375 West End Avenue

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 West End-Collegiate Historic District. Inside, the apartments offer the high ceilings, deep windows, and solid plaster-and-masonry construction associated with this period of apartment construction.

375 West End Avenue is a cooperative; review its current budget, audited statements, debt and any assessments. 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. Dogs are permitted with conditions.

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.

Recent sales

Recent transfers at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.

Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,371/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01186-0033). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. 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.

This is a prewar cooperative, so a purchase runs through a board package and interview. The building's terms: 75 percent financing, permitted pied-à-terres, and dogs permitted with conditions; confirm current requirements with the managing agent. 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 streetscape where exterior changes require Landmarks review. 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.

The selling story is the architecture and the address. A Schwartz & Gross Renaissance Revival building inside the West End-Collegiate 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.

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 — Margon & Holder's Art Deco co-op
• 440 West End Avenue — Schwartz & Gross's 1928 Georgian pre-war Upper West Side cooperative