6 West 71st Street
6 West 71st Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue · Upper West Side
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011230038 · BIN 1028565
- Year built
- 1891
- Type
- Converted brownstone
- Amenities
- Intercom and common laundry
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median, 2025–2026
- $750K
- 3 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $665K – $835K
- Listing discount
- 1.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 11
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6 West 71st Street began as a Renaissance Revival house designed by Gilbert A. Schellenger for Carrie S. Kennedy in 1891–92. Its brownstone façade stands near the Central Park West end of the block. The cooperative conversion placed compact one-bedroom apartments and a substantial garden duplex within the same house, producing unusually different home sizes for a ten-residence building.
Architecture and unit composition
The original composition was four stories above a basement. A later alteration removed the stoop and shifted the entrance to the lower level. Brownstone remains the defining façade material, and the house is part of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.
Upper apartments include one-bedroom layouts with ceilings exceeding ten feet. Their rooms occupy portions of the original house, with tall windows and living areas separate from the bedroom. The building is a walk-up; floor position therefore affects the number of stairs between the entrance and each home.
At the base, a combined four-bedroom duplex extends across two levels. It has access to a private garden and a balcony, along with high ceilings and surviving fireplace mantels. The two outdoor areas serve different floors of that home. They are private features and are not shared recreation space for the cooperative.
Building operations
The cooperative filing, sponsored by HVR Associates, was accepted in April 1988 and became effective in February 1989. It offered ten residences. The conversion followed the non-eviction structure used for occupied rental buildings becoming cooperatives.
Common laundry serves apartments within the original brownstone footprint. Access is through an intercom, and there is no elevator. The front entrance alteration and the combination of apartments at the base account for some of the differences between the house's original circulation and its present residential layouts.
Policy framework
Financing: Up to 90%, with a 10% minimum down payment — confirm with the managing agent.
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre, gifting and subletting: Permitted subject to the cooperative's requirements — confirm the applicable conditions with the managing agent.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $447 per room a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- 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
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 | 3A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $750,000 | +0.1% |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $835,000 | -1.6% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 4A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $665,000 | -11.2% |
| Aug 4, 2022 | 1AB | 4 BR · 4 BA | $3,800,000 | +1.3% |
| Jul 29, 2021 | 2B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $690,000 | -0.7% |
| Oct 23, 2009 | 2B | 1 BR | $670,000 | -4.1% |
| Dec 1, 2006 | 2B | 1 BR | $729,500 | +0.1% |
| Apr 5, 2005 | 2B | 1 BR | $625,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. Median listing discount 0.4% 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 1-01123-0038). 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.
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Comparable buildings
- The Brownstones — A similarly small prewar cooperative suited to a comparison of converted-house layouts.
- 24 West 69th Street — A nearby prewar cooperative with a taller apartment-house configuration.
- 26 West 69th Street — A larger prewar ownership alternative close to Central Park West.
- 17 West 71st Street — A same-street cooperative for comparing brownstone scale with a larger residential building.
- 28–30 West 74th Street — A modestly sized prewar cooperative with a lower-rise form.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 2 West 67th Street — 1919 co-op
- Two Columbus Avenue (2 Columbus Avenue) — 1998 condominium
- Concordia, 5 West 107th Street — 1920 co-op
- 6 West 77th Street — 1928 co-op by Nathan Korn
- 7 West 96th Street — 1931 co-op
- 8 West 65th Street — 1983 condominium
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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