The Wexford (400 West End Avenue)
400 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10024
Upper West Side
BBL 1012270001 · BIN 1032622
- Year built
- 1928
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 91
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.8M
- Recent range
- $250K – $4.8M
- Listing discount
- 0.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 67
The Wexford at 400 West End Avenue is one of the more distinctive Art Deco cooperatives on the Upper West Side, and its distinction is immediately visible at street level. Designed by Margon & Holder and completed in 1928, the building presents a two-story cast-stone base with marbled detailing beneath a richly ornamented red-brick body — a confident, late-pre-war Art Deco composition at the corner of West 79th Street. The lobby, restored to preserve its original Deco character, carries the building's architectural identity inside. Among West End Avenue's largely traditional pre-war fabric, The Wexford's Deco vocabulary makes it a recognizable presence on the avenue.
What makes the building easy to recommend, though, is how it lives. This is a 100%-owned, full-service co-op with a 24-hour doorman, a live-in resident manager, a children's playroom, bike storage, a package room, and central laundry — and a notably flexible policy posture for a pre-war building. The board permits pets, allows pieds-à-terre, and lets buyers finance up to 65% of the purchase. For a buyer who wants a real Art Deco address with pre-war room scale, a staffed lobby, and rules that accommodate a financed purchase, a second home, or a dog, The Wexford clears more boxes than most of its neighbors.
The building sits a block and a half from Riverside Park and the Hudson greenway to the west, with the West 79th Street retail spine, Zabar's and the Broadway markets, and the 1 train at West 79th all within a short walk. It is a quintessential West End Avenue position: quiet residential avenue, park and river at the door, full neighborhood amenity one block over.
Architecture and unit composition
The roughly 91 apartments span 20 stories in configurations ranging from one- and two-bedroom layouts through larger family residences. Pre-war signatures run throughout: high ceilings, hardwood floors, formal entry galleries in the larger apartments, and the substantial masonry construction of the period. The Deco design extends from the facade and base into the restored lobby and common areas.
Higher floors and corner exposures carry the building's light premium, with some upper apartments capturing partial open outlooks toward the river to the west. As with any pre-war building, condition and finish vary apartment by apartment depending on renovation history — and because the board permits in-unit washer/dryers, many of the renovated homes have added laundry on top of the building's central facility.
Building operations
The Wexford operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative. Coverage includes a 24-hour doorman and a live-in resident manager, with a children's playroom, bicycle storage, a package room, and central laundry rounding out the amenity roster. The roughly 91-unit scale supports a stable staffing model and a manageable operating budget against a 100%-owned share base.
The building's rules sit on the flexible end of the pre-war spectrum: pets are permitted, pieds-à-terre are allowed, and financing up to 65% is permitted, which widens the buyer pool meaningfully against the all-cash and 50%-cap buildings nearby. On resale, a flip tax of $35 per share is paid by the seller. Because the building sits within the West End–Collegiate Historic District Extension, exterior and facade-affecting work goes through landmarks review in addition to board approval.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $47,237/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $43
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2026 | 13A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,200 sf | $3,200,000 | $1,455/sf | -4.5% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 13CD | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,260 sf | $4,750,000 | $1,457/sf | -19.4% |
| Sep 10, 2025 | 6E | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,375 sf | $1,825,000 | $1,327/sf | +1.7% |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 4D | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,995,000 | +0.0% | |
| Apr 14, 2025 | 8B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,850 sf | $2,550,000 | $1,378/sf | +2.2% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | 2A | 1 BA | $495,000 | +0.0% | |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 18C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,504 sf | $1,685,000 | $1,120/sf | -0.7% |
| Feb 27, 2024 | 2C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,345,000 | -5.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,266/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2004 | 5D | $1,895,000 |
| May 7, 2003 | 1D | $330,000 |
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 1-01227-0001) 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
The flexible rules are the headline. Pets, pieds-à-terre, and up to 65% financing are all permitted — an accommodating posture for a pre-war co-op, and a real advantage for a financed buyer, a second-home buyer, or a dog owner who would be shut out of stricter buildings.
The Art Deco architecture is a durable asset. A recognized Deco building by Margon & Holder, with a restored Deco lobby, is a genuine point of distinction on a largely traditional avenue.
Pre-war family scale is intact. Expect high ceilings, hardwood floors, and gracious layouts; many homes are renovated with in-unit washer/dryers, which the board permits. Condition varies by apartment.
Budget the flip tax and landmarks process. The seller pays a $35-per-share flip tax on resale, and facade-affecting renovation goes through landmarks review on top of board approval — worth knowing if you plan exterior work.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the Deco and the flexibility. The Art Deco facade, base, and restored lobby are the building's most distinctive marketing assets, and the pet-, pied-à-terre-, and financing-friendly policy set is a genuine selling point that should be stated plainly — it broadens your buyer pool versus the all-cash buildings on the avenue.
Price by floor and exposure. Lower-floor and high-floor inventory belong to different comparable sets; the river-facing upper-floor homes carry the building's light premium.
Account for the flip tax. The $35-per-share seller flip tax should be built into your net-proceeds analysis from the start.
Closing timelines are co-op standard — roughly six to ten weeks from contract to closing, through a normal board-approval process.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Wexford, also evaluate these West End Avenue full-service co-ops:
- 470 West End Avenue — nearby West End Avenue pre-war co-op
- 535 West End Avenue — West End Avenue pre-war peer to the north
- 320 West End Avenue — nearby West End Avenue building to the south
- 160 West End Avenue — large West End Avenue full-service building
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across West End Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to West End Avenue.
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