $1,466/sf | off-mkt |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 8AB | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | $3,317,000 | -24.5% | |
| Nov 12, 2025 | 9AB | 4 BR · 3 BA | $5,600,000 | -6.6% | |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 6B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,552,831 | +16.3% | |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 12AB | 5 BR · 4 BA · 2,714 sf | $4,338,188 | $1,598/sf | -8.7% |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 5B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,225 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,551/sf | -10.6% |
| Mar 28, 2018 | 9AB | 4 BR | $5,100,000 | +0.0% | |
| Sep 27, 2017 | 9AB | 4 BR · 3 BA | $4,800,000 | -4.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,466/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount -0.1% over ask.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2022 | PHCD | $5,995,000 |
| Apr 16, 2021 | 10D | $1,495,000 |
| Apr 16, 2021 | 10CD | $2,475,000 |
| Apr 16, 2021 | 10C | $980,000 |
| Sep 24, 2019 | 7A | $1,884,628 |
| Jun 2, 2017 | A1 | $1,500,000 |
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 1-01186-0033) 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 prewar cooperative, so a purchase runs through a board package and interview. The building's terms, however, are among the friendlier on the avenue: 75 percent financing, permitted pied-à-terres, and an allowance for pets all widen the field of who can buy here. Budget for the 2 percent flip tax — paid at closing — and for the building's standard maintenance, which funds the doorman, resident manager, and the upkeep of a century-old masonry structure.
What you are buying is prewar scale inside a landmarked district: large rooms, real ceiling height, and a protected streetscape that will not change around you. We help buyers read the building's financials, weigh the maintenance against comparable co-ops, and identify the lines and floors that hold value best.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling story is the architecture and the address. A Schwartz & Gross Renaissance Revival building inside the Riverside–West End Historic District, with intact prewar layouts and the flexibility of 75 percent financing and pied-à-terre ownership, is a marketable combination — it appeals both to end-users wanting space and to buyers who value the building's relatively open policies.
Pricing should be set against the West End Avenue prewar cohort, with adjustments for floor, exposure, condition, and original detail. A renovated apartment with a fireplace and good light will outperform; a dated kitchen and bath leave room on the table that staging and targeted pre-sale work can recover. We position each listing against the right comparable set and manage the board-package process to a clean, predictable close.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 375 West End Avenue, also evaluate these nearby Upper West Side prewar co-ops:
- 300 West End Avenue — prewar West End Avenue cooperative
- 320 West End Avenue — prewar West End Avenue peer
- 333 West End Avenue — prewar cooperative a block north
- 400 West End Avenue — prewar West End Avenue cooperative
- 440 West End Avenue — prewar West End Avenue cooperative
The Roebling Team at 375 West End Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side, West End Avenue, Riverside Drive, and the broader prewar cooperative market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating a building like 375 West End Avenue deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture, the board policies, the amenity package, and where the pricing sits against the surrounding prewar stock.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale here, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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