853 West End Avenue
853 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10025
Upper West Side
BBL 1018890061 · BIN 1057157
- 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, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $828K
- Recent range
- $752K – $1.1M
- Listing discount
- 1.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 33
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.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $2,005/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $7
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.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | 4B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 850 sf | $880,000 | $1,035/sf | -1.1% |
| 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 · 850 sf | $700,000 | $824/sf | -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% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,035/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 1.8% 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 1-01889-0061) 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 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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