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320 Central Park West

The Ardsley,
320 Central Park West

Doorman Co-op located in Upper West Side, between West 91st Street & West 92nd Street

  • Apartments For Sale (5)
  • Recent Sales (26)
  • All Units in Building (201)
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Overview of The Ardsley at 320 Central Park West


The Ardsley, a distinguished 22-story cooperative at 320 Central Park West, offers a full-service, white-glove living experience. The building features a restored Art Deco lobby and top-notch amenities, including a state-of-the-art fitness center, a library, a children's playroom, a bike room, and storage lockers. While there is a communal laundry room, in-unit washer/dryers are permitted for added convenience. Pets and pied-a-terres are welcome in this pet-friendly building, perfectly situated across from Central Park and close to the Upper West Side’s finest restaurants, schools, museums, shops, and transportation.

Designed by the renowned architect Emery Roth, The Ardsley stands out for its unique Art Deco style, a departure from Roth’s previous works. Its bold design draws inspiration from a prehistoric Mayan temple, with no trace of historical styling. The building's buff brick surfaces are accented by striking vertical and horizontal bands of black brick that create a dynamic geometric pattern, giving the structure a powerful and original presence. Above the fifteenth floor, setbacks and cantilevered balconies culminate in a stepped-back water tower, contributing to an animated yet balanced profile.

Adding to its visual appeal is a zigzag cast-stone frieze with geometric patterns in four-color inlay at the base, and pink-tinted cast-stone door surrounds in curving geometric forms. While an early design included a lantern-like finial atop the water tank enclosure, the final structure forgoes this addition, allowing the building’s boxy composition and striped masonry to make a striking, original statement on its own.

In "The A.I.A. Guide to New York City," Elliot Willensky and Norval White noted the building’s façade as having "a quality almost like that of inlaid furniture," enriched by the contrasting brick ribbons on the upper floors. The Ardsley remains one of Central Park West’s most elaborately detailed and visually compelling Art Deco works.

Year Built
1931
Apartments
201
Floors
22
Pets: Allowed
Neighborhood
Min Down
34%
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Amenities

  • FT Doorman
  • High-Rise
  • Pre War
  • Resident Storage
  • Washer/Dryer in building
  • Elevator
  • Children's Playroom
  • Fitness Center
  • Fireplaces
  • Landmarked
  • Terraces / Balconies

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Nearby Subways

  1. B
  2. C
at Central Park West and 97th 0.22 miles
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
at Broadway and 95th 0.42 miles

Carter’s Review

"The Ardsley at 320 Central Park West between on the southwest corner at 92nd Street is one of the city’s greatest Art Deco residential buildings. 

It was designed by Emery Roth, the architect who also designed such famous landmarks on Central Park West as the San Remo, Beresford and Eldorado apartment towers. "
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Pros & Cons

  • Some magnificent apartments on the upper floors
  • Magnificent views of Central Park
  • Bicycle Room
  • Live-in superintendent
  • Pre-war building designed by Emery Roth
  • Laundry
  • Close to Subway
  • Very handsome lobby
  • Pet-friendly
  • Sidewalk landscaping
  • Many corner windows
  • Doorman
  • Important Art Deco-style landmark
  • Fitness center
  • Cold storage
  • No sundeck
  • No garage

CityRealty Rating

29
/44
Architecture
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32
/36
Location
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18
/39
Features
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10
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89
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

Broker & Buyer Comments

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Elegant, prewar Art Deco building. Emory Roth architect. Completed in 1931. Coop. Not a very communicative board. Don't keep clear meeting minutes. Still well-managed and not unreasonable. Huge and very nice staff. Not a pretentious building at all.

Moderate to strict. Generally does not allow subletting except in extreme circumstances. Pets okay.
Building designed by Emory Roth. The apartments that face Central Park have amazing views. I did a deal here and the co-op was not easy. The board turned down one of my buyers, then gave the eventual purchaser a hard time with his renovation plans.
Magnificent Art Deco bldg. 169 apts.

reasonable board

family oriented neighborhood many private schools , great restaurants and of course Central Park

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