The Buildings

Upper West Side Residences — 205 & 207 West 85th Street, NYC

Amsterdam Residences is two buildings, operated as one. They sit side by side on a leafy block between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway — equidistant from Central Park and the subway, a short walk from Columbia, Juilliard, Lincoln Center, and the American Museum of Natural History.

Building

205 West 85th Street

A six-story prewar at the corner end of a quiet residential block, 205 West 85th Street retains its original limestone base, bay windows, and cornice — the architectural language of the Upper West Side in the 1920s. Inside, the building has been carefully updated: refinished floors, restored millwork, and a lobby sized for people, not packages.

Rooms on the upper floors look out over treetops toward Central Park; lower-floor rooms are quiet and shaded. The building shares a roof deck and laundry with its neighbor at 207.

Stories: 6
Rooms: ≈ 28
Year built: c. 1923
Elevator: Yes

Typical Floor Plan

Representative floor plan. Individual rooms and layouts vary.

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Building

207 West 85th Street

Immediately adjacent to 205, 207 West 85th Street is its near-twin — built the same decade by the same sensibility, with the same brownstone-adjacent character. We operate the two buildings as a single community; residents move freely between them.

207 houses the primary coworking lounge on the garden floor and the shared bike room. Together, 205 and 207 give residents flexible access to private rooms, common spaces, and a roof deck — all within a half block.

Stories: 6
Rooms: ≈ 30
Year built: c. 1924
Elevator: Yes

Typical Floor Plan

Representative floor plan. Individual rooms and layouts vary.

See rooms Tour 207

Upper West Side coliving on W 85th Street
The broader UWS coliving pillar — building, pricing, and how the model works end to end.
Grad student housing near Columbia and Juilliard
For graduate students considering the Upper West Side — academic-calendar fit, proximity to the schools, no US guarantor.
Furnished short-stay with no broker fee
For four-week-to-year stays where the standard NYC broker-fee-and-guarantor process is the wrong shape for the move.
NYC summer intern housing
For summer interns — ten-to-twelve-week programs, employer-friendly billing, friction-free move-in.
The history of 85th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
An editorial walk through the block’s 1910 buildings, its prewar character, and what the neighborhood feels like across a single summer.

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Upper West Side Residences — 205 & 207 West 85th Street, NYC

205 West 85th Street

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