- Year built
- 1915
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 78
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2024
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $2.1M
- Recent range
- $1.4M – $2.4M
- Listing discount
- 4.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 48
771 West End Avenue is a stately 1915 pre-war cooperative at the corner of West 97th Street, on the upper reaches of the avenue where pre-war scale meets a quieter, more residential pace. Twelve stories and 78 apartments, it is the kind of well-built, full-service West End building that has anchored Upper West Side family life for more than a century — generous layouts, period detail, and an attended lobby, in a protected historic district.
The case is the avenue's case at a slightly more accessible point. Buyers get a full-service pre-war co-op with the room sizes and ceiling heights that define the era, a few blocks from both Riverside Park and Central Park, with the Broadway retail-and-restaurant spine and the 96th Street express subway within easy reach. It is the dependable, livable West End co-op — substantial without the marquee pricing of the avenue's most famous addresses.
Architecture and unit composition
771 West End presents the dignified pre-war face typical of the avenue's better 1910s buildings: a masonry shaft over a limestone-and-terra-cotta base, with classic ornamental detail at the ground floor that the avenue's residents recognize as West Side luxe. It reads as established and solid rather than ornate — the architecture of a building built for permanence.
The 78 apartments run from one-bedrooms to expansive four-bedroom homes, with the larger layouts offering the gracious proportions, separated formal and service spaces, high ceilings, and hardwood floors that buyers seek in pre-war stock. The corner position yields cross-exposures and good light, and the building's range of layouts gives it a broader buyer pool than a building of uniformly large apartments. The building was renovated and updated in the late 1980s.
Building operations
771 West End operates as a full-service cooperative, with a full-time doorman, a live-in resident manager, central laundry, and storage; the building is pet-friendly. Purchases proceed through the standard co-op board package and interview. As a well-run pre-war co-op in a historic district, the building maintains the conservative financial posture and owner-occupant culture characteristic of the category.
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
Safe to live in today — but the last inspection flagged repairs that are due on a deadline, so facade work and its cost are coming. Whether that’s a real concern depends on the scope, the timing, and how the building plans to pay for it — reserves or an assessment — which is exactly what we’d dig into 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 →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 19, 2024 | 5A | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,000 sf | $2,410,000 | $1,205/sf | +9.5% |
| Dec 6, 2023 | 11A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,000 sf | $2,100,000 | $1,050/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 21, 2023 | 8F | 2 BR | $1,430,000 | -4.7% | |
| Sep 8, 2023 | 11B | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,650 sf | $1,700,000 | $1,030/sf | -14.8% |
| Jun 14, 2022 | 4EF | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,125 sf | $1,375,000 | $1,222/sf | -3.5% |
| May 12, 2022 | 3C1 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $569,000 | -5.0% | |
| Nov 29, 2021 | 10I | 1 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf | $900,000 | $1,125/sf | -3.1% |
| Apr 15, 2021 | 5B | 2 BR · 1,700 sf | $1,558,250 | $917/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,262/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2024 | 6B | $2,350,000 |
| Apr 20, 2023 | 5D | $1,900,000 |
| Sep 27, 2022 | 4B | $2,150,000 |
| Jun 26, 2019 | 12I | $868,000 |
| Jul 5, 2018 | 3C | $575,000 |
| Jun 5, 2018 | 5C | $1,495,000 |
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 1-01887-0050) 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 co-op, so plan for a board package and interview and the financial review a conservative pre-war building conducts. The reward is a full-service West End address with pre-war scale at a more reachable basis than the avenue's marquee blocks, a few minutes from two parks. Focus diligence on the apartment's layout, exposure, and renovation state, and on the building's financials and reserves. We help buyers benchmark asking prices against comparable West End and Riverside pre-wars and prepare a board package that clears cleanly.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling case is value plus service: a full-service pre-war co-op in a historic district, on a quiet stretch of the avenue near two parks, drawing the broad pool of family buyers who want West End character without the lower-avenue premium. The larger renovated layouts are the building's standouts and should be marketed on their scale and light; the smaller homes sell on accessibility and address. Pricing belongs against the upper-avenue pre-war comparable set. We position these homes to the buyer who values the West End address and the full-service building.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 771 West End Avenue, also evaluate these nearby West End Avenue and Riverside Drive pre-war cooperatives:
- 790 West End Avenue — pre-war co-op a block north
- 680 West End Avenue — full-service West End pre-war
- 685 West End Avenue — West End pre-war peer
- 325 West End Avenue — pre-war cooperative on the avenue
- 300 Riverside Drive — Riverside pre-war nearby
The Roebling Team at 771 West End Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side, West End Avenue, Riverside Drive, and the broader pre-war Manhattan co-op market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating a full-service West End pre-war deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture, the range of layouts, the staffing, and where pricing sits against the avenue's comparable stock.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 771 West End, a 30-minute consultation is the right place to start.
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