522 West End Avenue
522 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10024
BBL 1012330002 · BIN 1033129
- Year built
- 1924
- Type
- Cooperative
- 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 with conditions
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted with conditions
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not stated
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $2.6M – $4.3M
- Listing discount
- 4.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 55
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The Crestmont is another of the Upper West Side's relatively rare Rosario Candela buildings — and a particularly handsome one. Designed by Candela in 1923–24 at the corner of 85th Street, it is a fifteen-story pre-war whose detailing is more exuberant than the architect's later Park Avenue restraint: terra-cotta ornament, decorative carving, and a dramatic two-story arched entrance with bronze doors that announces the building from the avenue.
Beyond the architecture, the Crestmont distinguishes itself through accommodating cooperative policies and a genuine amenity rare on West End Avenue — a private planted garden. With 58 apartments converted to co-op ownership in 1973, the building combines Candela pedigree, a full-service operation, and a flexible board posture that welcomes pets and pied-à-terres. For buyers who want the architect's name and a livable, owner-friendly building in a prime West 80s location, it is a strong combination.
Architecture and unit composition
Candela gave the Crestmont a beige-brick body enriched with terra-cotta decoration, decorative carving, and ornate window treatments, crowned by the controlled massing that reads as distinctly his. The arched two-story entrance with bronze doors is the building's signature flourish — a more theatrical gesture than the spare classicism of his later work — and the elevation sits comfortably within the protected, pre-war streetwall of the Riverside–West End Historic District.
Inside, the layouts deliver the Candela virtues: gracious proportions, real entry foyers, separated living and sleeping areas, hardwood floors, and high ceilings. The mix runs to comfortable two- and three-bedroom homes and larger combinations, with light improving on the upper floors and varying by exposure across the building's lines. The private planted garden is a genuine and uncommon amenity for the corridor.
Building operations
522 West End Avenue is a full-service cooperative. A 24-hour doorman and a long-serving live-in superintendent staff the building, with a private planted garden, bike storage, and central laundry among the amenities. Pets are permitted, pied-à-terre use and subletting are permitted with conditions (sublets require board approval), and financing has been allowed up to 75% of the purchase price; confirm current terms in the application instructions. Purchases are reviewed by the board.
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
- Permitted with conditionsBoard approvalSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Permitted with conditionsCase by case, board discretionSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not statedPets are permitted, pied-à-terre use and subletting are permitted with conditions (sublets require board approval), and financing has been allowed up to 75% of the purchase price; You are buying a Candela building with documented flexibility: financing to 75%, permitted pets, and pied-à-terre use…Source: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: 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
- Garden, bike 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. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $10,721/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $15
- Modeled exposure split equally across 60 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 data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2025 | 4A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,650,000 | -5.2% | |
| Mar 20, 2023 | 3AB | 3 BR · 3 BA | $4,325,000 | -9.8% | |
| Sep 29, 2022 | 10D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $680,000 | $971/sf | -9.2% |
| Jun 6, 2022 | 1C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,200,000 | -4.0% | |
| Feb 17, 2022 | 11D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $665,000 | $887/sf | -14.2% |
| Dec 1, 2021 | 14B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,450,000 | +0.0% | |
| Apr 27, 2021 | 8D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $625,000 | +0.0% | |
| Nov 6, 2020 | 5B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,305,005 | +1.6% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $930/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 4.5% 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 1-01233-0002). 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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What to know if you’re buying
You are buying a Candela building with documented flexibility: financing to 75%, permitted pets, and pied-à-terre use and subletting permitted with conditions (sublets require board approval). Confirm the current terms for your situation during package review.
Choose the apartment on its proportions, floor, and light, and weigh the private garden as the real amenity it is. We help buyers read the Candela layout, assess renovation scope, and benchmark the ask against recent West End Avenue pre-war sales.
What to know if you’re selling
The marketing core is the combination: a Rosario Candela cooperative with a private garden and documented pet, pied-à-terre and sublet policies (the latter two with conditions), on a prime West 80s block. Those policies can widen the buyer pool; confirm the current terms before marketing them.
Price to the apartment's specific proportions and condition, and lead with the building's flexibility — the pet, pied-à-terre, sublet, and 75%-financing terms are genuine differentiators against stricter neighbors. We market the Candela pedigree and the building's amenities to the right buyer pool, present the favorable board posture clearly, and steer the cooperative's review toward a clean, on-time closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 522 West End Avenue, also evaluate nearby West End Avenue and West 80s pre-war cooperatives:
- 505 West End Avenue — pre-war West End co-op nearby
- 525 West End Avenue — full-service West End Avenue cooperative
- 535 West End Avenue — West End building
- 545 West End Avenue — the Florence, a full-service West End cooperative
- 323 West 86th Street — Rosario Candela co-op one block north
More West End Avenue buildings
- 505 West End Avenue — 1921 co-op by Gaetano Ajello
- 511 West End Avenue — 1926 co-op
- 514 West End Avenue — 1923 co-op by Gaetano Ajello
- 525 West End Avenue — 1912 by Schwartz & Gross
- 535 West End Avenue — condominium
- The Florence (545 West End Avenue) — 1924 co-op by George F. Pelham
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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