The Kenilworth (151 Central Park West)
151 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
BBL 1011280029 · BIN 1028765
- Year built
- 1908
- Type
- Cooperative
- Floors
- 13
- Landmark status
- Requires confirmation
- City records and our profile differ. Confirm with building management.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditions
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted with conditions
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median, 2023–2026
- $635K
- 11 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $519K – $5.1M
- Listing discount
- 3.9%
- Recorded transfers
- 148
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The Kenilworth is one of the earliest tier-one residential cooperatives on Central Park West — a French Second Empire composition completed in 1908 by Townsend, Steinle & Haskell, the same year as the broader pre-Beaux-Arts CPW residential boom was establishing the avenue as Manhattan's premier residential corridor. Its convex mansard roof, banded-column entrance, and carved limestone-and-red-brick facade have remained substantially unchanged since construction — making it one of the most architecturally intact pre-war buildings on the avenue.
Named for the 12th-century Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, the building was conceived by developers Saxe & Coon (operating as Lenox Realty Company) as "a 12-story high-class elevator apartment house" at a moment when Manhattan's apartment-house tradition was still establishing itself as an alternative to the row house. Ground was broken May 1906; the Kenilworth was completed in 1908 at a cost of approximately $1 million (roughly $27 million in 2016 terms). The Kenilworth's success — and the careful French-classical proportioning of its design — helped solidify CPW's identity as a corridor of significant residential buildings rather than a secondary alternative to Fifth Avenue.
Notable original residents and events. Early residents included George M. Cohan (the songwriter and Broadway legend) and his second wife Agnes Nolan; their daughter was born in the building in September 1910. Genealogist George Austin Morrison was also among the building's early residents. A 1920 Montreal touring-car accident killed members of the Gutman family. The building was first sold as a co-op that same year (1920), for $1.25 million. In 1936, Metropolitan Life foreclosed over unpaid taxes and mortgage debt; the present cooperative dates to 1958. The Kenilworth's apartments feature three units per floor, each with windows on three sides — a particular Townsend, Steinle & Haskell design move described at the time as making "every apartment equal to a corner."
The Kenilworth's present cooperative dates to 1958, two decades after the 1936 foreclosure that followed its first, 1920 cooperative. The 1958 date places it with the Majestic (also 1958) and ahead of the Brentmore (1959), the Dakota (1961), and the Beresford (1962) among CPW conversions. Nearly seven decades of self-governance have produced a mature, conservative institutional culture.
For buyers who want pre-war Beaux-Arts architecture, an intimate scale, and one of the most architecturally intact CPW landmarks, the Kenilworth occupies its own particular position in the canon — adjacent to (but architecturally distinct from) its Art Deco twin-tower neighbors.
Architecture and unit composition
The Kenilworth's 1908 plan distributed three apartments per floor — typical of pre-war Manhattan buildings of its era. The original layouts feature high ceilings, formal entry galleries, library-living combinations, and pre-war service-corridor kitchen arrangements (renovated to varying degrees apartment-to-apartment).
Pre-war signatures throughout: 11–13 foot ceilings in primary rooms, original parquet floors preserved in many apartments, formal entry galleries, library and dining configurations. The original French Second Empire interior detailing — moldings, paneling, architectural ornamentation — varies in preservation depending on each apartment's renovation history.
Park-facing apartments occupy the eastern flank with direct Central Park views from low to high floors. Corner Park-facing units (Park + West 75th Street exposure) command meaningful view premium.
Building operations
The Kenilworth operates as a full-service tier-one CPW co-op with the standard pre-war service signature: 24-hour doorman, attended elevator service, on-site superintendent, laundry, and private storage. The building's small unit count (38–40) produces the relational density characteristic of intimate pre-war co-ops.
The Kenilworth's present cooperative dates to 1958 (an earlier 1920 cooperative preceded the 1936 foreclosure). The building has operated continuously as a self-managed co-op since 1958.
The building participates in the NYC Cooperative & Condominium Property Tax Abatement Program for qualifying primary-residence shareholders. Subletting and pied-à-terre use are permitted with conditions; confirm the board's current financing, liquidity and occupancy requirements from its governing documents and application instructions.
Specific policy details (flip tax structure, financing cap, sublet fee) are not publicly published by the building; buyers should review the current proprietary lease and house rules during due diligence.
