West 104th Street Block Association

Real estate information
Brownstones | Mid-block buildings: 308 and 309 West 104 | 895 West End Avenue | 905 West End Avenue  | 315 Riverside Drive |  320 Riverside Drive | Managing agents | Real estate companies/agents | Resident reminiscences

Our block contains some of the most appealing real estate on the Upper West Side.  Purchase prices for co-op apartments have risen dramatically since the downturn of the early 1990s, with low-floor, one-bedroom apartments facing the courtyard commanding around $330,000. River-facing apartments on Riverside Drive and apartments on West End Ave have sold for millions.

The rental buildings on the block typically have minimal turnover. The description of each building below provides the name of the rental contact.

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Brownstones
We have eleven brownstone buildings.

During construction of the brownstones on the north side of the street, planks were laid between the buildings allowing the crews to work on each stage of construction simultaneously. One of the last construction jobs involved sealing up the hole in the wall between the buildings.  (Historic picture of the brownstones)

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Mid-block buildings
308 West 104 is a ten-story rental building; David Eisenstein is the rental contact.  Its outer lobby is lined with a particularly handsome dark marble.

309 West 104 is a ten-story cooperative.  Some apartments are available for rent by calling Bluewoods Management.

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895 West End Avenue
This 12-story building, a fully owner-occupied cooperative, was built in 1917. The architect was Gaetan Ajello (who also designed 905 West End). The stunning white marble lobby features French doors with Tiffany stained glass.

905 West End Avenue
This 13-story rental building was designed by Gaetan Ajello; Jay Sternlieb is the rental contact.

315 Riverside Drive
This 20-story art-deco style co-op building was built in 1930. Some units may be available for rent.

320 Riverside Drive
This 16-story co-op building was built in 1929 and has the greatest number of apartments on the block; some units may be available for rent by calling Julie at Weinreb Management.

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Managing agents
The following companies manage the buildings on our block.

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Real estate companies/agents
The following real estate companies and agents are among those active in our neighborhood.

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Resident Reminiscences:
Sweet Music to Our Ears,  by Sid Herzfeld
When my wife and I married in 1960, we were very fortunate to get an apartment in the "C" line at 895 West End Avenue.  Apartments were so hard to come by that we did not mind that we could not see anything from our windows but a melancholic brick wall and some brownstone rooftops.  We could not catch sight of any city street nor hear any street noises.  A mausoleum would have appeared noisy in comparison.  

Ten years later, an apartment facing 104th Street became vacant.  We rented it sight unseen.  When, on the first morning, metal garbage can lids came crashing to the ground, it seems like sweet music to our ears.  Then, as now, we were allergic to the din of urban living, bur we could never again survive without being able to hear garbage trucks, fire engines, ambulances, street fairs, and other manifestations of a vibrant city.  Now, after a lapse of another thirty years, when sanitation men come early in the morning and softly deposit plastic lids onto the sidewalk, we become somewhat nostalgic for the good old days.  We heartily recommend our experience to anybody who has not yet become enamored of our city's wonderful garbage collection operations.

Another point of view on garbage pickups.

Updated 12 April 2006

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