- Year built
- 1912
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $2.2M
- Recent range
- $2M – $2.8M
- Listing discount
- -0.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 43
895 West End Avenue is a 1912 Renaissance Revival cooperative — one of the handsome Italianate apartment houses that the architect Gaetano Ajello built up and down the Upper West Side for the Paterno Brothers, the development family that did as much as anyone to give West End Avenue its prewar character. Twelve stories of brick and limestone at the corner of West 104th Street, it carries an architectural confidence that the era's plainer stock does not, anchored by an original marble lobby with a large stained-glass window in the manner of Tiffany.
The appeal is the West End Avenue formula with an extra measure of pedigree: full-time staff, generous prewar layouts, and a quiet residential block near Riverside Park, in a building whose facade and lobby announce that it was built to a higher standard than most. For buyers who want a prewar co-op with genuine architectural character — at Upper West Side rather than Gold Coast pricing — 895 West End is a building that rewards a close look.
Architecture and unit composition
Gaetano Ajello was the Paterno Brothers' architect of choice for a remarkable run of West Side apartment houses, and 895 West End is among the most refined: a twelve-story Italian Renaissance palazzo in brick and limestone, detailed with the proportioned classical vocabulary that set the Paterno buildings apart. The lobby is the interior signature — a marble entrance hall centered on a large stained-glass window — and it remains the calling card of the building.
The 47 residences run to the corridor's prewar conventions: high ceilings, separate entry foyers, hardwood floors, and the gracious room proportions that draw buyers to West End Avenue, with corner and higher-floor lines capturing the strongest light. The relatively low unit count keeps the building intimate and its apartments well-scaled.
Building operations
This is a full-service cooperative — a full-time doorman, a live-in resident manager, and a porter staff — with the practical infrastructure a prewar building expects: central laundry, a bike room, private storage, and an interior courtyard. The cooperative was formed in the 1983 conversion, the wave that turned much of the Upper West Side's prewar rental stock into owner-occupied co-ops. Purchases clear through a standard cooperative board application and interview; buyers should review the building's financing and policy posture and reserve position as part of diligence, as at any well-run prewar co-op.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $13,374/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $24
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2026 | 3B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,000,000 | +0.3% | |
| Nov 9, 2023 | 2A | 4 BR · 3 BA | $2,760,000 | -7.8% | |
| Jan 18, 2023 | 12D | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,225,000 | +1.4% | |
| Sep 29, 2022 | 4C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,300,000 | -3.7% | |
| Mar 28, 2022 | 10A | 4 BR · 3 BA | $2,450,000 | -5.6% | |
| Aug 5, 2021 | 2C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $1,395,000 | $1,073/sf | +21.3% |
| Apr 4, 2019 | 4C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,260,000 | -2.7% | |
| Feb 28, 2019 | 9C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,195,000 | -4.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2021) cleared a median $1,073/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 3.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2020 | 5B | $2,400,000 |
| Feb 6, 2019 | 2B | $2,200,000 |
| Mar 9, 2017 | 9B | $2,795,000 |
| Dec 17, 2010 | 12A | $2,425,000 |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 9A | $1,600,000 |
| Mar 10, 2010 | 11D | $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 1-01890-0061) 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
The case is the architecture and the corridor: a Gaetano Ajello Renaissance Revival prewar near Riverside Park, full-service, with an original marble-and-stained-glass lobby and the proportioned layouts West End Avenue is prized for. Prioritize light and floor plan — corner and high-floor lines vary materially from the interior ones — and read the building's financials, reserve posture, and house rules before you commit. Plan for a cooperative board application and interview. We help buyers benchmark the line and prepare a board package that clears the first time.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with what distinguishes the building — the Ajello pedigree, the Renaissance Revival facade, the marble-and-stained-glass lobby, and the full-service staffing — and price to the corridor's recent comparable lines rather than to the Central Park West premium. A well-prepared apartment that shows its light and its prewar bones is exactly what the West End Avenue buyer wants, and a clean, complete board package keeps the deal on schedule. We position resales here against the comparable prewar cooperatives of the West End Avenue corridor.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 895 West End Avenue, also evaluate the prewar cooperative stock of the West End Avenue corridor:
- 890 West End Avenue — prewar cooperative across the street
- 871 West End Avenue — full-service prewar co-op nearby
- 801 West End Avenue — prewar cooperative to the south
- 790 West End Avenue — full-service prewar co-op
- 685 West End Avenue — prewar cooperative on the corridor
The Roebling Team at 895 West End Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side — the West End Avenue and Riverside Drive prewar corridors and the broader Park-facing market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating a prewar cooperative deserve building-specific intelligence: the architecture, the board's actual posture on financing and policy, and where a given apartment sits against the comparable set.
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