- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,308
- Listing discount
- 4.9%
- Recorded sales
- 11
- On record
- 2005–2026
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The cooperative combines the former loft buildings at 141 and 143 West 27th Street, with its entrance at 143. Deep rooms, large sash windows and surviving tin ceilings give the apartments their industrial character. Floor plans range from relatively compact rear lofts to much larger front-facing homes and combined floors, making interior width and window placement important distinctions within a small building.
Architecture and unit composition
Typical loft features include exposed brick, wood floors and ceilings around ten feet high. Two-bedroom layouts occupy approximately 1,100 to 1,250 square feet, while larger homes extend beyond 2,000 square feet. A combined full floor has accommodated four bedrooms plus work space, with a skylight adding light to its interior.
These floor plates support open kitchens and long living-and-dining areas. Bedroom partitions, offices and dens reflect successive renovations. A loft with several interior rooms can have a different relationship to its windows from an open plan covering a similar area. Several apartments have in-unit laundry and central air conditioning, but these are individual improvements.
The building remains six stories in a zoning district whose permitted residential floor area substantially exceeds its existing bulk. Unused FAR on paper doesn't confer a right to add floors, and it doesn't show whether development rights remain available to the cooperative.
Building operations
A key-locked elevator serves the residential floors. The cooperative has an intercom and a superintendent, without a doorman. Shared storage and a bicycle room supplement the apartments; additional personal storage is associated with some homes.
The joined-building arrangement also matters when reading floor plans: the address covers more than one original structure, and combined residences can span areas that once had separate apartment entrances.
Policy framework
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent. Pied-à-terre and co-purchasing: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent. Subletting: Allowed with board approval — confirm with the managing agent. Minimum down payment: 20% — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | 2R | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,525,000 | -7.6% | |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 3F | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,064 sf | $2,700,000 | $1,308/sf | -12.8% |
| Aug 11, 2021 | 3F | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,064 sf | $2,750,000 | $1,332/sf | +0.0% |
| Dec 21, 2018 | 3F | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,064 sf | $2,750,000 | $1,332/sf | -1.4% |
| Oct 30, 2018 | 5 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,800 sf | $2,200,000 | $1,222/sf | -7.4% |
| Sep 25, 2017 | 2R | 1 BR · 1,100 sf | $920,000 | $836/sf | -3.1% |
| Jan 6, 2015 | 3F | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,000 sf | $2,100,000 | $1,050/sf | +0.0% |
| Jul 14, 2014 | 3R | 2 BR · 1,250 sf | $1,225,000 | $980/sf | -12.5% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $1,308/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 4.9% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 1-00803-0014) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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Comparable buildings
- 142 West 26th Street — A nearby small prewar cooperative in a taller building.
- Garden Lofts — Another Chelsea loft cooperative for comparing converted floor plates.
- 38 West 26th Street — A prewar cooperative with a similarly small residence count and greater building height.
- 107 West 25th Street — A nearby prewar cooperative of comparable mid-rise scale.
- 147 West 22nd Street — A small Chelsea cooperative useful for comparing loft ownership farther south.
More Chelsea buildings
- 140 West 22nd Street — 1911 condominium
- Chadwin House (140 Seventh Avenue) — 1962 condominium by Horace Ginsbern & Associates
- 141 West 24th Street (The Glassworks) — 1901 condominium
- 142 West 19th Street (142Flatiron) — 2021 condominium
- 142 West 26th Street — 1911 co-op
- 143 West 20th Street
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Chelsea — read The Roebling Team Guide to Chelsea.
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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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