Central Park West
Building Profile ·
The Brentmore
88 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
AT A GLANCE
Type
Co-op
About the building
Why The Brentmore matters
The Brentmore is among the smaller and more discreetly prestigious pre-war cooperatives on Central Park West. Completed in 1910 by Schwartz & Gross — the same firm that designed 55 CPW two decades later — the Brentmore predates the Art Deco era and represents the early…
Recent Sales
What to know if you're buying
Board approval is rigorous, with intimate institutional culture. The building's small scale produces a board review process that emphasizes both financial qualification and lifestyle fit with current residents. Strong personal references are particularly important.
Pied-à-terre approval is exceptional. The board strongly prefers primary-residence buyers given the building's intimate institutional character.
What to know if you're selling
Marketing is selective. Many Brentmore transactions occur with limited public marketing or entirely off-market through private network channels. Sellers should expect a marketing strategy that calibrates public exposure to seller and board preferences.
Pricing requires apartment-specific judgment. With a small unit count and apartment-to-apartment variation, comparable sales analysis is helpful…
The Roebling Team at
The Brentmore
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Central Park West, the Upper West Side, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this building profile because CPW buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, board culture, transactional mechanics, and the realities of pricing at the apartment level — not…