- Year built
- 1915
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2023
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $1.9M
- Recent range
- $1.7M – $1.9M
- Listing discount
- 0.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 27
601 West End Avenue is an Emery Roth pre-war cooperative — and that name carries weight on the Upper West Side, where Roth designed many of the corridor's most enduring apartment houses. Built in 1915 at the corner of West 89th Street and converted to a co-op in 1978, the building has been praised as one of the city's most elegant and distinguished apartment houses, an eclectic blend of neo-classicism and the Vienna Secession executed with notable discipline and sobriety.
The building's defining feature is its intimacy. With just two apartments per floor across thirteen stories — 26 homes in all — 601 West End offers something genuinely scarce: a marquee-architect pre-war building scaled like a private house, where each residence enjoys corner light, privacy, and the generous proportions Roth designed into his floor plates. For buyers who prize architectural provenance and a small, owner-occupied community over the anonymity of a large building, it is among the most desirable addresses on the avenue.
Architecture and unit composition
The exterior is the work of an architect who understood how a corner building should command its block. Roth's composition is restrained rather than ornate — its elegance comes from proportion, masonry rhythm, and the confident handling of the West End Avenue and 89th Street elevations rather than from applied decoration. The eclectic neo-classical/Secessionist vocabulary marks it as a building of its 1915 moment while keeping it timeless.
Inside, the two-per-floor layout is the building's luxury. With only two homes sharing each landing, apartments run large and light-filled, with the high ceilings, gracious entry galleries, separate dining rooms, and well-defined room sequences that define Roth's best pre-war work. The 26 residences are predominantly larger family-scale homes — the kind of classic six-, seven-, and eight-room layouts that buyers seek out specifically on West End Avenue.
Building operations
601 West End is run as a closely held cooperative befitting its size. A live-in resident superintendent manages the building day to day, and a modern video-security system and renovated lobby handle entry and monitoring. There is a bicycle room and private storage for residents. The service model is calibrated to a 26-home building — personal and attentive rather than full-staff-tower in scale, which keeps carrying costs measured relative to the avenue's largest doorman buildings.
As a cooperative, purchases require board package review and an interview, and financing, sublet, and pied-à-terre terms follow the building's proprietary lease and house rules; we review the current board posture and carrying costs with buyers during a transaction. With only 26 shareholders, the building's governance is intimate and its financial profile is best understood through a close read of the corporation's statements.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $12,073/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $39
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The facade passed its last inspection with no required repairs — nothing to budget for here, and no facade assessment on the horizon for roughly five years.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2023 | 8B | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,868,334 | -6.3% | |
| Oct 20, 2023 | 6A | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,450 sf | $1,725,000 | $1,190/sf | -5.5% |
| May 10, 2022 | 12B | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,359 sf | $1,955,000 | $1,439/sf | -1.0% |
| Feb 14, 2022 | 5B | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,200,000 | +10.3% | |
| Jul 9, 2021 | 13B | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,335 sf | $1,680,000 | $1,258/sf | -0.9% |
| Sep 5, 2017 | 13A | 3 BR | $2,200,000 | -10.2% | |
| Dec 20, 2016 | 5B | 3 BR · 1,300 sf | $2,153,500 | $1,657/sf | +7.7% |
| Jun 4, 2015 | 9A | 3 BR | $2,113,000 | +5.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2023) cleared a median $1,190/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 0.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2022 | 3A | $2,100,000 |
| May 10, 2022 | 8B | $1,500,000 |
| Oct 3, 2008 | 1B | $1,425,000 |
| Feb 9, 2005 | 3B | $985,000 |
| Apr 26, 2004 | 9A | $1,195,000 |
| Feb 18, 2004 | 6B | $1,150,000 |
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 1-01250-0091) 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
This is a provenance buy as much as a real-estate buy, and the diligence should match. Review the cooperative's financials and reserve fund carefully — in a 26-owner building, costs and decisions concentrate, and the financial profile rewards scrutiny. Confirm the exposures and original detailing of the specific apartment, since the two-per-floor plan means light and layout vary meaningfully by line. Expect a board package and interview. Value the building's intimacy and corner light, which cannot be replicated in a larger building. The location — West End at 89th — places Riverside Park two blocks west, the 1/2/3 at 86th Street nearby, and Broadway's restaurants and groceries a short walk east.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architect and the scale. An Emery Roth corner building with just two homes per floor is a rare and resonant pitch — provenance, light, privacy, and large classic layouts all in one address. Foreground the corner exposures, the original Roth proportions, and the building's exclusivity. With so few units, comparable sales are thin, so pricing should reference both the building's own trade history and the upper tier of the West End Avenue pre-war market. The intimacy of a 26-home cooperative is itself a selling point to buyers tired of large-tower anonymity.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 601 West End Avenue, these nearby West End Avenue and Riverside cooperatives form a useful comparison set:
- 600 West End Avenue — pre-war cooperative directly across the avenue
- 607 West End Avenue — adjacent West End Avenue co-op
- 565 West End Avenue — pre-war co-op a few blocks south
- 670 West End Avenue — established West End Avenue cooperative to the north
The Roebling Team at 601 West End Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side, West End Avenue, and Riverside Drive, and in the city's marquee-architect pre-war cooperatives. We publish this profile because an Emery Roth building like 601 West End rewards buyers and sellers who understand its provenance, its two-per-floor scale, and where it sits within the avenue's pre-war market. A focused consultation is the right starting point.
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