St. John Court

Ironspot Roman brick, limestone and terra cotta form the exterior. The rusticated base supports a facade organized in horizontal sections, with decorated window surrounds and an entrance panel carrying the building's name. An eastern light court creates additional interior-facing windows. The cornice was replaced with a fiberglass replica before LPC's designation report.

The residential plans include three-bedroom homes, formal dining rooms, windowed kitchens and windowed baths. Some retain parquet floors and other prewar details, while renovated layouts have opened kitchens to adjacent living areas. In-unit laundry has been installed in some homes.

Recorded areas for recurring larger plans are around 1,300 to 1,400 square feet. Other homes have traded around 1,000 to 1,100 square feet. The distinction between a formal dining room and an additional sleeping room can change how an apartment is marketed without changing its overall floor area.

Corner and top-floor homes can have several exposures, while other rooms look toward the light court. The avenue frontage, side street and court produce different outlooks within the same building. The room-by-room orientation is especially relevant for a buyer comparing a classic six-room layout with a reconfigured three-bedroom home.

The building has a live-in superintendent, elevator, common laundry, bicycle storage and a package room. Private storage can be rented. These facilities support the residential floors above the commercial ground level.

The cooperative is held on one Class 2 tax lot, with real estate taxes included among the corporation's expenses. No building-wide tax abatement is identified. The avenue storefronts are a separate physical component of the property from the residential entrance and upstairs apartments.

The historic-district designation places exterior work within LPC's jurisdiction. Window changes, visible equipment and alterations to the brick, limestone and terra-cotta frontage require the relevant approvals. The building's corner position gives it two public-facing elevations, and the light court adds another exterior surface to maintain.

Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.

Pied-à-terre ownership and subletting: Permitted subject to the cooperative's rules — confirm with the managing agent.

In-unit washer/dryer: Permitted subject to approval — confirm with the managing agent.

Co-purchasing, gifting and parental purchasing: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.

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 (2024) cleared a median $889/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 3.0% 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 1-01882-0036). 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 Charlemagne: A prewar cooperative on the same street with a similar residential inventory.
• 241 West 108th Street: A similarly sized early-twentieth-century cooperative nearby.
• 603 West 111th Street: A smaller prewar cooperative farther west on the same street.
• The Strathmore: A taller prewar cooperative for comparing larger layouts in a Riverside Drive setting.
• The Rockfall: A substantially larger prewar association in the same immediate neighborhood.