The Buildings
Two prewar buildings on West 85th Street.
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.
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.