- Year built
- 2019
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2021–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,863
- Listing discount
- 4.1%
- Recorded sales
- 59
- On record
- 2021–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at Celeste Gramercy would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
Celeste Gramercy is a 20-story boutique condominium that does something genuinely uncommon in the neighborhood: it brings ground-up, full-amenity new construction — including an outdoor heated pool — to a stretch of 23rd Street defined by pre-war lofts and converted commercial buildings. Designed by Eran Chen of ODA, the tower is the kind of sculptural object the firm is known for: a limestone-and-glass mass whose upper floors fold and taper toward a single crystalline point, a silhouette the developers likened to the North Star.
The building's case is its scarcity and its package. With only 51 residences spanning one- to three-bedroom homes and three penthouses, it is intimate by design, yet it carries an amenity suite — pool, rooftop, fitness center, playroom, lounge — usually reserved for far larger projects. Sitting almost equidistant between Gramercy Park to the south and Madison Square Park to the north, with the 6, N, Q, R, and W trains within a short walk, it occupies one of the most connected positions in the neighborhood.
For buyers, the appeal is direct: a modern condominium — with the financing flexibility, ownership latitude, and resale liquidity a condominium offers — in a corner of Manhattan where most of the housing stock is older, smaller-scale, and frequently co-op.
Architecture and residences
ODA's design is the building's signature. The lower floors present as a clean limestone-and-glass shaft; higher up, the massing fractures into faceted, angled planes that read differently from every approach and culminate in the tapered crown. It is contemporary without being a plain glass box — a deliberate piece of architecture on a block that had little of it.
Inside, the 51 residences run from one to three bedrooms, scaling up to three expansive penthouses at the top of the building. New construction here means contemporary ceiling heights, floor-to-ceiling glass, open kitchens, and modern mechanical systems throughout, with in-unit laundry standard. The faceted upper floors yield distinctive corner exposures and private outdoor space on the higher homes. Layouts favor open living and entertaining, with the penthouses commanding the widest light and the best views toward both parks.
Amenities and lifestyle
For a building of this size, the amenity program is generous. The headline is the outdoor heated swimming pool — a true rarity at this scale in Gramercy — paired with a rooftop sundeck and grill, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a children's playroom, and a resident lounge, all behind a 24-hour attended lobby with a live-in resident manager.
The location supplies the rest. Gramercy Park's gated green sits a few blocks south, Madison Square Park and its restaurant row a few blocks north, and the Flatiron and Union Square dining-and-retail districts are an easy walk in either direction. With multiple subway lines at 23rd Street, the building is a genuinely convenient home base for buyers who want amenities, quiet residential streets, and full transit access in one address.
Ownership and what buyers should know
As a condominium, Celeste offers what the neighborhood's co-ops structurally cannot. Financing is flexible — there are no co-op-style financing caps. There is no admissions board; a purchase clears a condominium's lighter right-of-first-refusal rather than a co-op board package and interview. Pied-à-terre, trust, LLC, and investor purchases are customary at condominiums of this type, and subletting and resale are materially freer than at surrounding cooperatives. For buyers who want a modern home in Gramercy without a co-op board, that combination is the core of the building's appeal.
Pricing sits in the boutique new-condominium tier — entry one-bedrooms anchoring the bottom and full-floor penthouses at the top — and comparable analysis belongs against the newest condominium inventory around Gramercy and Madison Square, not the pre-war stock nearby. The residences were offered under a condominium plan accepted for filing by the New York State Attorney General; we help buyers read the plan, benchmark the pricing, and structure the deal.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $4,211/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $7
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Recent sales
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | 4C | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,619 sf | $2,950,000 | $1,822/sf | -4.7% |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 17A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,432 sf | $4,793,022 | $1,971/sf | -3.7% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 6C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,357 sf | $2,450,000 | $1,805/sf | -2.0% |
| May 28, 2024 | PHBSponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,653 sf | $6,650,000 | $2,507/sf | +0.0% |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 5C | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,638 sf | $2,750,000 | $1,679/sf | -8.3% |
| Jun 26, 2023 | 15A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,209 sf | $4,900,000 | $2,218/sf | -10.9% |
| Jun 6, 2023 | 3C | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,619 sf | $2,879,611 | $1,779/sf | -0.7% |
| Mar 21, 2023 | 11A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,320 sf | $2,450,000 | $1,856/sf | -3.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,863/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 4.1% 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 1-00878-7502) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re selling
The architecture and the amenity package are the marketing core. ODA's faceted tower and, above all, the outdoor heated pool are durable differentiators that distinguish a resale here from anything in the surrounding pre-war inventory. Benchmark to new-construction condominiums around Gramercy and Madison Square, not the older co-ops — the building debuted in the top tier of the immediate area and should be positioned there. Closing mechanics are condominium-standard: a resale clears through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board process, a faster and more predictable path that itself appeals to the flexibility-minded buyer this building attracts. With only 51 homes, available inventory is thin, and a well-positioned resale benefits from that scarcity.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering Celeste Gramercy, also evaluate nearby Gramercy and Flatiron condominium inventory:
- 234 East 23rd Street — contemporary condominium across the street
- 250 East 21st Street — newer Gramercy condominium to the south
- 200 East 20th Street — new-construction Gramercy condominium
- 49 East 21st Street — pre-war loft condominium nearby
- 305 East 24th Street — Gramercy building to the north
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Gramercy — read The Roebling Team Guide to Gramercy.
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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