46 West 71st Street
46 West 71st Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue · Upper West Side
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011230054 · BIN 1028578
- Year built
- 1889
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Intercom, basement laundry and storage; private gardens and roof space in selected homes
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2024
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Listing discount
- 4.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 21
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46 West 71st Street belongs to a Renaissance Revival row designed by Thom & Wilson for developer John Farley in 1889. Ten houses made up the original architectural composition. This house now contains a small cooperative, with garden-level apartments below and upper homes that can incorporate roof space.
The landmark designation preserves the larger row as part of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. At this address, the original stoop was removed and a basement entrance created. The house’s residential use has continued through its subdivision into apartments.
Architecture and unit composition
Brick and stone façades, raised basements and masonry bearing walls formed the original row. Apartment interiors retain varying amounts of original moldings, wood wainscoting and decorative fireplace surrounds. Selected rooms have high ceilings and large rear windows looking toward the gardens.
The inventory includes compact one-bedroom homes, larger one-bedroom-plus-den configurations and apartments with more than one bedroom. Rear garden homes have direct access to private outdoor space. Upper residences include roof-deck arrangements and potential combinations, subject to the permissions attached to the relevant apartments.
A 2003 DOB filing documents a penthouse enlargement and associated structural, plumbing and mechanical work. That alteration history explains the presence of roof-level accommodation above the original townhouse rooms. Internal sleeping lofts in other apartments can have low headroom and need to be distinguished from full-height rooms.
Building operations
The cooperative is self-managed. Shared facilities include basement laundry, storage and intercom entry. The building has no elevator. Some basement storage and laundry facilities are assigned privately, so access to a particular room or machine does not extend automatically to every shareholder.
The small association maintains a historic masonry exterior and the roof over several individually altered homes. Exterior changes fall within the historic district’s review framework, including alterations to windows and visible rooftop construction.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2024 | GB | 1 BR · 1 BA | $960,000 | -12.7% | |
| Sep 7, 2017 | 3A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $560,000 | $933/sf | +1.8% |
| Aug 8, 2017 | GA | 1 BA | $206,000 | -4.2% | |
| Mar 1, 2017 | 4A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $540,000 | -6.1% | |
| Jan 27, 2017 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,465,000 | -0.7% | |
| Dec 21, 2016 | 1B | 2 BR · 750 sf | $950,000 | $1,267/sf | -3.6% |
| Jul 1, 2016 | GB | 1 BR | $1,210,000 | -3.2% | |
| Apr 29, 2014 | 2B | 2 BR | $750,000 | -9.1% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2017): a median $933/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2024. Median listing discount 4.3% 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 1-01123-0054) 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying at 46 West 71st Street
Roof rights and completed rooms are separate interests. Upper apartments here have been offered with combination possibilities as well as existing penthouse accommodation. The purchase needs to distinguish space already approved and built from a right to seek a future enlargement, particularly under the building’s historic-district designation.
Comparable buildings
- The Brownstones — A similarly small nineteenth-century cooperative in a low-rise form.
- 28–30 West 74th Street — Another five-story prewar cooperative, with a larger association across its frontage.
- 24 West 69th Street — A small prewar cooperative in a taller apartment-building format.
- 26 West 69th Street — A nearby prewar cooperative with more residences sharing its building costs.
- 59 West 71st Street — A larger cooperative on the same street, useful for comparing townhouse scale with a substantial apartment house.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 44 West 96th Street — co-op
- 45 West 67th Street — 1983 condop
- 45 West 89th Street — 1920 co-op
- 46 West 95th Street — 1922 co-op
- 48 West 86th Street — co-op
- 50 Morningside Drive — 1921 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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