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Condominium · 1900
The Morellino
159 West 118th Street, at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard · Harlem
Buildings·Harlem·Condominium

The Morellino, 159 West 118th Street

159 West 118th Street, at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard · Harlem

BBL 1019037503 · BIN 1057466

CorridorHarlem
At a glance
Year built
1900
Type
Condominium
Landmark
No
Amenities
Elevator, virtual entry, resident superintendent, fitness center, playroom, common roof deck, bicycle storage and storage cages
The Data Room

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
$856
Listing discount
0.0%
Recorded sales
59
On record
2005–2026
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The Morellino combines three older buildings into a single condominium at West 118th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. H. Thomas O'Hara's conversion retained a red-brick exterior with Queen Anne-style details while reorganizing the property into 35 residences. The apartment mix includes conventional one- to three-bedroom homes, garden duplexes and penthouses.

The Attorney General accepted the condominium offering in 2008, and it became effective in December 2011. Individual closings began in 2012.

The completed conversion added a fitness center, common roof deck and playroom to the older building fabric. Selected apartments have private outdoor areas, while the shared roof gives the rest of the building outdoor access. Its broad mix of plans is a consequence of combining and renovating several structures.

Architecture and unit composition

The building's red-brick façade includes varied window shapes, with arched openings in selected positions. The corner and side-street elevations give apartments different orientations. Some homes look along Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, while others face West 118th Street or the interior of the block.

DOB's alteration filing describes the combination and renovation of three buildings for residential use. The principal application specifies 35 dwellings, a count also carried in the Attorney General's offering record. The conversion was a substantial reworking of the interiors, with new apartment layouts and building systems within the retained structures.

The offered inventory comprised 15 one-bedroom, nine two-bedroom and eleven three-bedroom homes. One-bedroom apartments commonly fall around 690 to 820 square feet, while larger homes extend beyond 1,000 square feet. Bedroom counts and interior area do not move in lockstep: some compact three-bedroom configurations share the same general area as larger two-bedroom plans.

Open kitchens connect to living-and-dining rooms. Exposed brick, wood floors, large windows and high ceilings appear throughout the converted inventory, with central heating and cooling and in-unit laundry. Some larger homes have two full bathrooms and a primary bedroom with an adjoining bath. Owner alterations can change the distribution of space within a line.

Ground-level duplexes have internal stairs and private patios or gardens. Their lower rooms provide additional living or work space, while upper apartments and penthouses can have roof terraces. Six of the original residences were offered with private outdoor space. The outdoor component should remain distinct from the enclosed floor area when comparing these homes.

Building operations

The Morellino uses virtual entry and has a resident superintendent. Its amenity package includes an elevator, fitness center, playroom, bicycle facilities and a common roof deck. Storage cages are available separately, subject to allocation and charges. An apartment's storage arrangement should be identified as part of the purchase if it is included.

The common roof provides open city views above the building. Private outdoor areas elsewhere in the condominium have their own access and maintenance arrangements. Garden duplexes and roof-terrace homes should be evaluated according to the portion of the property assigned to them, particularly where an exterior surface covers another occupied area.

The original Attorney General filing identified five commercial units; the current DOF roll carries six commercial tax lots alongside the 35 residential lots. Retail uses are part of the building's corner setting. The commercial lots are Class 4, and the residences are Class 2 without an assessment-growth cap.

No tax abatement is identified. Older carrying-cost descriptions should not be used as a substitute for the present apartment tax obligation. The largest owner holds two of the 35 residences in the DOF roll, so the building's residential ownership is broadly distributed.

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.

DateUnitApartmentPricePPSFvs. Ask
Jul 22, 20263F
2 BR · 2 BA · 1,086 sf
$930,000$856/sf-2.1%
Oct 11, 20234D
1 BR · 1 BA · 689 sf
$580,000$842/sf-3.2%
Aug 23, 20233E
3 BR · 2 BA · 1,296 sf
$1,075,000$829/sf-14.0%
Jun 13, 20232D
1 BR · 1 BA · 686 sf
$560,000$816/sfoff-mkt
Jan 18, 20232G
2 BR · 2 BA · 1,040 sf
$849,000$816/sf+0.0%
Jul 11, 20224H
3 BR · 2 BA · 1,058 sf
$999,000$944/sf+0.0%
Dec 6, 2021PHE
3 BR · 2 BA · 1,296 sf
$1,240,000$957/sf-14.5%
Jul 22, 2021PHA
3 BR · 3 BA · 1,409 sf
$1,775,000$1,260/sf-1.1%

Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $856/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.

The retrade record

Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.

4B · 821 sf+57%
$516,837 ($630/sf) 2012 → $812,000 ($989/sf) 2017
2C · 716 sf+52%
$461,370 ($644/sf) 2014 → $700,000 ($978/sf) 2018
2F · 1,050 sf+49%
$695,000 ($662/sf) 2013 → $1,035,000 ($986/sf) 2016
4A · 1,105 sf+45%
$730,000 ($661/sf) 2012 → $815,000 ($738/sf) 2012 → $1,060,000 ($959/sf) 2019 → $1,060,000 ($959/sf) 2019
PHH · 1,058 sf+34%
$838,019 ($792/sf) 2014 → $1,120,000 ($1,059/sf) 2015
View all 59 recorded sales, sortable

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 1-01903-7503) 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.

Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.

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What to know if you’re buying

The ground-floor duplexes are their own apartment category. Their internal stairs, additional lower rooms and private outdoor areas create a different balance of space from the apartments above. For a home advertised with a flexible second bedroom or office, establish the approved designation and actual light of that room. The patio and lower living area can explain much of the advertised size without being equivalent to another conventional bedroom.

Comparable buildings

  • The Normandie: A nearby prewar condominium conversion with a smaller apartment inventory.
  • The Fitzgerald: A substantial older-building conversion with lower-level duplexes and a larger association.
  • 1 Mount Morris Park West: A prewar condominium of similar ownership scale and low-rise form.
  • The Endymion: A nearby conversion for comparing traditional masonry buildings adapted to condominium use.
  • Delany Lofts: A more recent condominium of similar size, providing a comparison with purpose-built contemporary layouts.

More Harlem buildings

The neighborhood

For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Harlem — read The Roebling Team Guide to Harlem.

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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