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161 West 86th StreetRecorded sales & closing prices
161 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024
26 recorded transfers, 2003–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- 1BR · combo
- $605K
- Recent range
- $510K – $2.63M
- Listing discount
- 8.7%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $2.83
- Recorded transfers
- 26
Not enough recent activity to price (shown for completeness, not quoted): 2BR — last traded 2025; 3BR — last traded 2022; 4BR+ — last traded 2026.
The complete recorded-sale history for 161 West 86th Street, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library. Priced by apartment type — the honest unit for a co-op, where square footage isn’t officially recorded.
Latest closings
The line premium — where you sit sets the price
Same-4BR+ prices, time-controlled to today’s dollars, split by line — exposure, light, and layout vary stack to stack within a building.
Bar = today’s 4BR+ price for that line; right column = premium vs. an average 4BR+.
And by floor
Time-controlled prices for the same apartment type (4BR+), grouped by floor. Values vary with the apartments that traded.
The 4BR+ trajectory
Every recorded 4BR+. The building trades thinly year to year, so the story is the long arc, not any single year: 4BR+s traded at roughly $1.65M in 2003–06; there are too few recent sales to state a current price (the all-history median is about $3.25M).
Each dot is one recorded sale, by close date and price; the line is the median for each year. Click any dot to jump straight to that sale below.
The 1BR trajectory
Every recorded 1BR. The building trades thinly year to year, so the story is the long arc, not any single year: 1BRs traded at roughly $514K in 2003–06 and about $605K in recent sales.
Each dot is one recorded sale, by close date and price; the line is the median for each year. Click any dot to jump straight to that sale below.
Lines that traded more than once
The building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment — recorded prices, exact.
Every recorded sale
Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Apartment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | 2A | 4 BR · 3 BA · 10 rm | $2,625,000 | -6.1% |
| Jun 16, 2025 | 7A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 4.5 rm | $1,425,000 | +9.7% |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 1AW | 1 BR · 1 BA · 4 rm | $510,000 | -11.3% |
| May 2, 2023 | 7DD | 1 BR · 1 BA · 3 rm | $700,000 | -11.9% |
| May 16, 2022 | 4B | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 7 rm | $3,550,000 | -5.3% |
| Dec 13, 2017 | 7DD | 1 BR · 1 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | $690,000 | — |
| Jul 12, 2017 | 3B | 4 BR · 8 rm | $4,205,000 | +5.3% |
| Jun 16, 2017 | 7DD | 1 BR · 1 BA · 3 rm | $690,000 | -4.2% |
| Feb 24, 2017 | 7CC | 1 BR · 1 BA · 3 rm | $669,000 | -18.3% |
| Sep 8, 2016 | 6A | 4 BR · 10 rm | $4,250,000 | +0.0% |
| May 24, 2016 | 10A | 4 BR · 10 rm | $4,150,000 | -2.4% |
| Jul 10, 2014 | 4B | 4 BR · 8 rm | $3,862,500 | -4.6% |
| Feb 1, 2012 | 3B | 4 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | $2,700,000 | — |
| Nov 2, 2011 | 5A | 4 BR · 10 rm | $3,500,000 | +0.0% |
| Jul 20, 2011 | 11B | 3 BR · 8 rm | $2,700,000 | -3.5% |
| Jul 16, 2010 | 2DD | 1 BR · 3 rm | $515,000 | -4.5% |
| Jun 18, 2010 | 6B | 4 BR · 8 rm | $2,800,000 | -3.4% |
| May 24, 2010 | 8A | 4 BR · 10 rm | $3,000,000 | +0.0% |
| Jan 29, 2010 | 5B | 3 BR · 8 rm | $2,350,000 | -4.1% |
| Jan 25, 2010 | 10B | 3 BR · 7 rm | $3,100,000 | -10.1% |
| Jan 29, 2008 | 2DD | 1 BR · 3 rm | $522,500 | -2.3% |
| Sep 30, 2005 | 7DD | 1 BR · 3 rm | $649,000 | +0.0% |
| Aug 11, 2004 | 7DD | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | $535,000 | — |
| Jul 2, 2004 | 4BD | 4 BR · 8 rm | $1,995,000 | +0.0% |
| Nov 24, 2003 | 4BD | 4 BR · 8 rm | $1,300,000 | +0.0% |
| Nov 21, 2003 | 4DD | 1 BR · 3 rm | $379,000 | +0.0% |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01217-0006) and verified listing data. Co-op apartments are priced by unit type (bedroom count) rather than per square foot — square footage isn’t officially recorded for co-ops, and room counts carry some agent-entry inconsistency, so bedroom type is the reliable spine. Non-arms-length transfers and storage/parking are excluded; line and floor premiums are time-controlled to today’s pricing. Where transaction volume is too thin to support a figure, none is shown.
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