Heathcote Hall
609 West 114th Street, between Broadway and Riverside Drive, in Morningside Heights, on the Upper West Side, Manhattan
BBL 1018960014 · BIN 1057366
- Type
- Cooperative
- Floors
- 9
- Amenities
- Part-time evening doorman, resident superintendent, elevator, laundry, planted courtyard, playroom/community room, bicycle storage and apartment storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Morningside Heights Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
- Doorman
- Part-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median, 2025–2026
- $565K
- 2 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $499K – $1.1M
- Listing discount
- 2.8%
- Recorded transfers
- 42
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Heathcote Hall is a nine-story Renaissance Revival apartment house designed by Schwartz & Gross and built for Carnegie Construction Company between 1910 and 1912. The broad limestone entrance and decorative stonework belong to the early apartment-house development of Morningside Heights. The building stands between Broadway and Riverside Drive, with Columbia University to the east and Riverside Park to the west.
Its apartments span a wide range of interior sizes. Compact one-bedroom and two-bedroom homes coexist with larger prewar plans containing separate dining rooms. A planted courtyard and an indoor playroom/community room add shared space to an association of 63 residences.
The property became part of the Morningside Heights Historic District in 2017. Its designation recognizes the building as part of the neighborhood's architectural development, including the concentration of substantial early-twentieth-century apartment houses near the university and parks.
Architecture and unit composition
The exterior combines brick, limestone and terra cotta. LPC identifies an ornamented two-story limestone base and a tall entrance with detailed stone surrounds and a cartouche panel. These features give the street entrance a more substantial treatment than the repeated apartment windows above.
The residential inventory includes compact layouts with open living and kitchen arrangements, as well as larger homes with separate living and dining rooms. The difference can be considerable even between homes marketed with the same number of bedrooms. A compact split-bedroom plan around a combined living/dining room uses its space differently from a classic five-room apartment.
Larger plans retain long entrance passages and bedrooms positioned along those halls, with living rooms facing the street. High ceilings, picture moldings and hardwood floors recur. Some homes preserve a separate dining room, while others have adapted that space for another use.
Windowed kitchens and baths appear in the apartment mix. The larger layouts can provide substantial rooms with south-facing living space, while smaller rear-facing homes have a different outlook. Renovated apartments sometimes open the kitchen into the dining or living area, changing the balance between circulation and living space.
The courtyard is communal. It provides a planted outdoor setting without requiring a private terrace or garden apartment. The playroom/community space offers an additional indoor room outside the individual apartments.
Building operations
Heathcote Hall combines a resident superintendent with part-time evening door coverage. The building also provides shared laundry, bicycle storage and general storage. These services support an elevator cooperative whose inventory includes both smaller apartments and considerably larger homes.
The historic-district designation places exterior alterations under LPC oversight. The carved entrance surrounds, limestone base and upper masonry are part of the building's architectural identity, so work affecting them requires attention to preservation requirements as well as ordinary building maintenance.
The property has no building-wide tax abatement. Class 2 real estate taxes form part of the cooperative's operating expenses. Its original nine-story mass also contains slightly more recorded floor area than the current R8 residential allowance stated in the zoning entry.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of July 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
4 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit Check FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $75 per person | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Processing FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 (if applicable) | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move In DepositConditional | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 (if applicable) | Refundable Refundable |
| Move Out DepositConditional | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $500 (if applicable) | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet
5 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit Check FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $75 per person | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Processing FeeConditional | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $300 (if applicable) | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out DepositConditional | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $500 (if applicable) | Refundable Refundable |
| Move In DepositConditional | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $500 (if applicable) | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet renewal
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $50 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Refinance
1 item
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $400 | 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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Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase priceSource: building management's published schedule, as of July 2026
Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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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
- Playroom, garden, bike 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
- $16,383/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $22
- Modeled exposure split equally across 63 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
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).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
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 | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 85 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $630,000 | +0.8% | |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 6 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 650 sf | $580,000 | $892/sf | -3.3% |
| Apr 24, 2026 | 54 | 3 BR · 1 BA | $1,125,000 | -2.2% | |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 76 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $535,000 | -5.3% | |
| Sep 12, 2025 | 55 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $499,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 2 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $790,000 | -7.1% | |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 57 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $580,000 | +0.0% | |
| Sep 16, 2021 | 67 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $600,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $892/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
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 1-01896-0014). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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At the recent median sale of $605K (6 transfers in the past 24 months, since November 12, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $10,819 to close, or 1.8% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $10,819
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
- The Luxor: a nearby prewar cooperative for comparing a similarly scaled ownership association and side-street position.
- The Hamilton: a larger Riverside Drive cooperative for weighing park frontage against Heathcote Hall's position closer to Broadway.
- The Strathmore: a prewar cooperative of comparable residential scale on the Riverside Drive edge.
- The Charlemagne: another early apartment-house cooperative in Morningside Heights with a smaller residential inventory.
- The Hendrik Hudson: a larger prewar complex for buyers comparing historic architecture and a broader range of apartment configurations.
More Upper West Side buildings
- Chester Court (600 Amsterdam Avenue) — 1925 co-op by Emery Roth
- 603 West 111th Street — 1908
- The Altamonte, 604–606 West 113th Street — 1898 co-op
- 610 West 110th Street — 1921 condominium by Schwartz & Gross
- 611 West 111th Street — 1905
- 611 West 56th Street — 2018 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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