The Hendrik Hudson
380 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025
BBL 1018940001 · BIN 1057319
- Year built
- 1907
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 146
- Floors
- 8
- Subletting
- Board-approval required
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Morningside Heights Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median, 2023–2026
- $650K
- 7 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $530K – $2.6M
- Listing discount
- 4.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 86
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The Hendrik Hudson is the architectural anchor of the Riverside Drive / Morningside Heights pre-war residential corridor. Rouse & Sloan's 1907 Tuscan-villa composition was constructed as a deliberate response to the residential demand generated by the 1904 IRT subway expansion to 110th Street and beyond. The building opened October 1, 1907 — three years after the original IRT line reached the Morningside / Columbia neighborhood in October 1904 — and was meant to capture wealthy New Yorkers who wanted Hudson River-facing residential addresses with modern transit access.
The building's significance has multiple layers:
1. Architectural significance. The Tuscan-villa exterior — beige Roman brick with rusticated limestone, "HH" monogrammed terra-cotta panels, Spanish-tile eaves on bronze brackets, and the surviving south tower with Palladian-arched openings — is unmatched in the Riverside Drive pre-war stock. The composition reads as a Mediterranean fortress overlooking the Hudson rather than as a typical New York apartment building of the era.
2. Mid-century decline and revival. The Hendrik Hudson followed the trajectory of much pre-war UWS / Morningside stock through the mid-20th century: residential-hotel inventory declined into SRO (single-room occupancy) use during the post-WWII era, earning the building the colloquial nickname "Slum with a View" by mid-century. The building's original north tower and the connecting trellis promenade between the two towers were lost during this period. A roughly $1 million renovation in 1960 began the building's recovery; the 1970 conversion to cooperative ownership completed the institutional transformation.
3. Notable original residents. Early Hendrik Hudson tenants included Marcus Loew — the future founder of MGM and Loew's Inc., one of the most consequential figures in early American cinema. Other early residents included garment-district developer Abraham Lefcourt and a substantial population of West Side professional and artistic families.
Architecture and unit composition
The Hendrik Hudson's exterior is among the most distinctive in the Riverside Drive pre-war corpus. Beige Roman brick clads the upper stories above a rusticated limestone base; the terra-cotta panels stamped with "HH" monograms run as decorative banding; the wide Spanish-tile eaves project on bronze brackets in a deliberately Mediterranean architectural register. The surviving south tower features Palladian-arched openings on its upper levels overlooking the Hudson — among the most architecturally distinguished Hudson River-facing residential elements on the corridor.
The building originally had a matching north tower with a trellis promenade connecting the two over the building's mid-section. Both elements were lost during the mid-20th-century SRO era — a meaningful architectural loss the building has not fully recovered from. The current eight-story massing reads as the surviving portion of a more ambitious original composition.
The 146 apartments distribute across 8 stories with substantial variety. The original residential-hotel format produced a wider range of apartment sizes than typical pre-war luxury inventory — from studio-scale units up to substantial multi-bedroom configurations. The 1970 co-op conversion and subsequent renovations have produced apartments of materially different quality and condition.
Building operations
The Hendrik Hudson operates as a full-service cooperative with full-time doorman, attended elevator, on-site superintendent, and private storage. The 20% minimum down payment (financing up to 80% of the purchase price) is the building's documented term; confirm the board's other liquidity and occupancy requirements from its governing documents and application instructions.
Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase priceSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- 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.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $45,431/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $26
- Modeled exposure split equally across 146 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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 2025–30. 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 transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2026 | 6A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $720,000 | -1.4% | |
| May 14, 2026 | 8L | 1 BR · 1 BA | $650,000 | -4.3% | |
| Oct 15, 2025 | 7B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 680 sf | $570,000 | $838/sf | -5.0% |
| May 13, 2025 | 5N | 1 BR · 1 BA | $650,000 | -5.8% | |
| Nov 21, 2024 | 1L | 1 BR · 1 BA · 672 sf | $530,000 | $789/sf | -2.8% |
| Jul 1, 2024 | 7H | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,700 sf | $2,650,000 | $1,559/sf | -7.0% |
| May 30, 2024 | 3J | 4 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,400,000 | -7.5% | |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 6M | 1 BR · 1 BA | $690,000 | -0.7% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $851/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 1.7% 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 1-01894-0001). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
Closed rents at The Hendrik Hudson, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 2 | $3,447 |
3 closed sublet leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease January 2026. Based on few leases. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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At the recent median sale of $650K (5 transfers in the past 24 months, since November 13, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $10,988 to close, or 1.7% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $10,988
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 Tuscan-villa architectural character is genuinely distinct. No other Riverside Drive pre-war building combines the Mediterranean exterior language, the "HH" terra-cotta detail, and the tower overlooking the Hudson at this scale. For buyers prioritizing architectural distinction within the Morningside / Riverside Drive market, The Hendrik Hudson is a clear primary target.
The 20% minimum down payment reflects the building's documented 80% maximum financing.
The Morningside / Columbia positioning is distinct from central UWS. The neighborhood character — academic, residential, Riverside Park-adjacent — differs meaningfully from the more retail-and-dining-oriented Broadway / 72nd–86th UWS corridor. Daily-life character is quieter and more institutional.
Apartment quality varies meaningfully. The building's substantial mid-century decline, subsequent 1960 renovation, 1970 co-op conversion, and 50+ years of subsequent renovations have produced apartments of materially different condition. Diligence on the specific apartment is essential.
The lost north tower and trellis promenade matter. The current building is the surviving portion of a more ambitious original composition. Buyers should understand the building's architectural history rather than treat the current massing as the building's original form.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Hendrik Hudson, also evaluate:
- The Chatsworth (344 West 72nd) — Scharsmith 1902, the closest Beaux-Arts Riverside Drive / 72nd corner 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 Hendrik Hudson's CPW peers: The Langham (135 CPW, 1907) and The Kenilworth (151 CPW, 1908) — exact contemporary CPW pre-war buildings
More Riverside Drive buildings
- 360 Riverside Drive (The Rutherfurd) — 1915 co-op by Gaetano Ajello
- 370 Riverside Drive — 1922 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
- 375 Riverside Drive — 1922 co-op by Gaetano Ajello
- 390 Riverside Drive — 1924 co-op by Gaetano Ajello
- 395 Riverside Drive (The Matincote) — 1925 co-op by Gaetano Ajello
- 404 Riverside Drive (The Strathmore) — 1908 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Riverside Drive — read The Roebling Team Guide to Riverside Drive.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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