- Year built
- 1960
400 Central Park West is the northeasternmost of the four CPW Park West Village slab towers and was the latest of the complex's conversions to condominium (1991, four years after The Vaux's 1987 conversion and six years after The Olmsted's 1985 conversion). Per Carter Horsley: "The attractive, red-brick slab apartment tower at 400 Central Park West at 100th Street is the northeast building of the original Park West Village quadrangle that stretches down to 97th Street."
The structural identity rests on three features. First, the largest unit count of the four CPW Park West Village towers — 413 apartments. Second, the comprehensive amenity infrastructure — 24-hour doorman, fitness center, children's playroom, bike room, parking garage, and shared landscaped grounds with the rest of Park West Village. Third, the immaculately landscaped grounds with shade trees, strolling areas, and dedicated children's play spaces — the four-tower complex organizes around a large landscaped central green space.
Architecture and unit composition
Per Carter Horsley: "The attractive, red-brick slab apartment tower at 400 Central Park West at 100th Street is the northeast building of the original Park West Village quadrangle that stretches down to 97th Street." Horsley notes that 400 CPW is just to the east and slightly north of 392 CPW; neither building has a formal name, while the two south buildings (372 and 382 CPW) "are known, respectively, as The Vaux and The Olmsted, and are named after the designers of Central Park, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted."
For complete development history, see the 372 Central Park West (The Vaux) and 382 Central Park West (The Olmsted) profiles.
The four-tower CPW grouping organizes around a large landscaped central green space — what Le Corbusier would have recognized as the "tower in a park" prototype, executed at residential scale by SOM, the firm that also delivered Manhattan House on the Upper East Side and Lever House on Park Avenue.
The 413 apartments distribute across the building's 19 floors. The building offers studios, one-, and two-bedroom units, "many featuring private balconies and impressive views of Central Park and the city skyline."
Building operations
400 CPW operates as a full-service Upper West Side condominium:
- 24-hour doorman
- Fitness center
- Children's playroom
- Bike room
- Parking garage
- Shared landscaped grounds with the rest of Park West Village
- Immaculately landscaped grounds with shade trees, strolling areas, and dedicated children's play spaces
Recent sales
400 CPW has the largest unit count of the four CPW Park West Village towers; price-per-square-foot ranges generally trail the prewar Roth and Sugarman & Berger inventory south of 92nd Street. The building offers studios, one-, and two-bedroom units, many featuring private balconies and impressive views of Central Park and the city skyline.
Unit 8E historical sale active on Compass; Unit 11B historical sale on Compass. Apartment-level closing detail should be sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers for full transactional context.
What to know if you’re buying
The condominium structure with broad policy flexibility is the largest single competitive advantage. Pied-à-terre, subletting, LLC, trust, and foreign buyers all routine.
The 413-apartment scale supports comprehensive operational infrastructure. Doorman, fitness, parking garage, children's playroom, bike room all uniformly available.
The Park West Village shared landscaped grounds and the immaculately maintained common areas are structurally distinctive on CPW. Shade trees, strolling areas, dedicated children's play spaces.
The studio / one-bedroom / two-bedroom unit mix supports accessible Central Park-facing entry pricing. The affordable price-per-square-foot ranges relative to prewar inventory south of 92nd Street are real.
The 1991 condo-conversion provenance is the latest of the four CPW Park West Village towers. Verify capital reserve adequacy and any pending capital projects during diligence.
Many units feature private balconies and impressive Central Park / skyline views. Verify line-specific configuration during walkthrough.
Closing timelines are condominium-standard. Plan for 30 to 45 days from contract through ROFR waiver to closing.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing should emphasize the condominium policy flexibility, the comprehensive amenity infrastructure, and the Park West Village shared landscaped grounds. All are real structural advantages.
The SOM architectural pedigree and the canonical Horsley Park West Village review are real institutional context. Position accordingly.
The studio / one-bedroom / two-bedroom unit mix supports accessible-entry positioning.
Pricing should reference recent CityRealty / Brown Harris Stevens / Compass data on Park West Village transactions. Apartment-line-specific comparables should anchor positioning.
Closing timelines are condominium-standard.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 400 Central Park West, also evaluate:
- 372 Central Park West (The Vaux) — SOM 1961; immediate Park West Village condominium peer
- 382 Central Park West (The Olmsted) — SOM 1961; immediate Park West Village condominium peer
- 392 Central Park West — SOM 1961; immediate Park West Village condominium peer
- 279 Central Park West — Kondylis 1988; nearby CPW condominium peer
- 415 Central Park West (The Central Park View) — Deutsch & Schneider 1926; nearby CPW cooperative peer
The Roebling Team at Park West Village (sometimes referred to as "CPW Towers" — name shared with 392 CPW)
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Central Park West, the Upper East Side, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this building profile because Central Park West condominium buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architectural attribution, conversion history, operational structure, and pricing at the apartment level — not generic market commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 400 CPW, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
Sources: CityRealty (Carter Horsley review, entry 7060); 400 CPW building portal; Compass building page; Landmark West! profile; Robert A.M. Stern, Thomas Mellins, and David Fishman, New York 1960 (Monacelli, 1995); Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker (Knopf, 1974); NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Central Park West Historic District Designation Report (LP-1647, 1990); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.