- Year built
- 1924
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.6M
- Recent range
- $850K – $1.9M
- Listing discount
- 10.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 57
890 West End Avenue, known as Cambridge House, is a grand-scaled pre-war cooperative of the kind West End Avenue does better than almost any street in Manhattan. Designed by Schwartz & Gross — one of the most prolific and accomplished apartment-house firms of the 1920s — and completed in 1924, it is a sedate, handsome Italian Renaissance palazzo at the corner of 104th Street, the architectural language that defined upper West End Avenue's residential blocks. The building was converted from rental to cooperative ownership in 1980.
The proposition is classic West End: enormous, well-planned pre-war apartments at prices that remain a relative value against the Central Park West and Riverside tiers. Cambridge House delivers the generous room counts, real foyers, and separate dining rooms that buyers come to West End Avenue to find, in a financially secure, established cooperative with a landscaped roof deck and a pet-friendly posture.
For buyers, it is space, light, and pre-war character on a quiet residential avenue. For sellers, the Schwartz & Gross pedigree, the room count, and the roof deck are the assets that distinguish a home here from the newer and smaller inventory nearby.
Architecture and unit composition
Schwartz & Gross gave 890 West End the dignified, symmetrical massing of an Italian Renaissance palazzo: a solid masonry facade with a defined base, a quietly ornamented body, and the restrained cornice line that anchors the West End streetscape. The building is handsome rather than flashy — exactly the register that has aged well across the avenue's pre-war stock.
Inside, the apartments are laid out in the generous pre-war manner, with roughly five residences per floor and homes typically running from four to six rooms, many beautifully proportioned. Expect hardwood floors, high ceilings, entry foyers, and the separate kitchens and dining areas of 1924 planning. The thick masonry construction makes for quiet, well-insulated homes, and the most sought-after apartments are the larger, light-filled lines that have been sensitively updated.
Building operations
Cambridge House is a full-service cooperative with a 24-hour doorman and a live-in superintendent — the staffing buyers expect of a serious West End Avenue building. Amenities are practical and well-used: a beautifully landscaped common roof deck with open views, a central laundry room, a bike room, and common storage. The building is pet-friendly, a meaningful draw on the family-oriented upper West Side.
The cooperative is established and financially secure, with the steady governance typical of a long-converted pre-war building. Buyers should anticipate a standard board package and interview; sublet policy, financing limits, and any flip tax or transfer fee are set by the board and confirmed through the cooperative's documents during the application.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2025 | 3E | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,050 sf | $960,000 | $914/sf | -10.7% |
| Jan 16, 2024 | 16A | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,665,000 | -7.2% | |
| May 3, 2023 | 15B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,625,000 | -5.8% | |
| Feb 14, 2023 | 14B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,900,000 | -11.6% | |
| Dec 6, 2022 | 16B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,400,000 | -9.7% | |
| Jun 8, 2022 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,440,000 | +3.2% | |
| Feb 15, 2022 | 10D | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,300,000 | +8.8% | |
| Jan 18, 2022 | 7C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,635,000 | +10.8% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $787/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2025 | 5E | $850,000 |
| Apr 28, 2022 | 6E | $900,000 |
| Mar 8, 2022 | 7A | $1,875,000 |
| May 11, 2021 | 8B | $1,395,000 |
| Mar 17, 2020 | 6B | $1,249,000 |
| Jul 31, 2018 | 2A | $1,750,000 |
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 1-01875-0061) 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 straightforward pre-war co-op purchase with a buyer-friendly amenity set. Plan for a board package and interview, and use diligence to focus on the apartment itself — room count, light, condition of the kitchen and baths, and any prior renovation — alongside the cooperative's reserves, recent capital projects, and maintenance history.
The location is a genuine selling point: a quiet, handsome stretch of West End Avenue with Riverside Park and Central Park both within reach, the 96th and 103rd Street subway stations nearby, and the everyday retail of Broadway a block to the east. Buyers who want maximum pre-war space and a pet-friendly, well-run building at upper West Side value are the natural audience. We help buyers assess the home, the finances, and the right offer.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with what Cambridge House offers that the surrounding inventory does not: a Schwartz & Gross-designed Italian Renaissance cooperative with large pre-war layouts, a landscaped roof deck, and a pet-friendly, full-service operation. Those are concrete, marketable distinctions.
Price to the building's own resale history and to comparable upper West End Avenue pre-war cooperatives, with condition and light as the decisive variables. A well-renovated, larger-line apartment should be positioned at the top of the building's range. We advise sellers on staging, timing, pricing, and buyer qualification so the home reaches the audience that values pre-war space and a serious West End address.
Comparable buildings
If you're evaluating 890 West End Avenue, consider these nearby West End Avenue cooperatives:
- 871 West End Avenue — pre-war cooperative a few blocks south
- 790 West End Avenue — established West End cooperative
- 685 West End Avenue — pre-war full-service cooperative
- 680 West End Avenue — West End Avenue cooperative nearby
- 670 West End Avenue — pre-war cooperative on the corridor
The Roebling Team at Cambridge House
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in West End Avenue, Riverside Drive, Central Park West, and the pre-war cooperative market across the Upper West Side. We publish this profile because a building with the architecture, scale, and amenities of Cambridge House rewards buyers and sellers who understand the value of pre-war space on a quiet avenue.
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