159 West 126th StreetRecorded sales & closing prices
159–161 West 126th Street, between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard · Harlem
21 recorded closings, 2016–2025. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 21
- Date range
- 2016–2025
- Median $/sf
- $828
- Listing discount
- 2.5%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $10.24
- Price range
- $655K – $1.02M
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 complete recorded-sale history for 159 West 126th Street, 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 2.5% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
16 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2025 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,018 sf | $842,500 | $828 | -4.3% |
| May 13, 2024 | 1B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 951 sf | $870,000 | $915 | -1.0% |
| Apr 12, 2019 | 4A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 702 sf | $780,000 | $1,111 | -8.2% |
| May 18, 2016 | 3B | 2 BR · 1,018 sf | $949,000 | $932 | +0.0% |
| May 16, 2016 | 5B | 2 BR · 727 sf | $654,922 | $901 | -10.2% |
| May 10, 2016 | 2B | 1,018 sf | $1,017,231 | $999 | — |
| May 10, 2016 | 2A | 2 BR · 981 sf | $945,954 | $964 | -3.0% |
| May 5, 2016 | 3A | 981 sf | $915,406 | $933 | — |
| May 3, 2016 | 5A | 2 BR · 703 sf | $699,000 | $994 | -4.1% |
| May 2, 2016 | 4B | 2 BR · 727 sf | $733,140 | $1,008 | -2.1% |
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 11, 2025 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,018 | $842,500 | $828 | -4.3% |
| May 13, 2024 | 1B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 951 | $870,000 | $915 | -1.0% |
| Sep 5, 2019 | 3A | non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | — | $124,555 | — | — |
| Apr 12, 2019 | 4A | 2 BR · 1 BA | 702 | $780,000 | $1,111 | -8.2% |
| Jun 10, 2016 | 5B | 2 BR⚑ Flagged for review — Possible duplicate filing of the same recorded sale — held out so it counts once | 727 | $654,922 | $901 | -10.2% |
| May 18, 2016 | 1A | 2 BR⚑ Flagged for review — Possible duplicate filing of the same recorded sale — held out so it counts once | 900 | $915,406 | $1,017 | -1.5% |
| May 18, 2016 | 1B | 2 BR⚑ Flagged for review — Possible duplicate filing of the same recorded sale — held out so it counts once | 951 | $925,589 | $973 | -2.5% |
| May 18, 2016 | 4A | 2 BR⚑ Flagged for review — Possible duplicate filing of the same recorded sale — held out so it counts once | 703 | $732,121 | $1,041 | +0.4% |
| May 18, 2016 | 3B | 2 BR | 1,018 | $949,000 | $932 | +0.0% |
| May 16, 2016 | 5B | 2 BR | 727 | $654,922 | $901 | -10.2% |
| May 10, 2016 | 2B | 1,018 | $1,017,231 | $999 | — | |
| May 10, 2016 | 2A | 2 BR | 981 | $945,954 | $964 | -3.0% |
| May 5, 2016 | 3A | 981 | $915,406 | $933 | — | |
| May 3, 2016 | 5A | 2 BR | 703 | $699,000 | $994 | -4.1% |
| May 2, 2016 | 4B | 2 BR | 727 | $733,140 | $1,008 | -2.1% |
| May 2, 2016 | 1A | 2 BR | 900 | $915,406 | $1,017 | -1.5% |
| Apr 21, 2016 | 1B | 2 BR | 951 | $925,589 | $973 | -2.5% |
| Apr 21, 2016 | 5A | 2 BR | 703 | $707,678 | $1,007 | -2.9% |
| Apr 20, 2016 | 3B | 2 BR | 1,018 | $966,319 | $949 | +0.8% |
| Apr 15, 2016 | 4B | 2 BR | 727 | $720,000 | $990 | -3.9% |
| Apr 12, 2016 | 4A | 2 BR | 703 | $732,121 | $1,041 | +4.7% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01911-7503). 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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