789 West End Avenue
789 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10025
Upper West Side
BBL 1018880025 · BIN 1057083
- Year built
- 1915
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2006–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.3M
- Recent range
- $650K – $2.8M
- Listing discount
- 4.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 43
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789 West End Avenue — known as Manhattan Place — is a quintessential pre-war West End Avenue cooperative: a substantial 1915 masonry house designed by Neville & Bagge, one of the most prolific firms shaping the Upper West Side's apartment corridors in the early twentieth century. Converted to cooperative ownership in 1981, it offers the gracious, high-ceilinged layouts and solid bones that define West End Avenue's appeal, at pricing that remains more attainable than the Riverside Drive and Central Park West tiers a few blocks in either direction.
The building sits at the corner of West 99th Street, a transitional stretch where the Upper West Side's pre-war fabric meets the open space of Riverside Park to the west. Its beige-brick façade — articulated with pilasters and a proper corniced crown — is restrained but dignified, and the canopied entrance and full-time staff give it the white-glove feel buyers expect from the avenue's better houses.
For buyers, the case is specific: a real pre-war cooperative, full-service and pet-friendly, with the room sizes and ceiling heights that new construction rarely matches, positioned between two of Manhattan's great parks.
Architecture and unit composition
Neville & Bagge built for space. The 65 residences across 13 stories carry the pre-war hallmarks: high ceilings, gracious room proportions, and the windowed kitchens and baths that buyers consistently prize. The apartment mix runs from studios and one-bedrooms — including penthouse-level homes — through larger two-bedroom layouts, with a number of units offering the entertaining-scale living and dining rooms characteristic of the building's era.
Light is a strength here. The building's position near the corner and its setback from the avenue give many apartments cross-exposures and open outlooks, with western-facing homes catching afternoon light toward Riverside Park. Renovated units typically pair restored pre-war detail — moldings, hardwood floors, and original layouts — with updated kitchens and baths.
Building operations
Manhattan Place runs as a full-service cooperative. A full-time doorman and concierge staff the lobby, and a resident superintendent manages the building. Practical amenities round out the package: a central laundry room, bike storage, private storage, and a planted common courtyard that gives residents a rare bit of outdoor breathing room. The building's scale — 65 units — keeps maintenance manageable while supporting genuine staffing.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 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. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. 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 record last verified September 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | 10C | 4 BR · 3 BA | $2,725,000 | -4.4% | |
| Jun 16, 2026 | PH6 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,146,000 | -8.3% | |
| Jun 2, 2026 | 8B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,470,000 | +5.4% | |
| Jan 27, 2026 | PH2 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 630 sf | $995,000 | $1,579/sf | +0.6% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 10DL | 1 BR · 1 BA · 745 sf | $650,000 | $872/sf | -3.7% |
| Jun 19, 2024 | 1A | 2 BR · 1,750 sf | $1,300,000 | $743/sf | -6.8% |
| Nov 15, 2023 | 12C | 4 BR · 3 BA | $2,825,000 | -0.9% | |
| May 24, 2023 | 11B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,340,000 | -4.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,579/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 0.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2006 | 1D | $1,500,000 |
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 1-01888-0025) 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 buyer-friendly pre-war cooperative on the financing and policy front. The building permits financing of up to 75% — generous for a pre-war co-op and a meaningful advantage for buyers who want to leverage. A flip tax of 2% applies, paid by the seller. The building is pet-friendly. Pied-à-terre purchases are not permitted — this is a primary-residence cooperative, which keeps the building owner-occupied and stable. Purchases clear through a standard cooperative board package and interview.
For buyers, the combination of 75% financing, a pet-friendly policy, and genuine pre-war space at sub-Riverside-Drive pricing makes Manhattan Place one of the more practical entry points into West End Avenue ownership.
What to know if you’re selling
The pre-war architecture and the financing latitude are your marketing core. Neville & Bagge construction, gracious layouts, windowed kitchens and baths, and a 75% financing allowance broaden the buyer pool well beyond what stricter pre-war houses can reach.
Renovation and light sell here. Updated kitchens and baths, restored pre-war detail, and high-floor or western exposures toward the park materially lift value; stage to the building's room proportions and natural light.
Benchmark to the West End Avenue pre-war set. Price against renovated comparable layouts in the avenue's pre-war cooperatives rather than the Riverside Drive premium tier. Sellers should be ready to present the building's facts — 2% flip tax, 75% financing, pet-friendly, primary-residence — as the profile of a sound, accessible cooperative, and we help position the apartment to its strongest buyer audience.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 789 West End Avenue, also evaluate these nearby West End Avenue cooperatives:
- 470 West End Avenue — pre-war West End cooperative
- 480 West End Avenue — full-service pre-war cooperative
- 525 West End Avenue — West End Avenue cooperative peer
- 545 West End Avenue — pre-war cooperative to the north
- 565 West End Avenue — West End Avenue pre-war cooperative
- 790 West End Avenue — directly across the avenue
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across West End Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to West End Avenue.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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