- Year built
- 1924
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
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
- 5.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 55
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 unusually 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. The cooperative's policies are notably resident-friendly for a Candela building: pets and pied-à-terres are permitted, financing is allowed up to 75% of the purchase price, and subletting is available with board approval. Purchases are reviewed by a board in the customary manner.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Facade safety — Local Law 11
Safe to live in today — but the last inspection flagged repairs that are due on a deadline, so facade work and its cost are coming. Whether that’s a real concern depends on the scope, the timing, and how the building plans to pay for it — reserves or an assessment — which is exactly what we’d dig into for you.
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.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| 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% |
| Nov 6, 2020 | 5B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,305,005 | +1.6% | |
| Jul 9, 2020 | 11C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,175,000 | -9.3% | |
| Jul 24, 2019 | 4C | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,100 sf | $1,075,000 | $977/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2022) cleared a median $970/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 5.0% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2021 | 14B | $1,450,000 |
| Apr 27, 2021 | 8D | $625,000 |
| Feb 17, 2017 | 9D | $725,000 |
| Apr 29, 2015 | 7B | $916,725 |
| Mar 10, 2014 | 3D | $670,000 |
| Aug 7, 2013 | 7C | $4,125,000 |
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) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
You are buying a Candela with an unusually friendly board, which is a rare and valuable pairing. Financing to 75%, permitted pets and pied-à-terres, and board-approved subletting make the Crestmont far more flexible than the typical pre-war and broaden the range of buyers it suits — primary residents, part-time New Yorkers, and investors with a longer horizon alike. Confirm the current terms for your situation during package review, but the building's posture is genuinely open.
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 a flexible, resident-friendly board, on a prime West 80s block. That pairing of pedigree and accommodation is uncommon and widens the buyer pool well beyond the typical Candela co-op, supporting both pricing and liquidity.
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 — pre-war West End co-op
- 545 West End Avenue — the Florence, a full-service West End cooperative
- 323 West 86th Street — Rosario Candela co-op one block north
The Roebling Team at The Crestmont
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side, West End Avenue, Riverside Drive, and the pre-war co-op market — including the work of Rosario Candela across the West Side and beyond. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating a flexible, garden-anchored Candela cooperative deserve building-specific intelligence: the architecture, the accommodating board terms, the amenity set, and where pricing sits against the surrounding West End inventory.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 522 West End Avenue, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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