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The Charles (1355 First Avenue)Recorded sales & closing prices
1355 First Avenue, New York, NY 10021
41 recorded closings, 2015–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 41
- Date range
- 2015–2026
- Median $/sf
- $1,521
- Listing discount
- 1.5%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $3.13
- Price range
- $1.5M – $37.9M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, from the raw yearly medians — too few standardized single-line units here to adjust to an average-floor basis, so which apartments happened to trade moves these alongside price. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
Compare total prices and price per square foot where reliable areas exist; condominium tenure does not prescribe one metric. Verify the reported eight-figure upper-full-floor and penthouse transactions, and use dated, matched sales before assigning a premium or eastern Upper East Side market rank. Measure frequency from dated transfers rather than the roughly 27-unit count. Compare relevant internal and external sales, adjusting for floor, exposure, layout, area, condition and costs rather than assume that two variables determine almost all value. We underwrite each unit against The Charles's own sales and the broader Upper East Side high-rise condominium set.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Charles, 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 1.5% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
41 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | 22 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,452 sf | $5,250,000 | $1,521 | -4.1% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 8 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,135 sf | $5,505,000 | $1,756 | +0.1% |
| Sep 19, 2025 | 15 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,451 sf | $5,310,000 | $1,539 | -6.0% |
| Oct 27, 2023 | 17 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,448 sf | $6,820,513 | $1,978 | -14.7% |
| Dec 21, 2022 | 6 | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 3,637 sf | $5,400,000 | $1,485 | — |
| Oct 26, 2020 | 10 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,150 sf | $5,700,000 | $1,810 | -15.6% |
| Jan 3, 2020 | 25 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,458 sf | $6,050,000 | $1,750 | -6.9% |
| Jun 19, 2019 | 6 | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 3,637 sf | $5,400,000 | $1,485 | -1.7% |
| Apr 5, 2019 | 24 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,451 sf | $6,500,000 | $1,884 | +0.0% |
| Apr 3, 2019 | 15 | 4 BR · 3,451 sf | $6,400,000 | $1,855 | — |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | 22 | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,452 | $5,250,000 | $1,521 | -4.1% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 8 | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,135 | $5,505,000 | $1,756 | +0.1% |
| Sep 19, 2025 | 15 | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,451 | $5,310,000 | $1,539 | -6.0% |
| Oct 27, 2023 | 17 | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,448 | $6,820,513 | $1,978 | -14.7% |
| Dec 21, 2022 | 6 | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 3,637 | $5,400,000 | $1,485 | — |
| Oct 26, 2020 | 10 | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,150 | $5,700,000 | $1,810 | -15.6% |
| Jan 3, 2020 | 25 | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,458 | $6,050,000 | $1,750 | -6.9% |
| Jun 19, 2019 | 6 | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 3,637 | $5,400,000 | $1,485 | -1.7% |
| Apr 5, 2019 | 24Sponsor Sale | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,451 | $6,500,000 | $1,884 | +0.0% |
| Apr 3, 2019 | 15 | 4 BR | 3,451 | $6,400,000 | $1,855 | — |
| Mar 12, 2019 | 11 | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,140 | $4,975,000 | $1,584 | -9.5% |
| Feb 28, 2019 | 23 | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,453 | $6,000,000 | $1,738 | -7.7% |
| Jul 3, 2018 | 2 | 3 BR | 2,089 | $3,800,000 | $1,819 | +2.7% |
| May 14, 2018 | 20 | 4 BR | 3,451 | $6,559,312 | $1,901 | +0.9% |
| Apr 16, 2018 | 19 | 4 BR | 3,451 | $6,618,625 | $1,918 | +1.8% |
| Jan 18, 2018 | 2 | 3 BR | 2,089 | $3,007,000 | $1,439 | — |
| Jan 18, 2018 | 8 | 4 BR | 3,135 | $6,307,031 | $2,012 | — |
| Sep 7, 2016 | 26Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,595 | $10,870,000 | $3,024 | +8.0% |
| Jun 2, 2016 | 2Sponsor Sale | 3 BR | 2,089 | $3,500,000 | $1,675 | — |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 9Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,141 | $5,800,000 | $1,847 | -11.9% |
| Aug 27, 2015 | 30Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,603 | $10,810,000 | $3,000 | +0.0% |
| Aug 27, 2015 | 29Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,603 | $10,630,000 | $2,950 | +0.0% |
| Aug 27, 2015 | 27Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,600 | $10,260,000 | $2,850 | +0.0% |
| Aug 12, 2015 | 21Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,452 | $8,543,500 | $2,475 | -8.3% |
| Aug 7, 2015 | PH2Sponsor Sale | 8 BR | 7,198 | $20,695,000 | $2,875 | +0.0% |
| Aug 7, 2015 | PH1Sponsor Sale | 12 BR | 11,747 | $37,940,000 | $3,230 | +0.0% |
| Jul 29, 2015 | 18Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,451 | $8,300,000 | $2,405 | -1.5% |
| Jul 28, 2015 | —Sponsor Sale | 1,056 | $1,501,919 | $1,422 | — | |
| Jul 21, 2015 | 3Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,637 | $6,136,484 | $1,687 | -1.8% |
| Jul 15, 2015 | 22Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,452 | $9,109,035 | $2,639 | -4.2% |
| May 29, 2015 | 12Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,140 | $6,414,975 | $2,043 | -2.7% |
| May 1, 2015 | 10Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,141 | $6,465,888 | $2,059 | +1.8% |
| May 1, 2015 | 16Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,448 | $7,331,400 | $2,126 | -7.9% |
| Apr 30, 2015 | 7Sponsor Sale | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 3,639 | $6,313,150 | $1,735 | — |
| Apr 30, 2015 | 11Sponsor Sale | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,140 | $6,965,594 | $2,218 | — |
| Apr 29, 2015 | 5Sponsor Sale | 3,637 | $5,978,146 | $1,644 | — | |
| Apr 29, 2015 | 6Sponsor Sale | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 3,637 | $6,109,500 | $1,680 | — |
| Apr 28, 2015 | 4Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,637 | $6,537,165 | $1,797 | +1.8% |
| Apr 28, 2015 | 14Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,448 | $7,325,000 | $2,124 | +0.0% |
| Apr 27, 2015 | 17Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,448 | $7,100,000 | $2,059 | -8.5% |
| Apr 24, 2015 | 15Sponsor Sale | 4 BR | 3,448 | $7,420,000 | $2,152 | +0.0% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01447-7502; 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. 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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