55 West 95th Street
55 West 95th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue; Upper West Side
Upper West Side
BBL 1012090109 · BIN 1031741
- Year built
- 1913
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Full-time door service, live-in superintendent, two elevators, roof deck, community room, laundry, bicycle room and storage
- Financing
- Up to 80%, with a 20% minimum down payment — confirm with the managing agent.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $905K
- Recent range
- $550K – $2.4M
- Listing discount
- 5.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 100
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55 West 95th Street is a nine-story cooperative on a block leading directly to Central Park. Built in 1913, it combines a staffed entrance and shared roof deck with an inventory ranging from one-bedroom apartments to larger combined homes and penthouses. The larger configurations give it a wider range of room counts than its relatively compact footprint suggests.
The building is outside the historic district even though designated row houses occupy the same block. That boundary is easy to miss on a street closely associated with the protected Upper West Side streetscape. Its own tax lot is not designated.
The prewar interiors retain features including parquet floors, high ceilings and windowed kitchens and bathrooms. Some top-floor homes add skylights and substantial private terraces. Central Park and the B/C station at 96th Street lie near the eastern end of the block.
Architecture and unit composition
The building's ordinary apartment inventory includes one-, two- and three-bedroom plans, with larger combined configurations adding further variation. Separate kitchens and defined bedrooms remain common. Windows in kitchens and bathrooms are useful parts of the original plan, particularly where subsequent renovations have retained those rooms in place.
Combined apartments can reach substantially greater floor areas than the original smaller homes. Their plans may include expanded living rooms, additional bathrooms or redistributed bedroom space. The number of entrances, internal circulation and relationship between original apartment footprints determine how coherently a combination works.
Penthouse residences form a separate category. Documented examples include wraparound terraces, skylights and outdoor areas comparable in scale to the interior. The terrace's position around the apartment can give several rooms direct light and extend the living room outdoors.
The shared roof deck is distinct from those private terraces. It gives other residents access to roof-level outdoor space without attaching that space to their individual proprietary leases. The top-floor inventory therefore has both private and common outdoor uses within the same upper building envelope.
Building operations
The cooperative has full-time door service and a live-in superintendent, with two elevators serving the residential floors. Laundry, bicycle storage, private storage and a community room supplement the apartments. The roof deck is an additional shared facility.
The tax lot is Class 2 and has no building-wide abatement listed by DOF. Its built floor area substantially exceeds the district's standard residential allowance. The nine-story existing structure is also within the city's façade inspection framework.
The common roof and private penthouse terraces require coordinated maintenance. Waterproofing, drainage and the placement of terrace improvements can affect the apartments below, while use of the outdoor surface may belong to an individual home. Those distinctions are particularly relevant in a building with wraparound terrace configurations.
Policy framework
Subletting: Permitted after two years of ownership, for a total of two years — confirm with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre ownership: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
In-unit washer/dryer: Permitted subject to approval — confirm with the managing agent.
The subletting limit is significant for a buyer who expects to relocate soon after purchasing. The ability to buy a pied-à-terre does not create an unlimited leasing right.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 29, 2026 | 94 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $860,000 | +0.6% | |
| Jul 8, 2026 | 51 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $550,000 | -10.6% | |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 81 | 4 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,350,000 | -4.1% | |
| Apr 7, 2026 | 35 | 2 BR · 2 BA | $950,000 | -4.9% | |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 93 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $963,000 | -3.2% | |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 84 | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,200,000 | -4.0% | |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 76 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 740 sf | $675,000 | $912/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 21 | 1 BR | $650,000 | -6.5% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $912/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.2% 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 1-01209-0109) 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.
At the recent median sale of $950K (7 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $12,113 to close, or 1.3% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $12,113
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- 65 West 95th Street — A prewar cooperative on the same block with a similar mid-rise residential form.
- 46 West 95th Street — A smaller prewar cooperative offering another park-block comparison at similar height.
- 50 West 96th Street — A taller prewar cooperative with a broadly comparable-sized inventory.
- 41 West 96th Street — A prewar elevator cooperative on the next street, useful for comparing traditional layouts and service.
- 370 Central Park West — A lower-rise prewar cooperative directly on the park, where location and exposure create a different comparison.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 50 West 96th Street — co-op by George F. Pelham
- One Riverside Park (50 Riverside Boulevard) — 2012 condominium
- 51 West 82nd Street — co-op
- 56 West 71st Street — 1889 co-op
- Diego Rivera Condominium, 58–60 West 106th Street — 1910 condominium
- 59 West 71st Street — 1924 co-op
The neighborhood
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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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