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150 West 79th Street

The Dorset,
150 West 79th Street

Doorman Co-op located in Upper West Side, between Columbus Avenue & Amsterdam Avenue

  • Apartments For Sale (1)
  • Recent Sales (14)
  • All Units in Building (66)
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Overview of The Dorset at 150 West 79th Street

The Dorset is an Italian Renaissance-style building erected in 1911 and converted to a cooperative in 1971. The building offers a part-time doorman, live-in superintendent, bike room, central laundry room, private storage, a private backyard, and a landscaped roof deck. It is located at 150 West 79th Street, a prime Upper West Side location near Central Park, the American Museum of Natural History, popular restaurants, top shops, and public transportation.

Year Built
1910
Apartments
66
Floors
12
Neighborhood
Min Down
25%
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Amenities

  • PT Doorman
  • Pre War
  • Resident Storage
  • Garden
  • Washer/Dryer in building
  • Elevator

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Nearby Subways

  1. 1
at Broadway 0.16 miles
  1. B
  2. C
at Central Park West 0.29 miles
  1. 2
  2. 3
at Broadway 0.36 miles

Carter’s Review

"Most Italian Renaissance-palazzo-style apartment buildings in the city have a few decorative balconies but few make balconies a major design element. This 12-story building, which was erected in 1911 and converted to a cooperative in 1971, has quite bold columns of balconies at either end of its frontage along 79th Street and its top floor has another one in the center of the façade that symmetrically relates to the building's entrance.

The building has 65 apartments and is one of many pre-war buildings with sidewalk landscaping and seating that make this one of the city's nicest residential blocks. The east end of this quiet street faces Manhattan Square, the large park in which the American Museum of Natural History stands."
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Pros & Cons

  • Attractive- pre-war building
  • Very close to the American Museum of Natural History
  • Close to famous stores on Broadway and excellent stretch of sidewalk cafes on Amsterdam Avenue
  • Attractive wrought-iron balconies
  • Very good public transportation
  • Sidewalk landscaping and seating
  • Canopied entrance
  • Close to Subway
  • No garage
  • Protruding air-conditioners
  • Step-up entrance
  • No health club

CityRealty Rating

21
/44
Architecture
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24
/36
Location
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11
/39
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CITYREALTY
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  • How is the CityRealty Rating calculated?

    Architecture
    • 30+ remarkable
    • 20-29 distinguished
    • 11-19 average
    • < 11 below average
    Location
    • 27+ remarkable
    • 18-26 distinguished
    • 9-17 average
    • < 9 below average
    Features
    • 22+ remarkable
    • 16-21 distinguished
    • 9-15 average
    • < 9 below average

Sales History

Price/Room (Est)

Why are we displaying the estimated price per room?

For some co-ops, instead of price per square foot, we use an estimate of the number of rooms for each sold apartment to chart price changes over time. This is because many co-op listings do not include square footage information, and this makes it challenging to calculate accurate square-foot averages.

By displaying the price per estimated room count, we are able to provide a more reliable and consistent metric for comparing sales in the building. While we hope that this gives you a clearer sense of price trends in the building, all data should be independently verified. All data provided are only estimates and should not be used to make any purchase or sale decision.

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