Central Park West
Building Profile ·
The Kenilworth
151 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
AT A GLANCE
Type
Co-op
About the building
Why The Kenilworth matters
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…
Recent Sales
What to know if you're buying
Board approval is rigorous, with intimate institutional culture. The building's small unit count produces a board review process that emphasizes both financial qualification and lifestyle fit. Strong personal references are advantageous.
Pied-à-terre approval is uncommon. The board generally prefers primary-residence buyers.
Renovation is constrained by historic district status and the…
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…
The Roebling Team at
The Kenilworth
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…