56 West 71st Street
56–58 West 71st Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue · Upper West Side
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011230058 · BIN 1028582
- Year built
- 1889
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Elevator, superintendent and private gardens or terraces in selected homes
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,506
- Listing discount
- 0.5%
- Recorded sales
- 10
- On record
- 2003–2026
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56 West 71st Street joins two Renaissance Revival rowhouses within a ten-residence cooperative. Thom & Wilson designed the pair as part of a larger 1889 row developed by John Farley. Elevator service and a varied inventory of duplexes, garden homes and upper apartments sit behind the nineteenth-century façades.
The property is on the short block between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. Its paired-house width gives the cooperative a broader footprint than a single rowhouse, while the small apartment count keeps the building's operations concentrated among a limited number of shareholders.
Architecture and unit composition
Brick and stone façades form part of a coordinated historic row. The original buildings had raised basements, box stoops, wood sash windows and leaded-glass transoms. Both stoops were later removed and basement entrances created, a change documented in the LPC designation report.
The apartment inventory includes one- and two-bedroom homes, larger combined layouts and duplex configurations. Ceiling heights vary by level, reflecting the different proportions of the original houses. Fireplaces and period details remain in parts of the inventory, alongside substantially renovated interiors.
Private outdoor space includes gardens at the base and terraces above. Some homes have keyed elevator access. The mix of garden access, internal stairs and elevator entry creates distinctly different circulation arrangements within the same cooperative.
Building operations
The cooperative is professionally managed and has a superintendent. An elevator serves a building originally designed as separate houses, adding a shared mechanical system to the older masonry envelope. The roof, historic façades and common access are maintained for ten residences.
The property's tax assessment falls under Class 2C, with annual and five-year assessment-growth limits. No property-specific tax abatement is recorded. The landmark district applies to the exterior, including replacement windows, façade repairs and visible rooftop work.
The two street façades and the paired-house plan are relevant to larger alterations. Combining adjoining or vertically stacked space can affect more than a single apartment's interior: access, shared structure and the location of building services may cross the original house divisions. Those features need to remain consistent with approved plans when an enlarged home changes hands.
Policy framework
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre: Considered — confirm with the managing agent.
Financing: Up to 80% on a case-by-case basis — confirm with the managing agent.
Co-purchasing and gifts: Considered case by case — confirm with the managing agent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2026 | 2A | 4 BR · 5 BA | $4,000,000 | -14.8% | |
| Oct 24, 2013 | 4A | 2 BR · 1,200 sf | $1,807,500 | $1,506/sf | -7.3% |
| Apr 22, 2010 | 5A | 2 BR · 1,200 sf | $985,000 | $821/sf | -1.0% |
| Jun 25, 2008 | 5B | 2 BR · 1,150 sf | $1,302,600 | $1,133/sf | +0.6% |
| Aug 18, 2004 | 4A | 2 BR · 1,200 sf | $1,465,000 | $1,221/sf | +5.0% |
| Jan 23, 2004 | 1B | 1 BR | $685,000 | +0.0% | |
| Nov 14, 2003 | 4B | 2 BR · 1,200 sf | $799,000 | $666/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2013): a median $1,506/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 0.5% 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 1-01123-0058) 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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Comparable buildings
- The Brownstones — A small cooperative with a closely related nineteenth-century rowhouse form.
- 28–30 West 74th Street — Another low-rise cooperative spanning a paired address.
- 267 West 71st Street — A smaller historic cooperative farther west on the same street.
- 24 West 69th Street — A limited prewar cooperative inventory in a taller apartment building.
- 59 West 71st Street — A larger prewar cooperative across the street, with more households sharing operations.
More Upper West Side buildings
- One Riverside Park (50 Riverside Boulevard) — 2012 condominium
- 51 West 82nd Street — co-op
- 55 West 95th Street — 1913 co-op
- Diego Rivera Condominium, 58–60 West 106th Street — 1910 condominium
- 59 West 71st Street — 1924 co-op
- 59 West 88th Street (Park West Community Apartments) — 1894 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.
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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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