41 West 82nd Street

The building is a representative pre-war Upper West Side apartment house: a masonry block of nine stories with the proportions and detailing of its 1916 vintage, sitting comfortably within the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District. It is not a tower or a marquee Emery Roth landmark; it is the dependable, well-built side-street stock that makes this neighborhood what it is, and it carries the pre-war features buyers seek — generous room sizes, high ceilings, hardwood floors, and period moldings.

Across 38 residences the mix runs to the comfortable one- through three-bedroom layouts typical of the era, with the deeper light-and-air of a building that predates the war. Many homes retain their original architectural character while having been updated inside over the decades of co-op ownership.

41 West 82nd Street is a streamlined pre-war cooperative with a live-in superintendent who manages packages and day-to-day operations. Shareholders share a laundry room, a bicycle room, additional storage available for a monthly fee, and — a genuine amenity on a dense block — a private landscaped courtyard with grills, an outdoor common space many West Side co-ops lack entirely. A video security system covers the entrances.

On policy, the building is notably accommodating: it is pet-friendly, and it permits both subletting and pieds-à-terre with board approval. That combination — pets, sublets, and part-time ownership all on the table — is more flexible than the typical pre-war co-op and widens the building's buyer pool considerably. Purchases proceed through a standard board application and interview.

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 (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,779/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 0.9% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01196-0009). 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.

The location is the headline — a half-block to Central Park and the Museum of Natural History is among the strongest settings on the West Side, and the historic-district context protects the character of the surrounding blocks. Confirm the specific exposure: park-side and courtyard-facing homes live very differently from one another.

The board's flexibility is a real advantage for the right buyer. If you need to sublet down the line, want a pied-à-terre, or are bringing a pet, this is an easier building than most of its pre-war peers — but you will still go through a full board package and interview, and you should budget for maintenance that covers a self-managed, staffed pre-war building. Underwrite the carrying costs alongside the price.

Market the flexibility as hard as the address. A pre-war co-op a half-block from the park that also allows pets, sublets, and pieds-à-terre is a meaningfully larger story than location alone — it reaches buyers who screen out the more restrictive boards nearby. Pair that with the private courtyard, which is a differentiator on a block of buildings that have no outdoor common space.

Price to the specific home — floor, exposure, layout, and renovation level — and prepare the board package early. Because the building's policy posture broadens demand, a well-priced, well-photographed apartment here competes effectively against both pre-war and newer inventory in the museum blocks.

If you're considering 41 West 82nd Street, these nearby Upper West Side cooperatives belong on the same list:

• 139 West 82nd Street — pre-war cooperative on the next block west, across Columbus Avenue
• 15 West 81st Street — pre-war co-op a block south, near the museum
• 15 West 84th Street — classic pre-war West Side cooperative
• 10 West 86th Street — full-service pre-war co-op near Central Park
• 18 West 87th Street — boutique pre-war cooperative to the north