building at 875 West End Avenue

The upper West Side ends on the downtown side of 100th street,
manhattan valley begins on the uptown side of 100th street and ends at 110 th street,
and this is not some thing made up or decided by streeteasy it is simply the way
neighborhoods are divided in manhattan.

Uh, no, ppj. As a native Upper West Sider in my 40s or 50s or so, I can tell you with certainty and precision that "Manhattan Valley", to the extent the name was used at all, referred to a tiny little area around Manhattan Avenue below 110th St., not even extending as far west as Amsterdam, and is a part of the Upper West Side, not a distinct neighborhood. That the NYT and SE need a label to attach to each section when they divide the large and varied Upper West Side chunk up doesn't change the way neighborhoods are divided in Manhattan.

I haven't noticed too many young families in this building like with others around it. Any reason for that?

If your observation is correct, I suspect it's mostly because very few large apartments at 875 have changed hands in recent years. It's not as though sixes and sevens are turning over and young families are spurning them.

There's also the fact that each floor is divided into seven apartments, so there is a larger proportion of small units than, say, at 885, where the smallest standard layout is a family-friendly five.

Would disagree with West 81st and agree Too. Out of 7 lines there is one classic 7. 2 classic sixes, quite elegant ones. there are 2 2 brs and2 1 brs. So really is a family building for the most part. So the room count profile is well above average.

Here is the reason for what perhaps is a slightly older age profile...people stay once set in the building. The community is strong and the Board is reasonable. Not a lot of contention. Whole families have grown up in this building leaving some large apartments to empty nesters. Nevertheless, the building has childrens' playroom and bike room as well. This building is simply desirable and is one of the better kept secrets around. Dan Babush

Sounds like someone has an apartment on the market at 875??

Why a second floor would cost so much?

Not sure....maybe it they had pictures we could see

PPJ's comment is inaccurate as to the boundaries of the upper west side. Please see wikipedia's entry on the Upper West Side defining its northern boundary as 110th St

Manhattan Valley, as a place name, was developed by real estate brokers when the area was d�class� back in the 70's. It can now come out of the closet as an area with 1-4 million dollar homes and tons of bidding wars, more valuable per square foot than large swaths of the Upper East Side -Always, though sometimes clandestinely, solidly a part of the Upper West Side.

Manhattan Valley typically is considered to between W.96th and W.110th Streets, and between Central Park West and Amsterdam Avenue or perhaps Broadway. The neighborhood west of Amsterdam or sometimes Broadway is often referred to by locals as Bloomingdale (or the "Bloomingdale Blocks"). I'm not sure realtors use this term. There are other streeteasy posts about this issue. Wikipedia and other websites talk about this. Strauss Park at 106th and Broadway used to be called Bloomingdale Park; there is the Bloomingdale School of Music on W 108th between Broadway and Riverside; the West 104th St Block Association (between WEA and RSD) is www.bloomingdale.org; Bloomingdale Playground at 100th and Amsterdam, etc etc. It is similar architecturally to the Upper West Side but has a distinct, quieter feeling; and it is quite different in character from Manhattan Valley to the East.