The Chelsea Warren

The exterior uses brick chevrons and cast-concrete decorative elements near the parapet. Fire escapes sit within recesses and lightcourts, preserving more of the main façade as an uninterrupted composition. Corner windows wrap the room edges, a feature associated with Ginsbern's residential work of this period.

Sunken living rooms create a distinct level below the entrance or dining foyer. The separation is physical without necessarily being enclosed by a wall. In many one-bedroom homes, a large foyer supplies a dining area before the step down into the main sitting room.

The inventory includes studios with separate kitchen areas and one-bedroom homes with windowed kitchens and bathrooms. Larger layouts can include an eat-in kitchen, a corner bedroom and additional room separation. Substantial closets are a recurring feature, though the arrangement changes between lines and renovated plans.

Some first-floor homes are reached through a raised entry and hall and sit back from the building's front. That configuration can differ materially from the assumption that every first-floor apartment opens directly beside the sidewalk. The actual height of the windows and the distance from the street are more useful descriptions.

Renovations have introduced open kitchens, updated baths and in-unit laundry in some apartments. Other homes retain more of the original room divisions and finishes. A building-wide architectural identity coexists with varied individual alteration histories, including combinations that create larger interiors.

The cooperative has a resident superintendent and porter service. Elevators, common laundry, bicycle storage and storage rooms serve the residences. The association's two-building structure is important when assessing shared staffing and common work; the residential count at this address describes only one part of the cooperative.

The cooperative renovated its lobby and hallways in 2020 and completed exterior work in 2021. Sidewalk improvements followed as part of its capital program.

The exterior's brick ornament, recessed fire escapes and corner windows are specific parts of its maintenance obligations. An individual interior renovation does not replace the cooperative's responsibility for shared walls and systems. Proposed window changes also need to fit the building's approved arrangements.

The property is not landmark-designated and has no building-level tax abatement identified. Residential ownership is through cooperative shares, with the property's class 2 taxes incorporated into the association's expenses. The current zoning allows more residential FAR than the existing building uses, but the recorded profile remains that of a six-story prewar development.

Recent sales

Recent transfers 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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,316/sf (floor-adjusted) across 3 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 2.9% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00796-0007). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.

• Kensington House — A much larger late-1930s cooperative nearby for comparing a related era of apartment planning.
• 130 West 16th Street — A smaller prewar cooperative in a similar low-rise form.
• 111 West 16th Street — A six-story cooperative with a larger residential inventory.
• 233 West 21st Street — A smaller prewar cooperative one block north and west.
• Chelsea Mews — A taller conversion alternative for comparing loft-like interiors with purpose-built Art Deco plans.