Central Park West
Building Profile ·
The Prasada
50 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
AT A GLANCE
Type
Co-op
About the building
Why The Prasada matters
The Prasada is among the earliest tier-one residential cooperatives on Central Park West — a Beaux-Arts and French Second Empire composition completed in 1907 by Charles W. Romeyn & Henry R. Wynne. The building predates the Art Deco twin-tower era by more than two decades and…
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. Strong personal references and primary-residence intent are advantageous.
Pied-à-terre approval is uncommon. The board generally prefers primary-residence buyers given the building's intimate scale.
Financing is…
What to know if you're selling
Pricing requires apartment-specific judgment. With a small unit count and apartment-to-apartment variation from the original three-per-floor plan, comparable sales analysis benefits from broker familiarity with the building's specific inventory dynamics.
Buyer pool is narrow but committed. The Prasada appeals to buyers who specifically want pre-war Beaux-Arts architecture, smaller building scale,…
The Roebling Team at
The Prasada
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…