62 West 87th Street
62 West 87th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue · Upper West Side
Upper West Side
BBL 1012000060 · BIN 1031431
- Year built
- 1891
- Type
- Converted rowhouse
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Voice intercom and storage
- Financing
- Up to 80% — confirm with the managing agent.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $833K
- Recent range
- $680K – $895K
- Listing discount
- 1.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 10
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62 West 87th Street retains the brick, limestone and steep roofline of an 1891 Romanesque Revival rowhouse by Charles Buek & Co. Its ten apartments occupy a building with a raised entrance, projecting masonry and a slate-covered gable. The location puts the house on the first block west of Central Park, while its interior inventory ranges from compact studios to homes with private outdoor space.
Architecture and unit composition
The façade combines brick wall surfaces with carved stone, ironwork and a raised box stoop. The roof has been altered with an enlarged window opening. Historic-district designation covers the exterior, including changes at that roofline.
The conversion produced apartments of markedly different sizes and configurations. Studios can have separate sleeping areas; one-bedroom layouts add enclosed bedrooms. Rear homes can include private terraces, and a glass-enclosed workspace appears in the outdoor inventory. These features belong to particular apartments and do not form a common amenity.
Parlor-level homes benefit from tall ceilings and large street-facing windows. Fireplaces survive in some interiors, and in-unit laundry exists in selected apartments. Upper-floor homes require additional flights of stairs because the building has no elevator.
Building operations
The cooperative filing was accepted in July 1981 and became effective in February 1982. It covers ten apartments. The property remains a small walk-up with intercom entry and storage, without the staffing or circulation infrastructure of an elevator building.
The original rowhouse exterior and later apartment alterations create two distinct maintenance concerns: the shared masonry and roof, and improvements inside individual homes. Private terraces and rooftop glazing are particularly relevant here because they occupy parts of the building envelope that are also subject to landmark review.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2025 | 2R | 1 BR · 1 BA | $770,000 | -3.1% | |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4R | 1 BR · 1 BA | $895,000 | +0.0% | |
| Oct 2, 2024 | 4F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $680,000 | -4.9% | |
| Nov 22, 2013 | 1R | 2 BR · 1 BA | $825,000 | -8.3% | |
| Jan 19, 2010 | BR | 2 BR · 700 sf | $500,000 | $714/sf | +0.2% |
| Sep 15, 2004 | 3F | 1 BR · 500 sf | $375,000 | $750/sf | -3.6% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2010): a median $714/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 3.1% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 1-01200-0060) 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
Sponsor and resale purchases have different approval paths. A sponsor-owned apartment has been offered without board approval. That exemption applies to the sponsor transaction; it should not be assumed for an ordinary shareholder resale. Confirm the seller's status and the applicable approval and financing requirements with the managing agent.
Comparable buildings
- 18 West 87th Street — A similarly scaled prewar cooperative on the same street.
- Park West Community Apartments — A small cooperative in a neighboring prewar building.
- 45 West 89th Street — A close scale and tenure comparison within the same part of the Upper West Side.
- Dundonald Flats — A small prewar cooperative with an apartment-house history.
- 40 West 84th Street — A taller prewar cooperative for buyers comparing rowhouse scale with a larger building.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 61 West 62nd Street (The Harmony) — co-op by Philip Birnbaum & Associates
- 62 West 62nd Street (The Allegro) — 1987 condominium
- 62 West 83rd Street — 1883 co-op
- 63–67 West 107th Street Condominium — 1909 condominium
- 65 West 95th Street — 1928 co-op
- 66 West 84th Street — 1892 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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