The Chatsworth
344 West 72nd Street, New York, NY 10023
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011830053 · BIN 1030972
- Year built
- 1902
- Type
- Cooperative
- Floors
- 12
- Landmark status
- Requires confirmation
- City records and our profile differ. Confirm with building management.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2016–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,661
- 4 sales
- Listing discount
- 9.2%
- Recorded sales
- 73
- On record
- 2016–2026
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The Chatsworth is one of the most architecturally distinctive smaller-scale pre-war buildings on the Upper West Side and a co-op with unusually flexible transfer rules, which the building describes as "condo-like rules." Confirm the current application, financing, and ownership requirements with management before making an offer.
The building's architectural significance is substantial. The New York Sun called it "among the finest apartment buildings on the entire West Side" at construction. The Beaux-Arts composition combines red brick and limestone with a curved two-story mansard roof, cherub keystone ornament over the third-floor cornice, stag-head decorative motifs, and an elaborate copper-and-glass porte-cochere. The building was originally serviced by its own in-house lighting and refrigeration plant — among the most architecturally and infrastructurally ambitious smaller-scale pre-war UWS buildings of the era.
Notable original residents and history. J. Hatfield Morton occupied a 14-room apartment at The Chatsworth, with a 400-volume library that went to estate auction in 1906. Lady Arthur Paget (the British socialite) bought the building in 1911, swapping the Hotel Victoria for it as part of a complex real-estate transaction. Sire Brothers subsequently bought the building for $2 million in 1913. Developer George F. Johnson lived in the Annex (added 1906) until his 1918 death.
A particularly colorful 1913 episode: investigators looking into fraud allegations involving a Chatsworth tenant were locked into a bedroom in Mrs. Carmichael's apartment by Mrs. Carmichael herself.
Architecture and unit composition
The Chatsworth's exterior is among the most decorative pre-war UWS façades — Beaux-Arts in deliberate, exuberant detail. The red-brick-and-limestone composition rises from a rusticated stone base through a smooth-faced mid-section to a curved two-story mansard cap. The ornamental detail — cherub keystones, stag heads, classical entablatures, and the copper-and-glass porte-cochere — produces a building visually distinct from the more austere full-block UWS palazzos.
The apartments distribute across the two buildings and 12 or more stories with substantial floor-plate variety. Original apartment configurations included substantial multi-bedroom layouts (the J. Hatfield Morton 14-room apartment was among them).
Pre-war signatures throughout: 10–11 foot ceilings, formal entry galleries, classical detailing, library-living combinations, primary suites with substantial closet infrastructure.
Building operations
The Chatsworth operates as a cooperative with "condo-like rules." Per the building's description of those rules, board approval is not required for apartment transfers, which can shorten the purchase and sale process compared with typical Manhattan co-op approvals. "No board approval" does not mean no paperwork: management may still require an application, documents, or fees, so ask what the closing actually requires. The 20% minimum down payment is lower than at many Upper West Side pre-war co-ops.
What the structure can mean in practice, to be confirmed with management for each transaction:
- A shorter timeline than a typical co-op purchase, because there is no board interview
- A wider range of buyer types than at a typical co-op. Confirm whether the building accepts LLC, trust, foreign, and pied-à-terre buyers, and on what terms
- Resale dynamics that may sit closer to condominium inventory than to typical Upper West Side co-op inventory
For buyers who want pre-war architecture with fewer transfer hurdles, The Chatsworth is worth a close look. Verify the current rules against the proprietary lease, house rules, and the managing agent before relying on any of the above.
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $1,373 per room a monthMedian of 7 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Maintenance, per square foot
- $3.12 per square foot a monthMedian of 8 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Concierge
- YesSource: recent listing records
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, storageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as Unsafe — conditions requiring prompt corrective action. The owner must install any public protection the inspector specifies (a sidewalk shed, construction fence or structural netting, depending on the condition) and make the repairs. Review the subsequent filings, the repair status, and the building’s board and financial materials — we pull the repair scope and funding picture for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | 508 | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 2,931 sf | $4,800,000 | $1,638/sf | -3.0% |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 301 | 5 BR · 5.5 BA · 4,038 sf | $7,100,000 | $1,758/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 23, 2026 | MAISA | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 3,770 sf | $6,350,000 | $1,684/sf | -5.2% |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 8C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,331 sf | $1,930,000 | $1,450/sf | -3.3% |
| Dec 17, 2025 | 1208 | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 2,920 sf | $5,400,000 | $1,849/sf | -4.4% |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 609 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,237 sf | $3,500,000 | $1,565/sf | -17.6% |
| May 20, 2024 | 1101 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,600 sf | $6,975,000 | $1,938/sf | -6.4% |
| Apr 9, 2024 | 909 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,042 sf | $1,575,000 | $1,512/sf | -21.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,661/sf (recorded) across 4 sales. Median listing discount 9.2% 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 1-01183-0053; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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At the recent median sale of $5.4M (5 transfers in the past 24 months, since November 13, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $136,050 to close, or 2.5% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $121,500
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,550
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
Verify what “condo-like rules” means here. The Chatsworth describes transfers without board approval while retaining cooperative ownership. Confirm the proprietary lease, current application, financing and use requirements; that description does not establish that almost no other Manhattan cooperative has similar rules.
The 20% minimum down payment is the building's reported financing term; confirm it in the current application instructions.
The Riverside / 72nd Street positioning combines Beaux-Arts pre-war architecture with corner access to Riverside Park and the 72nd Street transit hub. Daily-life character differs from the more strictly residential mid-UWS pre-wars.
Apartment quality varies. Combinations of original units produce some apartments of substantial scale and others of more typical configuration. Apartment-level diligence is essential.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Chatsworth, also evaluate:
- The Apthorp (2207 Broadway) — Clinton & Russell 1908, full-block palazzo with condo flexibility (since 2008)
- The Belnord (225 West 86th) — Hiss & Weekes 1909, condo flexibility (since 2019)
- The Ansonia (2109 Broadway) — Duboy 1904, full-block Beaux-Arts with condo flexibility (since 1992)
- The Dorilton (171 West 71st Street) — Janes & Leo 1902, the closest Beaux-Arts UWS peer
More Upper West Side buildings
- 340 West 72nd Street (The Chatsworth Annex) — 1905 co-op
- The Netherlands (340 West 86th Street) — 1908 condominium by Neville & Bagge
- 342 West 85th Street — 1910 condominium
- 345 West 88th Street — 1915 co-op by W. K. Rouse & L. A. Goldstone
- The Santa Monica, 345 West 70th Street — 1905 co-op
- 350 West 71st Street — 1900 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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