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1295 Madison AvenueRecorded sales & closing prices
1295 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10128
24 recorded closings, 2023–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 24
- Date range
- 2023–2026
- Median $/sf
- $2,690
- Listing discount
- 2.9%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $3.43
- Price range
- $875K – $13M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, on a floor-adjusted basis — standardized to the building’s average floor, so it reflects price rather than which floors happened to sell. This is a different method from The Roebling Index, which publishes plain medians and applies no floor adjustment; the two are not interchangeable. Floor adjustment standardizes for floor only. It does not control for condition, size, exposure, renovation or the mix of what happened to trade. This standardized trend is a separate series from the latest median above, which is the raw recorded sales. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
The Wales is read on a per-square-foot basis, as all Manhattan condominiums are. Sponsor sales launched in 2023 with pricing that ran from roughly $3.6 million into eight figures, and closings have spanned a wide band, from the lower-floor homes up to the top-floor penthouse, which trades on a different plane from the rest of the building. As a boutique conversion — 21 residences — resale inventory will be thin, and early sponsor and resale closings carry outsized weight in the comparable set. Underwriting should be per-unit and floor-specific, weighing floor, exposure, and the historic-versus-new character of each line.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Wales, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 2.9% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
18 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
The vertical premium
The climb in price per square foot as you rise through the building — light and views included, time-adjusted to today’s market.
Premium by line
What each line’s exposure is worth — its light, outlook, and orientation — measured against the building’s average sale.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | NRU1 | 1,621 sf | $1,750,000 | $1,080 | — |
| Jun 11, 2026 | NRU2 | 3,024 sf | $13,000,000 | $4,299 | — |
| Mar 7, 2025 | 3B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,772 sf | $3,601,393 | $2,032 | +5.2% |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,772 sf | $3,300,000 | $1,862 | -5.7% |
| Nov 21, 2024 | 4C | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,393 sf | $2,350,000 | $1,687 | -29.9% |
| Sep 9, 2024 | PH | 5 BR · 6 BA · 4,179 sf | $18,529,862 | $4,434 | -19.4% |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 6A | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 2,936 sf | $7,762,000 | $2,644 | -2.9% |
| May 30, 2024 | 5C | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,393 sf | $2,701,612 | $1,939 | -1.8% |
| Apr 15, 2024 | 5A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,184 sf | $4,850,000 | $2,221 | -2.9% |
| Mar 12, 2024 | 7A | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 2,936 sf | $7,811,987 | $2,661 | -17.7% |
The retrade record
Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Every recorded sale
Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance. Every sale sits in one of three states: counted in the building’s medians and trend; shown but excluded as a non-arms-length or nominal transfer; or shown and ⚑ flagged for review — a possible duplicate filing or an extreme $/sf outlier, held out of the statistics pending manual verification rather than allowed to move them.
| Apartment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | NRU1 | 1,621 | $1,750,000 | $1,080 | — | |
| Jun 11, 2026 | NRU2 | 3,024 | $13,000,000 | $4,299 | — | |
| Mar 7, 2025 | 3BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,772 | $3,601,393 | $2,032 | +5.2% |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,772 | $3,300,000 | $1,862 | -5.7% |
| Nov 21, 2024 | 4C | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,393 | $2,350,000 | $1,687 | -29.9% |
| Sep 9, 2024 | PH | 5 BR · 6 BA | 4,179 | $18,529,862 | $4,434 | -19.4% |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 6A | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 2,936 | $7,762,000 | $2,644 | -2.9% |
| May 30, 2024 | 5CSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,393 | $2,701,612 | $1,939 | -1.8% |
| Apr 15, 2024 | 5A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,184 | $4,850,000 | $2,221 | -2.9% |
| Mar 12, 2024 | 7A | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 2,936 | $7,811,987 | $2,661 | -17.7% |
| Feb 27, 2024 | 2C | 1 BA | 466 | $875,000 | $1,878 | — |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 4BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,715 | $3,700,000 | $2,157 | -19.5% |
| Nov 22, 2023 | 8A | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 2,936 | $8,200,000 | $2,793 | -8.8% |
| Nov 9, 2023 | NRU2 | 3,024 | $11,000,000 | $3,638 | — | |
| Mar 29, 2023 | 6B | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,379 | $6,292,087 | $2,645 | -6.4% |
| Mar 28, 2023 | 4A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,184 | $6,331,900 | $2,899 | +10.0% |
| Mar 24, 2023 | 8BSponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,379 | $6,950,000 | $2,921 | +0.0% |
| Mar 17, 2023 | 9A | 5 BR · 4.5 BA | 2,936 | $10,325,586 | $3,517 | +3.3% |
| Mar 17, 2023 | 9B | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,379 | $7,020,786 | $2,951 | +3.3% |
| Mar 16, 2023 | 2A | 4 BR · 5 BA | 2,974 | $6,995,000 | $2,352 | -8.9% |
| Mar 15, 2023 | 7B | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,379 | $6,638,125 | $2,790 | +2.2% |
| Mar 8, 2023 | 3C | 466 | $1,033,500 | $2,218 | — | |
| Mar 8, 2023 | 5B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,715 | $4,591,521 | $2,677 | +2.1% |
| Mar 8, 2023 | 3A | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 2,974 | $7,849,978 | $2,640 | +2.3% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01504-7501). 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. Storage, parking, and commercial units are excluded from all figures. Floor- and line-level $/sf are time-controlled (each sale measured against the building’s going rate at the time of sale) and expressed at today’s pricing, so they isolate the floor or line premium rather than blend two decades of market movement.
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