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159 East 30th Street (The Bentley)Recorded sales & closing prices
159 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016
29 recorded closings, 2003–2024. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 29
- Date range
- 2003–2024
- Median $/sf
- $973
- Listing discount
- 3.5%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $2.61
- Price range
- $439K – $2.8M
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. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
The Bentley prices as a full-service East Side condominium, read on a dollars-per-square-foot basis. Unit-level variables drive most of the spread: floor, exposure, whether a residence is a corner or terraced line, outdoor access, and finish condition. Upper-floor apartments with open views and terraced units command the premium; lower-floor interior lines trade below them.
As a condominium, comparable analysis is best read at the apartment level rather than against a single building-wide number.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Bentley, 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 3.5% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2024 | 3C | 2 BR · 1 BA · 825 sf | $800,000 | $970 | -8.6% |
| Jun 29, 2023 | 22AB | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,744 sf | $2,185,000 | $1,253 | +1.6% |
| Jan 20, 2022 | 17 | 3 BR · 1,776 sf | $1,750,000 | $985 | -5.4% |
| Oct 28, 2021 | 5D | 1 BR · 2 BA · 789 sf | $850,000 | $1,077 | +0.1% |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 8B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 656 sf | $750,000 | $1,143 | +0.0% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6A | 1 BR · 539 sf | $560,000 | $1,039 | -3.3% |
| Sep 17, 2021 | 18B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,075 sf | $1,222,000 | $1,137 | -5.6% |
| Jul 15, 2020 | 4C | 2 BR · 816 sf | $720,000 | $882 | -8.3% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 18B | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,075 sf | $974,000 | $906 | -18.8% |
| Sep 26, 2019 | 5B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $750,000 | +0.0% |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2024 | 3C | 2 BR · 1 BA | 825 | $800,000 | $970 | -8.6% |
| Jun 29, 2023 | 22AB | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,744 | $2,185,000 | $1,253 | +1.6% |
| Jan 20, 2022 | 17 | 3 BR | 1,776 | $1,750,000 | $985 | -5.4% |
| Oct 28, 2021 | 5D | 1 BR · 2 BA | 789 | $850,000 | $1,077 | +0.1% |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 8B | 1 BR · 1 BA | 656 | $750,000 | $1,143 | +0.0% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6A | 1 BR | 539 | $560,000 | $1,039 | -3.3% |
| Sep 17, 2021 | 18B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,075 | $1,222,000 | $1,137 | -5.6% |
| Jul 15, 2020 | 4C | 2 BR | 816 | $720,000 | $882 | -8.3% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 18B | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,075 | $974,000 | $906 | -18.8% |
| Sep 26, 2019 | 5B | 1 BR · 1 BA | — | $750,000 | — | +0.0% |
| Jun 16, 2017 | 4D | 2 BR | 789 | $1,050,000 | $1,331 | +0.0% |
| Mar 30, 2017 | 8D | 789 | $835,000 | $1,058 | — | |
| Mar 3, 2017 | 10AB | 3 BR | 2,076 | $2,800,000 | $1,349 | -11.9% |
| Sep 10, 2015 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA | 648 | $760,000 | $1,173 | +4.3% |
| Jul 29, 2015 | 4D | 2 BR · 2 BA | 789 | $880,000 | $1,115 | -1.7% |
| Jul 8, 2015 | 4A | 540 | $558,000 | $1,033 | +10.5% | |
| Jun 3, 2015 | 18A | non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 669 | $222,854 | — | — |
| Nov 27, 2012 | 6C | 2 BR | 825 | $730,000 | $885 | -8.2% |
| Jun 13, 2012 | 17 | 3 BR | 1,776 | $1,750,000 | $985 | -5.4% |
| Apr 21, 2011 | 7C | 1 BR | 816 | $710,000 | $870 | — |
| Dec 11, 2009 | 12 | 3 BR | 1,850 | $1,475,000 | $797 | -5.4% |
| Jul 25, 2007 | 12A | 1,744 | $1,990,000 | $1,141 | — | |
| Nov 14, 2006 | 7A | 1 BR · 1 BA | 783 | $725,000 | $926 | — |
| Aug 15, 2006 | C3 | non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | — | $106,904 | — | — |
| Aug 10, 2006 | C3 | non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 2,350 | $474,900 | — | — |
| Nov 22, 2005 | 3C | 1 BR | 825 | $550,000 | $667 | -29.0% |
| Sep 13, 2005 | 6A | 1 BR | 539 | $480,000 | $891 | -3.8% |
| Aug 25, 2004 | 6C | 2 BR | 825 | $599,000 | $726 | +0.0% |
| May 23, 2003 | 5D | 1 BR | 800 | $439,000 | $549 | +0.0% |
The most recent eligible transfer recorded at this building is from 2024. Our records run through September 2026; no later qualifying sale has been recorded here, which for a small or tightly held building is common rather than a gap in the data.
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00886-7502). 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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