470 West End Avenue (The Belvoir)
470 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10024
BBL 1012300061 · BIN 1032770
- Year built
- 1928
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 108
- Floors
- 16
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
- Subletting
- Permitted with Board of Directors consent (consent not to be unreasonably withheld)
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 2026). Reported and subject to confirmation. Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.6M
- Recent range
- $385K – $5.4M
- Listing discount
- 3.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 81
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The Belvoir is one of Emery Roth's most architecturally consequential West End Avenue commissions — a 1928 sixteen-story Italian Renaissance palazzo with terracotta swags, original stained-glass windows, and vaulted ceilings in the entrance. The Emery Roth architectural pedigree situates it within a substantial run of late-1920s West End Avenue and Riverside Drive work that defines the architect's Upper West Side output. What distinguishes The Belvoir today is the degree of its interior preservation: the original stained-glass and vaulted entrance ceilings survive, while the grand marble-clad lobby and mirrored bronze-etched elevator doors anchor the building's prewar institutional identity. Reinforcing that standing is a Riverside Park adjacency just one block west, which delivers light and air structurally distinct from mid-block UWS inventory.
Editorial flag: some secondary sources attribute the design to George F. Pelham. Public records and multiple property listings confirm Emery Roth as the primary architect — verify at the diligence stage.
Architecture and building operations
The architectural composition includes:
- Beige-brick Italian Renaissance palazzo facade
- Terracotta swags on the first floor
- Two bandcourses
- Decorative window reveals
- Bronze entrance doors leading into an L-shaped lobby
- Mirrored bronze-etched elevator doors
- Original stained-glass windows and vaulted ceilings in the entrance
- Grand marble-clad lobby
The 108-apartment configuration distributes across the building's sixteen floors. The 1970 cooperative conversion places The Belvoir in the early-postwar wave of West End Avenue prewar-to-coop conversions.
Operations: full-time doorman; concierge; sidewalk landscaping; resident manager; central laundry; bicycle storage room off the lobby; separate storage bins for each apartment. Riverside Park one block away.
The separate storage bins per apartment is a real amenity advantage at the 108-unit scale.
Policy framework
- Type: Cooperative — board interview required
- Pets: Verify with managing agent
- Pied-à-terre: Verify with managing agent
- Financing maximum: Verify with managing agent at offer stage
- Flip tax: Verify with managing agent
- Subletting: Board approval required
- Trust, LLC, foreign buyers: Case-by-case
- Post-closing liquidity: Substantial UWS reserves customary
- Board interview: Required
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Research Desk's building record
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $638 per room a monthMedian of 13 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Concierge
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Bike storage, storage, laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $14,075/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $11
- Modeled exposure split equally across 106 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →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.
How to read this, and where it comes from
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. City record last verified September 2026.
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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | PHG | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,375,000 | +0.0% | |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 11E | 2 BR · 3 BA | $2,450,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 4A | 4 BR · 3 BA | $3,525,000 | +7.0% | |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 10C | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,600 sf | $1,675,000 | $1,047/sf | +1.5% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 13F | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $1,535,000 | -4.1% | |
| Jun 11, 2025 | 11CD | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | $5,400,000 | -1.8% | |
| May 20, 2025 | 10F | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,405,000 | -3.1% | |
| May 12, 2025 | 9C | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,500 sf | $2,360,000 | $1,573/sf | -3.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,077/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 2.7% 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 1-01230-0061). 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.
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At the recent median sale of $1.68M (10 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $31,300 to close, or 1.9% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $16,750
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,550
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
The Emery Roth architectural pedigree is real institutional context. Roth's broader UWS body of work — the Normandy at 140 Riverside, 65 CPW, 1125 Fifth, and more — connects The Belvoir to a substantial late-1920s prewar tradition.
The interior preservation — original stained-glass windows, vaulted ceilings, mirrored bronze elevator doors — is real structural advantage. Verify lobby and entrance condition during walkthrough.
The Italian Renaissance palazzo facade with terracotta swags is architecturally distinguishing.
The Riverside Park adjacency (one block) produces structurally distinct light and air.
The separate per-apartment storage bins are a real amenity advantage at the 108-unit scale. Position evaluation accordingly.
Verify the architect attribution (Roth vs. Pelham) at diligence stage. Multiple sources confirm Roth; some secondary sources attribute Pelham.
Closing timelines are cooperative-standard. Plan for 6 to 10 weeks from contract through board approval to closing.
Comparable buildings
- 320 West End Avenue — Candela 1924; nearby West End Avenue peer
- 535 West End Avenue — Lagrange 2011; nearby West End Avenue condominium peer
- 11 Riverside Drive (The Schwab House) — Bien 1950; nearby West End Avenue / Riverside Drive peer
- 140 Riverside Drive (The Normandy) — Roth 1939 landmark; same-architect Riverside Drive peer
- 100 Riverside Drive — Boak & Paris 1938; nearby Riverside Drive 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.
More West End Avenue buildings
- 441 West End Avenue — 1925 condominium by George F. Pelham
- 450 West End Avenue — 1931 co-op by Emery Roth
- 465 West End Avenue — 1911 co-op
- 480 West End Avenue — 1913 co-op by Neville & Bagge
- 498 West End Avenue — 1911 condominium by Neville & Bagge
- 500 West End Avenue — 1915 condominium by Schwartz & Gross
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across West End Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to West End Avenue.
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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