# 54 Riverside Drive, Manhattan

Co-op · 80 units · built c. 1926 · Block 1186, Lot 48.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/1011860048/54-riverside-drive

More construction in Upper West Side: https://umarelli.org/nyc/manhattan/upper-west-side.md

Every lot on block 1186: https://umarelli.org/nyc/manhattan/1186.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Nov 2, 2026, estimated cost $350K, described as “Interior Renovation of Apartment Unit # 16B as indicated on plans filed herewith. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 13, 2026, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporary Material storage per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 3, 2026, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of a temporarily supported scaffold and shoring per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 3, 2026, estimated cost $27K, described as “Installation of a temporarily heavy-duty sidewalk shed per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 1, 2026, described as “Installation of a suspended scaffold for facade inspection and repair as per plan submitted”
- Alteration, filed Mar 30, 2026, estimated cost $265K, described as “Hereby filing for the renovation of unit 11B. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 17, 2026, estimated cost $553K, described as “Exterior restoration: terra cotta replacement, terra cotta repairs, brick replacement, pointing, lintel replacement, stucco replacement, marble patching etc. As per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 8, 2025, estimated cost $7K, described as “Installation of a temporarily supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 25, 2025, estimated cost $35K, described as “Plumbing work associated with renovation of apt 16A/penthouse, including replacement, relocation, and new installation of toilets, lavs, shower, sink, and washer/dryer, per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 24, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of 2022 the NYC building code. Live load 300PSF.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 23, 2025, estimated cost $575K, described as “Proposed interior renovation of apartment 16A (penthouse), including removal and reconstruction of select non-load bearing interior walls; replacement of interior finishes at celing, wall, and floor surfaces and installation of new led…”
- Alteration, filed Aug 20, 2024, estimated cost $8K, described as “Installation of pipe scaffold as per plans in compliance with chapter 33 of nycbc. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application”
- Alteration, filed Feb 14, 2024, described as “Installation of suspended scaffold for facade inspection/ Repair. SR23-2100”
- Alteration, filed Jan 3, 2024, estimated cost $50K, described as “Hereby filing for the renovation of unit 3B. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 30, 2023, estimated cost $465K, described as “FISP Cycle 9 filing for exterior facade repair as per the plans submitted. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 18, 2023, estimated cost $153K, described as “Application filed to renovate apartment 5C that includes modifications of existing non bearing partitions with new finishes- no change to use, egress or occupancy under this application”
- Alteration, filed Sep 6, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Proposed storage of maximun 25PSF on top of heavy duty sidewalk shed in compliance with chapter 33 of NYCBC. No change in use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 4, 2023, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plan in compliance with chapter 33 of nycbc. No change in use, egress, or occupancy under this application”
- Alteration, filed May 31, 2023, estimated cost $120K, described as “Interior renovation of apartment 15D to include removal and installation of partitions, doors and finishes. No change to use egress or occupancy .”
- Alteration, filed May 10, 2023, estimated cost $75K, described as “Interior renovation of apartment 9B on 9TH floor. Remove and erect non load bearing interior partition walls. Plumbing work filed separately M00863098. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 10, 2023, estimated cost $38K, described as “New, remove, replace and relocate plumbing fixtures. General construction work filed separately M00863094 no change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 10, 2021, estimated cost $75K, described as “Interior renovation of Apartment 10A”
- Alteration, filed Jul 2, 2021, estimated cost $12K, described as “Renovation of bathroom”
- Alteration, filed Jun 30, 2021, estimated cost $200K, described as “Installation of new gas line in basement and new gas valves in apartments. Gas infrastructure repairs and restoration associated with application numbers M00538645 and M00498675. No change in egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 30, 2021, estimated cost $200K, described as “General construction related to gas infrastructure repairs and restoration associated with application numbers M00538661 and M00498675. No change in egress or occupancy.”

2 more, older permits are in this building’s full list on the map: https://umarelli.org/nyc/1011860048/54-riverside-drive.

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $15,939,000
- 2026–27 tax: $1,602,572
- Market value (city estimate): $35,420,000
- Taxable value: $15,065,590
- Assessed land: $2,538,000
- Assessed improvements: $13,401,000

## Tax breaks

- Co-op and condo abatement, with no end date, a $271,997 credit this tax year.

## Zoning

R8B (part of the lot is R10A): floor area ratio 12.59 built, above the 4.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Jul 16, 2026: $875,000
- Jun 5, 2026: $1,900,000
- Oct 3, 2025: $1,995,000
- May 23, 2025: $1,960,000
- Aug 7, 2024: $6,250,000
- Aug 15, 2023: $2,325,000
- Jun 28, 2023: $2,385,000
- May 17, 2023: $2,392,500
- Feb 24, 2023: $2,155,000
- Jan 25, 2023: $2,210,000

The 10 most recent of 18 open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

## Landmarks

Part of West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension (Historic District). 43 Landmarks Preservation Commission permits are on file.

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology