The Britannia
527 West 110th Street, also Cathedral Parkway, Manhattan, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue; Morningside Heights, on the Upper West Side
BBL 1018827501 · BIN 1056918
- Year built
- 1909
- Type
- Condominium
- Amenities
- Part-time doorman, live-in superintendent, elevator, central laundry, bicycle room and resident storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Morningside Heights Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not stated
- Doorman
- Part-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2000–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2025
- $1,203
- 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 4.0%
- Recorded sales
- 41
- On record
- 2000–2025
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The Britannia is a Tudor Revival apartment house with two projecting wings framing a broad entrance court. Built in 1909 to designs by Waid & Willauer, it is recognizable from the carved figures near its base and the peaked treatment of its upper façade. Its conversion to condominium ownership in 1986 created a prewar condo option in Morningside Heights.
The building has 56 residences across nine floors. That inventory includes small apartments and substantially larger traditional plans, reflecting an apartment house that has accommodated changes over more than a century. Its condominium tenure and historic exterior are both essential to its identity.
The entrance is set back from Cathedral Parkway through the central court. This removes the lobby door from the immediate sidewalk line and gives the building's two wings additional window surfaces facing inward. Broadway lies just to the west, with the Cathedral Parkway station for the 1 train nearby.
Architecture and unit composition
LPC identifies the original owner as Gracehull Realty Company and classifies the architecture as Tudor Revival. The paired wings, multiple window panes and peaked roof forms give the frontage a strongly modeled profile. The court is approximately 35 feet wide, an unusually generous opening within the street wall.
The carved figures are often called gargoyles, although grotesques is the more precise term for decorative figures that do not function as waterspouts. They show domestic activities, including preparing food, eating and writing. The sculptures sit low enough on the façade to be part of the pedestrian experience at the entrance.
The apartment range includes studios, junior one-bedrooms, larger multi-bedroom homes and classic-six configurations. Interiors can retain tall ceilings, wood floors, bay windows and original woodwork. Renovated homes introduce a separate layer of variation in kitchens, bathrooms and the degree to which original rooms remain enclosed.
The central court creates a meaningful distinction between street-facing rooms and inward-facing rooms. A plan with windows into the court may have a different light pattern and outlook from one facing Cathedral Parkway. Bay windows add depth to some principal rooms, while the building's wings create more varied exposures than a flat front wall would provide.
Larger traditional layouts devote area to entries, dining rooms and circulation. Smaller apartments concentrate living functions into fewer rooms. Those differences mean that total area, window placement and the number of enclosed bedrooms need to be considered together when comparing homes within the building.
Building operations
The Britannia has a part-time doorman and a live-in superintendent. Central laundry, bicycle storage and resident storage supplement the apartments. The service arrangement provides staffed assistance for part of the day and an on-site building presence, with the exact door schedule subject to the current operating plan.
Historic-district designation brings LPC oversight to regulated exterior work. The sculpted stone, decorative roofline, windows and entrance court are particularly visible features of this property. Replacement or repair work affecting the protected exterior must follow the applicable approval process.
The residential tax lots are all Class 2, with no building-wide abatement in the DOF record. The largest single residential owner holds five of the 56 apartments, about 9%. Ownership is therefore distributed across many separate unit owners, while the exterior and shared services remain common condominium obligations.
The zoning record shows existing floor area below the district's stated residential allowance. Historic-district controls and the actual building configuration are additional constraints on any proposed change; the difference in FAR does not itself confer an approved expansion.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
Purchase
1 item
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 (Additional $150 if no broker) | Refundable Non-refundable |
Rental or lease
1 item
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $250 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Ownership transfer
1 item
Transfer: add name
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 (Additional $150 if no broker) | Refundable Non-refundable |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not statedPermitted, subject to building restrictions — confirm with the managing agent.Source: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $2,904 per room a monthMedian of 4 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $12.32 per square foot a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Part-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
- 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. 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
- $38,297/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $57
- Modeled exposure split equally across 56 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
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 FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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 closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2025 | 84 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 664 sf | $799,000 | $1,203/sf | +0.0% |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 34 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 664 sf | $860,000 | $1,295/sf | -1.7% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 9 | 2 BR · 577 sf | $765,000 | $1,326/sf | — |
| May 9, 2023 | 62 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,145 sf | $1,280,000 | $1,118/sf | +0.0% |
| Apr 21, 2022 | 23 | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,182 sf | $1,350,000 | $1,142/sf | -15.4% |
| Mar 28, 2022 | 64 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 714 sf | $765,000 | $1,071/sf | +2.1% |
| Jul 22, 2021 | 81 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 620 sf | $679,000 | $1,095/sf | +0.0% |
| Jan 28, 2020 | 56 | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 819 sf | $980,000 | $1,197/sf | -10.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,203/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.0% 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.
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 1-01882-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Closed rents at The Britannia, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 4 | $3,600 |
| 2 bedroom | 3 | $4,800 |
7 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease August 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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Comparable buildings
- 520 West 110th Street — A nearby prewar condominium offering a close tenure and architectural-generation comparison.
- 610 West 110th Street — A taller prewar condominium on the same corridor, with a similar overall residential scale.
- 905 West End Avenue — A prewar condominium with a comparable-sized inventory and traditional apartment planning.
- 478 Central Park West — A prewar condominium of similar scale with a park-edge location.
- 306 West 104th Street — A smaller prewar rental building in a mid-rise form, useful for comparing common-building scale and older layouts.
More Upper West Side buildings
- Cathedral Tower, 514 West 110th Street — 1911 condominium by Schwartz & Gross
- 520 West 110th Street — 1911 condominium by Schwartz & Gross
- The Spencer, 523 West 121st Street — 1905 co-op
- 530 Amsterdam Avenue — 1931 co-op by Margon & Holder
- 532 West 111th Street (The Charlemagne) — 1909 co-op by Mulliken & Moeller
- 535 West 110th Street — 1922 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.
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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