The Dorilton
171 West 71st Street, New York, NY 10023
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011430001 · BIN 1029873
- Year built
- 1900
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 57
- Floors
- 12
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Permitted
- Subletting
- Permitted
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.8M
- Recent range
- $1.3M – $5M
- Listing discount
- 6.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 50
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The Dorilton is among the most architecturally exuberant residential buildings in the United States — a Beaux-Arts composition by Janes & Leo whose 1902 completion at Broadway and West 71st represents one of the high-water marks of pre-war Manhattan residential design. The building combines architectural ambition unmatched in its era with a forward-looking infrastructural program (electric motorcar charging, filtered water, separate tenant and servant elevators) that anticipated luxury-apartment expectations decades ahead.
Architectural significance. The Dorilton's façade is among the most photographed and most reproduced in architectural literature on Manhattan apartments. The 4th-floor balustrade statues of "The Seasons," the muscular titan figures supporting balconies, the 9th-floor connecting arch over the 71st Street courtyard, the sculpted cherubs, the colossal limestone columns surmounted by enormous globes — these elements together produce a building whose architectural character is genuinely singular. Montgomery Schuyler's 1902 line — that the building "yells 'Come and look at me'" — captures the deliberate visual ambition.
Notable early residents included Mrs. Hector H. Havemeyer (1903 socialite), Mrs. John Frank Dunham (society hostess), and Emil Wolff (the millionaire who left more than $2 million to charity at his 1918 death).
Preservation and conversion history. The Dorilton operated as luxury rental from 1902 until the 1984 cooperative conversion. Immediately following conversion, shareholders undertook a $1.5 million roof and façade restoration that included re-slating the mansard, reproducing missing dormers and decorative cresting, and stabilizing the building's exterior ornament. The 1984 conversion and the subsequent restoration positioned The Dorilton as one of the most architecturally maintained pre-war UWS cooperatives.
Architecture and unit composition
The Dorilton's exterior is unmatched in residential architecture of any era. The 12-story Beaux-Arts composition rises through stone, limestone, and brick to the elaborate mansard cap with dormers and decorative cresting. The 71st Street courtyard entrance — spanned by a 9th-floor connecting arch — is among the most architecturally distinguished apartment-house entrances in New York City.
The 57 apartments distribute across 12 stories with substantial floor-plate variety. Original apartment configurations included substantial multi-bedroom layouts with the era's signatures: French paneled rooms, formal entry galleries, library-living combinations, primary suites with substantial closet infrastructure. Apartment quality varies meaningfully across the building's 120-year history; renovation states reflect different periods of the building's operational life.
The infrastructural sophistication of the original 1902 design — separate elevators for tenants and servants, filtered water systems, electric motorcar charging facilities — has been substantially modernized but the architectural ambition of the original program persists.
Building operations
The Dorilton operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative under The Dorilton Corp. The 25% minimum down payment is materially more accessible than tier-one Park Avenue or CPW pre-war co-ops (where 50% down is typical). Pets, pied-à-terre, and sublets are all permitted under the building's rules — a meaningfully more flexible posture than typical tier-one trophy buildings.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $59,391/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $99
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign 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 record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
The Dorilton's annual turnover is thin, which makes each recent sale read as a comp rather than a market datapoint. Configuration sets the tiers: the large combined apartments, including the E12C duplex that was formerly the residence of Arthur Sulzberger Jr. of the New York Times, and the combined C/E mid-floor configurations each trade as their own category. Within each tier, renovation state drives the spread, since apartment quality varies meaningfully across the building's 120-year history.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | 8D | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,250,000 | +14.2% | |
| Mar 16, 2026 | 8CE | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | $4,750,000 | -5.0% | |
| Oct 16, 2024 | PH | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 3,175 sf | $6,750,000 | $2,126/sf | -7.5% |
| Jun 27, 2024 | 4DE | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,950 sf | $3,875,000 | $1,314/sf | -6.6% |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 2E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,425,000 | -6.6% | |
| Jun 7, 2023 | PENTHSE12B | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,000 sf | $6,375,000 | $2,125/sf | -5.6% |
| May 15, 2023 | 87 | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,000 sf | $4,985,000 | $1,246/sf | -9.3% |
| Jun 28, 2022 | 9B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $4,100,000 | +3.8% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $1,468/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.1% 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 1-01143-0001) 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.
At the recent median sale of $4.75M (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $85,800 to close, or 1.8% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $71,250
- 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
The architectural significance is genuinely singular. Janes & Leo's Beaux-Arts composition is unmatched in residential architecture. For buyers who value architectural distinction at the highest level, The Dorilton occupies a category nearly to itself.
The 25% minimum down payment is materially more accessible than tier-one Manhattan co-ops. Combined with the permissive pet, pied-à-terre, and sublet policies, the building's operational posture is among the most flexible in any landmark pre-war UWS cooperative.
The Broadway / 71st positioning is central UWS. Immediate transit access (the 72nd Street 1/2/3 hub one block north), substantial retail at the building's doorstep, and walking proximity to Lincoln Center, Riverside Park, and the broader UWS amenity base.
Apartment quality varies. The 120-year operational history and the 1984 conversion produced apartments of materially different renovation states. Apartment-level diligence is essential.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Dorilton, also evaluate:
- The Ansonia (2109 Broadway) — Duboy 1904, the closest Beaux-Arts UWS peer
- The Apthorp (2207 Broadway) — Clinton & Russell 1908, full-block UWS palazzo
- The Belnord (225 West 86th) — Hiss & Weekes 1909, full-block UWS palazzo
- The Chatsworth (344 West 72nd) — Scharsmith 1902, exact-contemporary Beaux-Arts neighbor
- The Osborne (205 West 57th) — Ware 1885, the senior pre-war landmark
More Upper West Side buildings
- 170 West 81st Street — 1926 by George F. Pelham
- 170 West 89th Street — 1910 co-op
- 171 West 79th Street, Upper West Side — 1923 co-op
- The Hopkins (172 West 79th Street) — 1930 condominium
- 174 West 89th Street — 1910 co-op
- 175 West 93rd Street (The Westwind) — 1929 co-op by Rosario Candela
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
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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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