- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2006–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $855
- 2 sales
- Recorded sales
- 8
- On record
- 2006–2026
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About the building
109 West 117th Street is part of Shabazz Gardens, an eight-residence condominium spanning two four-story buildings. The homes occupy the scale of Harlem townhouses: a small number of apartments behind each entrance, with upper residences extending through the building. City records date the property to 1910. A 2004 alteration filing by architect David Danois proposed four dwellings at this address, within the larger condominium. The block lies just west of Lenox Avenue, close to the 116th Street 2 and 3 subway station.
The layouts include two-bedroom, two-bath floor-through apartments and larger garden duplexes. Street-facing living spaces receive southern light; the garden homes extend toward the rear of the lot. The upper homes are reached by stairs, and in-home laundry is present in the apartment inventory. Private gardens accompany selected homes, with outdoor access tied to the particular residence.
Building staffing and amenities
- Amenities noted
- GardenSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,257 sf | $1,100,000 | $875/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 109C | 1,257 sf | $1,050,000 | $835/sf | — |
| Sep 5, 2025 | 1A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,000 sf | $1,450,000 | $725/sf | -3.0% |
| Dec 7, 2009 | PH1A | 2 BR · 2,000 sf | $860,000 | $430/sf | -13.9% |
| Aug 3, 2006 | 109C | 1,257 sf | $230,380 | $183/sf | — |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $855/sf (recorded) across 2 sales.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01902-7502; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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At the recent median sale of $1.1M (3 sales in the past 24 months, since November 12, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $49,466 to close, or 4.5% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $11,000
- Mortgage recording tax: $15,881
- Title insurance: $4,950
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $17,635
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
The condominium's eight residences share responsibility for two buildings. Roof and exterior work may therefore involve separate physical projects within the same association; the allocation of those expenses matters to each entrance. The UDAAP benefit ended after the 2025 tax roll, so carrying-cost figures from the abated period are no longer a current baseline.
Comparable buildings
- 320 West 115th Street — Another small prewar condominium for buyers seeking a limited apartment inventory.
- The Normandie — A larger prewar condominium with an apartment-building scale near Lenox Avenue.
- Mount Morris Court — Historic condominium housing farther north, with more residences sharing the building.
- 1 Mount Morris Park West — A prewar condominium alternative along the park's western edge.
More Harlem buildings
- 100 West 119th Street (The Normandie) — 1910 condominium
- 102 West 118th Street — 1892 condominium
- Graceline Court, 106 West 116th Street — 2006 condominium
- 111 Central Park North — 2006 condominium by SLCE Architects
- 117 West 123rd Street (Windows on 123) — 2008 condominium
- 120 West 118th Street — condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Harlem — read The Roebling Team Guide to Harlem.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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