The St. Urban (285 Central Park West)

285 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

AT A GLANCE

Type

Co-op

About the building

Why The St. Urban matters

The St. Urban is one of Manhattan's most architecturally distinctive Beaux-Arts residential buildings — a 1906 French Second Empire composition by Robert T. Lyons that has been called among the most exuberant pre-war facades on Central Park West. Its signature is a dramatic domed corner…

Recent Sales

What to know if you're buying

Board approval is rigorous, with intimate institutional culture. The 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.

The architectural distinction is real. Among CPW pre-wars, the St.…

What to know if you're selling

The architectural identity is a real marketing advantage. Buyers researching architecturally distinctive CPW pre-wars specifically pursue the St. Urban. The Lyons design is widely cited as one of Manhattan's exuberant Beaux-Arts compositions.

Pricing reflects apartment scale. Two-units-per-landing apartments are substantial; pricing benefits from the configuration's rarity.

Mansion tax effects matter.…

The Roebling Team at

The St. Urban (285 Central Park West)

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…