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
- Permitted with conditionsRestrictedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Permitted with conditionsCase by case, board discretionSource: 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
- $9,676/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $22
- Modeled exposure split equally across 36 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 September 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).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed September 2026.
Recent sales
The Kenilworth's public record shows limited turnover; review the recorded arms-length closings before drawing conclusions about how often apartments trade. The benchmark for the building is prime W-line Park-facing inventory on high floors in clean condition; weaker configurations and lower floors trade below it, and in-contract activity does not appear in the public record until it closes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | 2F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 650 sf | $599,000 | $922/sf | — |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 670 sf | $617,000 | $921/sf | — |
| May 8, 2025 | 3A | 4 BR · 4 BA · 2,390 sf | $2,800,000 | $1,172/sf | — |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 8AB | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,750 sf | $1,620,000 | $926/sf | — |
| Oct 13, 2022 | 12F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 625 sf | $610,000 | $976/sf | — |
| Jun 21, 2021 | 2C | 3 BR · 3 BA Closed Jun 10, 2021 (recorded Jun 21) at $5.3M — 3.55% under the $5.495M asking. 2C — 3BR/3BA. Lower-floor C-line. | $5,300,000 | -3.5% | |
| Feb 11, 2020 | 10N | 2 BR · 2 BA Closed Feb 3, 2020 (recorded Feb 11) at $1.5M — 37.50% under the $2.4M asking. 10N — 2BR/2BA. Among the deepest single ask-to-close discounts in the Kenilworth's modern dataset — $900K absolute-dollar gap. | $1,500,000 | -37.5% | |
| Jan 14, 2019 | 12A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,100 sf | $1,235,000 | $1,123/sf | — |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $861/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 3.9% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | 23F | $710,000 |
| Aug 21, 2025 | 5D | $650,000 |
| Aug 13, 2025 | 7F | $660,000 |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 10D | $635,000 |
| May 23, 2025 | 4D | $609,000 |
| Dec 18, 2024 | 15EF | $518,793 |
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 1-01128-0029). 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.
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At the recent median sale of $635K (9 transfers in the past 24 months, since October 22, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $10,931 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: $10,931
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
Confirm the board's requirements. Subletting and pied-à-terre use are permitted with conditions; confirm the board's current financing, liquidity and application requirements from its governing documents and application instructions.
Pied-à-terre approval is uncommon. The board generally prefers primary-residence buyers.
Renovation is constrained by historic district status and the building's age. The 1908 vintage means substantial original detail to preserve; renovation respecting the building's French Second Empire character is the expected path. Buyers should engage architects familiar with pre-war landmark alteration approvals.
The building has a long continuous co-op operating history. Sixty-eight years (1958–present) as a self-governed cooperative produces a mature institutional culture and well-established board processes — useful for buyers who value stability and predictability.
Views depend on the apartment. Central Park at the eastern flank; West 75th is a residential street. Views vary by floor, position and exposure, and no view is protected without a recorded instrument.
What to know if you’re selling
Pricing requires apartment-specific judgment. Smaller inventory and apartment-to-apartment variation mean comparable-sales analysis benefits from broker familiarity with the building.
Buyer pool is narrow but committed. The Kenilworth appeals to buyers who specifically want pre-war Beaux-Arts architecture and intimate building scale. The pool is not large but is typically well-matched.
Mansion tax effects matter. The rate steps up at statutory thresholds including $2M and $5M.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Kenilworth, also evaluate:
- The Prasada (50 CPW) — 1907 Beaux-Arts co-op, similar era and intimate scale
- The Langham (135 CPW) — 1907 Beaux-Arts rental building
- The Brentmore (88 CPW) — 1910 pre-war co-op, smallest CPW
- The Dakota (1 W 72nd) — adjacent CPW co-op, oldest tier-one
- The Beresford (211 CPW) — Roth three-tower landmark, larger institutional culture
More Central Park West buildings
- The Majestic (115 Central Park West) — 1931 co-op by Jacques Delamarre with Irwin S. Chanin
- The Langham (135 Central Park West) — 1907 by Clinton & Russell
- The San Remo, 145 Central Park West — 1930 co-op by Emery Roth
- The Beresford, 211 Central Park West — 1929 co-op by Emery Roth
- The Alden (225 Central Park West) — 1925 co-op by Emery Roth
- 227 Central Park West — 1889 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Central Park West — read The Roebling Team Guide to Central Park West.
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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