By Gus Saltonstall
There is most likely no more iconic residence on the Upper West Side than The Dakota building.
It is extremely rare for an apartment with the storied address at 1 West 72nd Street, on the corner of Central Park West, to hit the open market, but that is what happened on Friday morning.
A listing has gone live for a fifth-floor apartment with four to five bedrooms, four bathrooms, and five fireplaces. The apartment is 4,500 square feet, making it one of the largest in the building, and has 12-and-a-half foot ceilings, and 10-foot mahogany doors.
The price? $10 million.
“The Dakota. The crown jewel. Among the most extraordinary residences of Central Park West,” Brown Harris Stevens’ Roberto Cabrera, who is the listing agent for the apartment, said in a video. “It’s the most storied residential building in New York’s long history. Like no other, The Dakota established itself among the most renowned and recognizable residences in the world, It’s unrivaled in its singularity, rich history, celebrated occupants, and architectural significant that remain to this day.”
Some of those famous former and current occupants include John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Leonard Bernstein, Lauren Bacall, Roberta Flack, Judy Garland, Joe Namath, and Paul Simon.
Here are more photos of the for sale apartment.
You can read more about the available apartment within The Dakota on its listing — HERE.
Subscribe to West Side Rag’s FREE email newsletter here. And you can Support the Rag here.
I thought $10M seemed reasonable but the $16k monthly charges take me out of the running.
Noone needs four-to-five bedrooms. One sleeps in one bed. Mamdani should seize this travesty under eminent domain and convert it to free housing. This can easily house 75 people.
It would only cost $1.6 billion in taxpayer money and take 18 years for the conversion.
Perhaps he should seize your house as well.
I am happy to contribute to the cause of progress and the bright future. You too, one presumes?
Someone with 4 kids needs four-to-five bedrooms!
You must be new here.
In the late 60’s one could rent for &500. per month!
Why are the contents of the apartment being sold, such as the piano? As a musician, I’m surprised
Have you tried to sell a large piano in NYC lately?
Does it say that? I didn’t see that they were selling the contents with the apartment.
There are currently 6 apartments for sale in the Dakota. Not so rare.
Yup. From $5 million to $24 million. I’m torn between a few. lol.
Whoever narrated that video is unbelievably pompous! LOL!!! Nice apartment, but I’ll stick with my little place on Broadway, thanks.
Prospective buyers too rich to care about the kitchen? Or the bathrooms? Maybe it’s being sold as needing a gut-reno.
Witches… All of them witches!
I just bought it.
no park view,!!
At least this one is in great condition. Over the years, I have been in at least five to six apartments in the Dakota, and not all of them were in great condition. And it is not always the tenant’s fault; I have heard from some tenants that “maintenance” is not what you would expect in a building of this stature.
Still, I have been in everything from “small” apartments (total of 7 rooms) to massive ones (11 rooms), and it was always fun being in the building at all.
As for “no park view,” that is probably why the price is only $10 million for a 4-5 bedroom. But I would note that the single most fabulous apartment I visited over the years did not have a park view either (except glancingly), but nevertheless outshined many of those with views.
According to several real estate sites, there are currently six apartments available in the building (I wonder if that “says” something about the building), from $5 million to $24 million. This one is smack dab in the middle, so I’m guessing that the two or three that are more expensive have the park views.