680 West End Avenue
680 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10025
BBL 1012410001 · BIN 1033640
- Year built
- 1916
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 63
- Landmark
- Designated
680 West End Avenue is among the earliest of the great pre-war apartment houses on its stretch of the avenue — a building begun in 1916 and completed in 1918, predating the heavier 1920s wave that filled in most of West End Avenue's residential wall. Designed by Rouse & Goldstone in a refined Neo-Renaissance idiom and clad in buff brick with stone and terra-cotta trim, it replaced a row of five-story houses with a twelve-story luxury apartment building, anchoring the corner of West 93rd Street with a real sense of permanence.
The building's appeal is in its bones. With only 63 apartments across twelve floors — roughly 2,400 square feet of building area per home — these are large, gracious pre-war residences: the classic seven-, six-, and five-room layouts of the era, with maid's rooms, entry foyers, and expansive living and dining rooms, many retaining their original moldings and wood floors. For buyers who want generous pre-war scale on a quiet block one step from Riverside Park, 680 delivers exactly that, without the price of the avenue's marquee names.
Architecture and unit composition
The façade is a confident piece of late-1910s design — a twelve-story Neo-Renaissance composition in buff brick over a stone base, with terra-cotta ornament and the proportioned windows of the period. Inside, the apartments are laid out at pre-war scale: "Classic 7s," "6s," and "5s," nearly all with maid's rooms, gracious foyers, and separately defined living and dining rooms. Original architectural details — moldings, hardwood flooring, and high ceilings — survive in many homes.
At just 63 apartments, the building is intimate and family-scaled. Upper-floor and western lines pick up open light toward the Hudson one block to the west; avenue-facing apartments carry the stable, low-rise residential outlook that defines this stretch of West End Avenue.
Building operations
680 West End Avenue operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative with a full-time doorman, an elevator, and a live-in superintendent. In-unit washers and dryers are permitted, and there is a central building laundry as well as a bike room. Pets are allowed. The building runs on the standard pre-war co-op model: a proprietary lease, monthly maintenance, and a board-approval process for purchasers. As a contributing building in the historic district, exterior and window work is subject to district oversight, while interior alterations follow the board's process.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as Unsafe — conditions requiring corrective action, which under FISP means a protective sidewalk shed and repairs. Review the subsequent filings, the repair status, and the building’s board and financial materials — we pull the repair scope and funding picture for you.
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 →What to know if you’re buying
This is a board-approval cooperative, so a complete, well-documented purchase application matters. The product here is space and pre-war character: classic six- and seven-room homes with maid's rooms and original detail are increasingly scarce in the neighborhood, and they reward buyers who want to renovate to their own taste. Pets and in-unit laundry are both permitted, which broadens the appeal. We help buyers assess the line and exposure, evaluate the financials and the scope of any renovation, and prepare a board package that clears cleanly.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling case is scale and provenance: a 1918 Rouse & Goldstone building with large classic layouts, full-time doorman service, and a prime corner one block from Riverside Park. Buyers pay for that combination. Price to the building's own comparable set — recent closings in similar lines and floors here and at the neighboring pre-war co-ops — and lead with what's scarce: original detail, room count, light, and the quality of any renovation. With so few apartments, internal precedent is thin, which makes a corridor-level pre-war comparable analysis the right tool.
Comparable buildings
If you're evaluating 680 West End Avenue, also look at these nearby pre-war Upper West Side cooperatives:
- 685 West End Avenue — 1928 Sugarman & Berger co-op, immediate neighbor at 93rd Street
- 670 West End Avenue — 1927 West End pre-war peer
- 790 West End Avenue — full-service West End Avenue co-op to the north
- 300 Riverside Drive — pre-war Riverside Drive co-op a block west
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across West End Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to West End Avenue.
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