- Year built
- 1900
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 24
- Floors
- 7
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Governed by the condominium bylaws; confirm at offer stage
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium bylaws
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2012–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,171
- Listing discount
- 6.5%
- Recorded sales
- 39
- On record
- 2012–2026
Own an apartment here? See what it would sell for.
A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at Carriage House Chelsea 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.
159 West 24th Street — the Carriage House Chelsea — is a boutique pre-war loft condominium in one of Manhattan's most dynamic art-and-dining corridors. Originally built at the turn of the twentieth century and converted to a small collection of 24 luxury residences, the building marries genuine loft architecture — original cast-iron columns, exposed brick, high ceilings, and open interiors — with a contemporary finish package. It sits three blocks east of the High Line, surrounded by contemporary art galleries, gourmet markets, and the restaurant density that defines the Chelsea/Flatiron border.
For the buyer who wants a true loft — column-and-brick character, not a tower approximation of one — inside a small, well-run condominium with parking and a roof deck, the proposition is specific. Deeded ownership, authentic pre-war loft bones, contemporary interiors, and a boutique 24-residence scale in the heart of Chelsea.
Building operations
The condominium runs a full-featured boutique model: a part-time doorman, an elevator, 24/7 video security, an on-site parking garage with spaces available for purchase, and a landscaped common roof deck with an outdoor kitchen and grilling station. The parking and the part-time doorman are meaningful differentiators at this scale — amenities more often found in larger buildings, delivered here inside a 24-unit condominium.
As a condominium, ownership is by deed rather than shares. Purchases avoid the share-loan structure and interview process of a cooperative; financing is a matter between buyer and lender; and pied-à-terre, investment, and subletting uses are permitted under the bylaws. Pet rules, any transfer fee, and specific sublet terms are governed by the current bylaws and should be confirmed at offer stage.
Architecture and residences
The conversion, designed by Michael Schmitt with interiors by Gustavo Martinez, preserved the building's loft DNA while delivering high-end contemporary homes. Residences feature high ceilings, open interiors, 7-inch-wide plank solid white-oak floors, Italian wood built-ins, original cast-iron columns, and areas of exposed brick — the vocabulary of a genuine loft rather than a new-construction imitation. The building is configured with a maximum of four apartments per floor, keeping density low and light generous across the seven residential floors.
The 24-residence count makes this a small, intimate building — a real loft community rather than a large one.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $3,755/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $13
- Modeled exposure split equally across 24 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
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 →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
Condominium pricing is read on a per-square-foot basis, and 159 West 24th trades as a boutique Chelsea loft condo — genuine loft layouts, original architectural detail, and the flexibility premium that deeded ownership commands. With only 24 residences, resale volume is thin: a handful of closings in an active year. Pricing is driven by floor, exposure, ceiling height, outdoor space, parking, and renovation condition rather than by any neighborhood average. The loft authenticity and low per-floor density are part of the value story. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the specific unit's square footage, light, ceiling height, and finish level rather than leaning on a Chelsea headline number.
Recent closings 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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | 5B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,093 sf | $1,280,000 | $1,171/sf | +2.4% |
| May 13, 2024 | 3C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,020 sf | $1,180,000 | $1,157/sf | -15.7% |
| Mar 10, 2023 | 5B | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,093 sf | $1,250,000 | $1,144/sf | -12.3% |
| Nov 10, 2022 | 6B | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,093 sf | $1,425,000 | $1,304/sf | +0.0% |
| Mar 1, 2022 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 745 sf | $1,308,000 | $1,756/sf | -3.1% |
| Feb 28, 2021 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 745 sf | $1,308,000 | $1,756/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 24, 2019 | 1A | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,151 sf | $1,335,000 | $1,160/sf | -4.6% |
| Jul 2, 2018 | 2D | 1 BR · 745 sf | $1,325,000 | $1,779/sf | -5.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,171/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. 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 6.5% 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 1-00800-7505). 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.
Closed rents at Carriage House Chelsea, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 4 | $7,050 |
| 2 bedroom | 4 | $7,122 |
8 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease August 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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
This is a condominium, so the path is straightforward: no board interview, financing set by your lender, and a review of the building's financials, reserve, and bylaws during due diligence. Read the bylaws on pet rules, any transfer fee, and sublet terms, and confirm them at offer stage. Given the building's pre-war origins and loft conversion, review the condominium's reserve and any planned capital work on the façade, roof, elevator, and building systems.
The reasons to buy are the loft authenticity and the amenities: original cast-iron-and-brick character, contemporary interiors, on-site parking, a roof deck, a part-time doorman, and deeded ownership with pied-à-terre and investment latitude — all inside a boutique building three blocks from the High Line.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the genuine loft. Original cast-iron columns and exposed brick, high ceilings, and a designed contemporary finish — inside a small condominium with parking and a roof deck — is a specific, marketable combination that sells to buyers who want a real loft in Chelsea. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: square footage, floor, ceiling height, light, outdoor space, parking, and condition drive the number. We position the loft narrative, benchmark against the right tier of boutique Chelsea loft condominiums, and market to the design-minded buyer who values this exact combination.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 159 West 24th Street, also look at these Chelsea boutique and loft buildings:
- 101 West 24th Street — Chelsea condominium on the same block
- 200 West 24th Street — Chelsea condominium nearby
- 124 West 23rd Street — a 2012 LEED Gold Chelsea condominium
- 148 West 23rd Street — Chelsea building nearby
- 121 West 20th Street — a boutique 1890s Chelsea loft building converted to condominium
More Chelsea buildings
- 155 West 15th Street — 1940 co-op
- The Chelsea Warren, 155 West 20th Street — 1938 co-op by Horace Ginsbern & Associates
- The Flynn, 155 West 18th Street — 2016 condominium
- 160 Seventh Avenue (Kensington House) — 1938 co-op by Emery Roth
- 161 West 16th Street — 1930
- 162 Ninth Avenue — 1834 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Chelsea — read The Roebling Team Guide to Chelsea.
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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