- Year built
- 1896
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 24
- Floors
- 8
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Confirm current board policy at offer stage
- Subletting
- Permitted under board-set terms; confirm at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $777K
- Recent range
- $752K – $1.1M
- Listing discount
- 1.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 29
853 West End Avenue is a late-nineteenth-century pre-war cooperative on the Upper West Side, at the corner of West 102nd Street on one of the city's great residential boulevards. West End Avenue is the quintessential West Side address — a broad, tree-lined stretch of pre-war apartment houses running parallel to Riverside Park, prized for its calm, its architecture, and its family-scaled homes. 853 sits within a designated historic district, part of the protected fabric of turn-of-the-century apartment houses that gives this stretch of the avenue its character, and it forms a matched pair with its 1896 neighbor at the same corner.
For the buyer who wants genuine pre-war architecture — the masonry, the scale, the age — in a landmark-protected setting, at a cooperative cost structure below the trophy market, the building is a distinctive proposition: a boutique, 1896, elevator co-op on West End Avenue.
Building operations
The cooperative runs lean and appropriately for its scale: an elevator, a laundry room, and a live-in superintendent. There is no doorman — standard for a boutique 24-unit pre-war co-op of this era, and a meaningful factor in keeping monthly maintenance contained.
As a cooperative, ownership is by shares rather than deed: purchases require board approval and a board interview, financing is capped at a board-set percentage, and pied-à-terre, gifting, guarantor, and co-purchase arrangements are evaluated case by case. Subletting is permitted under terms set by the board. The exact financing maximum, any flip tax, the pet policy, and current sublet rules vary by board policy and should be confirmed at offer stage.
Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 853 West End Avenue trades as a boutique pre-war cooperative — deep pre-war layouts, high ceilings, modest carrying costs, and the added draw of a landmark-district West End Avenue address. With only 24 residences, resale volume is thin: a small number of closings in an active year. Demand here is driven by the pre-war architecture, the historic-district setting, the proximity to Riverside Park, and the value a co-op structure offers relative to nearby condominiums. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the ceiling height, the floor, the exposure, and the renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2025 | 6B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $776,555 | +3.5% | |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 5A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | $820,000 | -0.6% | |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 6C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $752,000 | -16.0% | |
| Jan 10, 2024 | 8A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,122,500 | -2.4% | |
| Feb 9, 2021 | 6C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $700,000 | -3.4% | |
| Jun 25, 2020 | 4C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $775,000 | -2.5% | |
| Jan 28, 2020 | 7A | 3 BR · 1 BA | $1,100,000 | -2.2% | |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 1A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 950 sf | $690,000 | $726/sf | -1.3% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2019): a median $726/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 2.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2018 | 2C | $650,000 |
| Apr 8, 2015 | 6C | $649,000 |
| Dec 29, 2010 | 4B | $582,500 |
| Sep 29, 2010 | 2B | $512,500 |
| Jan 5, 2010 | 2A | $519,377 |
| Oct 16, 2003 | 1BC | $725,000 |
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 1-01889-0061) 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 cooperative, so the path is a board package and interview, a financing cap set by the board, and underwriting of the building's financials and house rules. Confirm the points that matter to you — the pet policy, sublet rules, and pied-à-terre stance — directly against current board policy. Review the co-op's financials, reserve, and any planned capital work, particularly given the building's 1896 age and its position in a landmark district, which can affect the cost and timeline of exterior work.
The reasons to buy are architecture and setting: a genuine 1896 pre-war building with deep layouts and high ceilings, a landmark-protected West End Avenue address near Riverside Park, and a cooperative cost structure that keeps the entry point and carrying costs below condominium peers nearby.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is architecture and setting. The 1896 pre-war construction, the historic-district West End Avenue address, and the boutique scale are the differentiators — and they sell to a specific buyer who wants authentic pre-war character and is comfortable with a co-op. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, ceiling height, floor, light, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the pre-war and landmark narrative, prepare the buyer for the co-op process, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of pre-war West End Avenue cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 853 West End Avenue, also look at these nearby West End Avenue and Upper West Side cooperatives:
- 845 West End Avenue — nearby pre-war West End Avenue cooperative
- 839 West End Avenue — nearby pre-war West End Avenue cooperative
- 871 West End Avenue — nearby West End Avenue cooperative
- 885 West End Avenue — nearby pre-war West End Avenue cooperative
- 895 West End Avenue — nearby pre-war West End Avenue cooperative
- 801 West End Avenue — nearby pre-war West End Avenue cooperative
The Roebling Team at 853 West End Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the West End Avenue and broader Upper West Side cooperative and condominium market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of pre-war cooperatives deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture and landmark context, the cooperative structure, the staffing and amenity reality, and where pricing sits against the right comparable tier.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 853 West End Avenue, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
The neighborhood
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