41 Central Park West (Harperley Hall)
41 Central Park West / 1 West 64th Street, New York, NY 10023
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011170029 · BIN 1028137
- Year built
- 1911
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 85
- Floors
- 12
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $3.3M
- Recent range
- $825K – $15.4M
- Listing discount
- 6.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 67
Harperley Hall is one of the most architecturally distinctive Arts and Crafts apartment buildings in Manhattan, designed in 1911 by Henry W. Wilkinson as a cooperative "suitable for artists' studios" with the Tonalist painter Dwight Tryon as an equity-position co-founder. Three features combine to give it one of the most-photographed apartment-house facades on Central Park West. The first is that facade itself — a brown-brick facade laid in undulating lozenges that, per Christopher Gray's November 13, 1994 Streetscapes column in The New York Times, form a "carpet-like texture with a handmade character," with glazed tiles in gold, turquoise, and green bursting from the brickwork at intervals, work likely executed by ceramicist Henry Mercer of the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Beyond it lies a T-shaped central courtyard, the building's entrance set on West 64th Street under a manned guardhouse — a typological cousin to The Dakota's celebrated courtyard eight blocks north. And rounding out its appeal is amenity infrastructure rare on Central Park West: an on-site 11-car garage plus two landscaped rooftop decks, one per wing.
Wilkinson named the building after his ancestral manor house in Northumberland, England.
Architecture and unit composition
Wilkinson, who took an equity position alongside Tryon, designed Harperley Hall as a cooperative for artists' studios. Christopher Gray's November 1994 Streetscapes column describes the building as "in every way distinct from the usual cookie-cutter design." The defining gesture is the T-shaped central courtyard with the entrance on West 64th Street under a manned guardhouse. Records note in his public records that "while many buildings have deep 'light courts' such as this, most are not as 'finished' as the facades here facing the court." Architectural records describe Harperley Hall "this impressive pre-war apartment building" with a "moat" formed by the wrought-iron fence and landscaped setback along Central Park West.
The building also features a continuous balcony curving around the Central Park West corner two floors below the cornice, multiple wrought-iron Juliet balconies, and broad band courses above the third floor. Many apartments retain original wood-burning fireplaces.
The original 1911 cooperative configuration failed in 1941 and the building reverted to rental ownership. The current cooperative was reorganized in 1983.
Building operations
Harperley Hall operates as a full-service Lincoln Square cooperative with the following operational baseline:
- Full-time doorman
- 24-hour manned gatehouse at the West 64th Street courtyard entrance
- Live-in superintendent
- On-site 11-car garage
- Two landscaped rooftop decks (one per wing)
- Bicycle storage
- Central laundry
- Basement storage
- Wood-burning fireplaces in many apartments
The manned gatehouse and the on-site 11-car garage combine to produce one of the most distinctive operational profiles on Central Park West south of 72nd Street.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $13,678/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $14
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | 4E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $825,000 | +37.7% | |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 11A | 6 BR · 4.5 BA · 5,600 sf | $15,400,000 | $2,750/sf | -8.9% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 9G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $2,150,000 | -6.5% | |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 9B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $3,850,000 | -1.3% | |
| Aug 30, 2023 | 10B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $5,400,000 | -1.8% | |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 9G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $850,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jun 20, 2023 | 6EF | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,345,000 | -6.0% | |
| May 24, 2023 | 1A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,800,000 | +3.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $2,046/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.1% 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.
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 1-01117-0029) 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 selling
Marketing should emphasize the Arts and Crafts facade, the Henry Mercer Moravian tile work, and the Dwight Tryon co-founder pedigree. All three are real structural advantages over peer Lincoln Square / CPW cooperative inventory.
The on-site 11-car garage and the two landscaped rooftop decks are real amenity features. Position accordingly.
The Wilkinson architectural credential and the LPC-protected exterior identity support premium positioning. Reference where appropriate.
Pricing should reference active high-end inventory and recent public records closing data. Apartment-line-specific comparables should anchor positioning.
Closing timelines are cooperative-standard.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering Harperley Hall, also evaluate:
- 65 Central Park West — Emery Roth 1927; immediate Lincoln Square CPW peer
- 1 Central Park West (Trump International) — Kondylis 1995 condo; immediate CPW condo peer
- 15 Central Park West — Robert A.M. Stern 2008; trophy CPW condo peer
- 25 Central Park West (The Century) — Cody / Delamarre 1931 Art Deco; nearby CPW peer
- 55 Central Park West — Schwartz & Gross 1929; nearby CPW peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Central Park West — read The Roebling Team Guide to Central Park West.
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