The Barnard
721 St. Nicholas Avenue, at West 146th Street · Harlem
BBL 1020607503 · BIN 1079819
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Hamilton Heights / Sugar Hill Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2012–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $960
- 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 5.6%
- Recorded sales
- 11
- On record
- 2012–2026
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About the building
Hugh M. Reynolds designed this corner house as part of a row completed in February 1891. Its curved tower, arched attic openings, corbeled parapet and slate mansard roof give the corner a distinctive outline. LPC documents a ground-floor speakeasy, the Silver Dollar Cafe, later renamed the Seven-Two-One Club, operating from approximately 1925 to 1964. The residential condominium conversion reached individual sales in 2017.
The full-floor inventory includes one- and two-bedroom residences, with windows on three sides, in-unit laundry and central air conditioning. The rounded corner forms a curved living area. The top residence has a private roof deck, while a separate commercial space occupies the lower portion of the property.
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 | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2026 | PH4 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,094 sf | $1,050,000 | $960/sf | -2.3% |
| Dec 1, 2022 | 2 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,165 sf | $899,000 | $772/sf | +0.0% |
| May 17, 2018 | 1 | 1 BR · 1,152 sf | $850,000 | $738/sf | -39.9% |
| Apr 24, 2018 | 2 | 2 BR · 1,165 sf | $960,000 | $824/sf | -16.5% |
| Dec 15, 2017 | 3 | 2 BR · 1,165 sf | $999,000 | $858/sf | -13.1% |
| Oct 10, 2017 | 4 | 2 BR · 1,094 sf | $999,999 | $914/sf | — |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $960/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 5.6% 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.
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 1-02060-7503). 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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What to know if you’re buying
Four homes share a landmark with commercial ownership. Exterior repairs involve LPC approval and a cost allocation that includes the commercial component. The residential owners form a very small voting group, and lenders may examine both project size and commercial use when reviewing financing. The roof-deck home's exclusive use also needs to be read alongside the building's responsibility for its roof.
Comparable buildings
- The Imperator — A much larger prewar condominium offering an ownership alternative in the same part of upper Manhattan.
- 320 West 115th Street — Farther south, a small prewar condominium that better matches the Barnard's ownership scale.
- The Normandie — A larger prewar condominium useful for comparing historic architecture with a broader association.
More Harlem buildings
- 416 East 117th Street — 2007 condominium
- 555 Edgecombe Avenue (Roger Morris Apartments / Paul Robeson Residence) — 1914 by Schwartz & Gross
- RiverBridge Court, 603 West 148th Street — 2005 condominium
- 725 Riverside Drive (The Imperator) — 1914 condominium
- 1399 Park Avenue — 2016 condominium by Hill West Architects
- 1400 Fifth Avenue — 2003 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Harlem — read The Roebling Team Guide to Harlem.
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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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