915 West End Avenue
915 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10025
- Year built
- 1922
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 94
- Landmark
- Designated
915 West End Avenue is an unusual thing on the Upper West Side: a Rosario Candela building you can own as a condominium. Candela — the architect whose Fifth and Park Avenue cooperatives define the pre-war pinnacle — designed comparatively few buildings this far north and west, and 915 West End, built in 1922 for the prolific developer Joseph Paterno, is one of them. When the building converted in 2015, it brought condominium ownership to pre-war Candela space at the corner of West 105th Street, a combination that is genuinely scarce on the avenue.
That is the building's whole argument. Pre-war stock on West End is almost entirely cooperative, which means a board, financing caps, and a limit on flexibility. 915 West End offers the same era and pedigree — Candela layouts, terra-cotta detail, a two-story arched limestone entrance — with the financing latitude, ownership flexibility, and lighter purchase process of a condominium. For buyers who want pre-war character without a co-op board, the building occupies a narrow, valuable niche.
Architecture and unit composition
Candela gave 915 West End a refined pre-war face: a limestone-based brick facade with terra-cotta window surrounds and bandcourses above the third and fourteenth floors, anchored by a striking two-story arched limestone entrance. It is recognizably the work of the architect's well-proportioned, light-conscious hand, scaled to the residential dignity of West End Avenue.
The fifteen-story building holds its apartments across a pre-war layout grid, with the converted condominium residences combining original proportions — high ceilings, hardwood floors, generous room sizes — with renovated kitchens and baths from the conversion. The southwest corner position at 105th Street yields strong light and air, and the upper floors capture open western exposures toward Riverside Park and the Hudson.
Building operations
915 West End operates as a condominium with a full-service posture: a doorman attends the lobby, with central laundry and storage on site, and the building is pet-friendly. As a condominium, purchases clear through the board's right of first refusal rather than a co-op admissions package and interview — a faster, lighter process. Condominium ownership also means flexible financing (no co-op-style financing cap), and pied-à-terre, trust, LLC, and investment purchases are customary here in a way they are not at the surrounding cooperatives. Subletting is materially freer than at neighboring co-ops.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $16,749/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $15
Facade safety — Local Law 11
An active hazard: the building must keep a sidewalk shed up and make repairs now — expect construction, disruption, and a likely special assessment. We’d get you the repair scope and the building’s funding plan up front, so you go in knowing exactly what’s underway and what it’s likely to cost.
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 →What to know if you’re buying
The draw is the structure as much as the space: pre-war Candela detail with condominium flexibility — flexible financing, customary pied-à-terre and LLC ownership, freer subletting, and a right-of-first-refusal closing rather than a board interview. Because converted condominium units in pre-war buildings are scarce on West End, buyers seeking this specific combination should expect to pay a premium and act decisively. Review the offering plan and the building's common charges and reserve position; we help buyers read the plan, benchmark the pricing against both condo and co-op comparables, and structure the deal.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling case is differentiation. A Candela pre-war condominium is a category with almost no direct competition on the avenue, and the marketing should lead with exactly that — pedigree, era, and the flexibility that a condominium offers a buyer who does not want a co-op board. Closing mechanics are condominium-standard: a right of first refusal rather than a board process, which is itself a selling point to the financing- and flexibility-minded buyer. Pricing belongs against the small set of pre-war condominiums and condo conversions on the Upper West Side, with a premium reflected for the Candela name. We position these homes to the buyer who specifically wants pre-war character without co-op constraints.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 915 West End Avenue, also evaluate these nearby West End Avenue and Riverside Drive buildings:
- 871 West End Avenue — pre-war building nearby on the avenue
- 790 West End Avenue — full-service West End pre-war
- 300 Riverside Drive — pre-war Riverside building to the south
- 320 Riverside Drive — Riverside Drive pre-war peer
- 325 West End Avenue — West End pre-war cooperative
The Roebling Team at 915 West End Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side, West End Avenue, Riverside Drive, and the broader pre-war Manhattan market, co-op and condominium alike. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating a rare pre-war condominium deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture, the ownership structure, and where pricing sits against both the condo and co-op comparable sets.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 915 West End, a 30-minute consultation is the right place to start.
The neighborhood
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