200 East 16th Street
200 East 16th Street, New York, NY 10003
Gramercy Park
BBL 1008970035 · BIN 1019531
- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 190
- Floors
- 19
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2002–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $875K
- Recent range
- $490K – $2M
- Listing discount
- 3.8%
- Recorded transfers
- 237
200 East 16th Street is one of Gramercy's substantial Art Deco cooperatives — a 1930 building that has quietly anchored the western edge of Stuyvesant Square for nearly a century. Arthur Paul Hess both designed and built it, assembling the corner site at Third Avenue and erecting a nineteen-story apartment house that opened in the same Depression-era moment that produced much of the neighborhood's best prewar housing. The building faces St. George's Church across Stuyvesant Square, giving its western apartments a rare open outlook in a dense part of the city — a leafy, low-rise foreground that reads more like a small European square than midtown-adjacent Manhattan.
The appeal here is fundamentally about value and livability rather than trophy status. This is a full-service prewar co-op with a 24-hour doorman, a real amenity package, and a flexible board, sitting two blocks below Gramercy Park proper and a short walk from Union Square, the Union Square Greenmarket, the L/N/Q/R/W/4/5/6 lines at 14th Street–Union Square, and the restaurants and retail of Third Avenue and the East Village. For buyers who want a serious prewar building, a generous menu of apartment sizes, and a manageable carrying cost without a Park Avenue price tag, 200 East 16th Street is exactly the kind of building that rewards a closer look.
The 1930s residency reflected the cross-section of New York the building was built for — journalists, political figures, and a procession of characters that made the address a small fixture of the era's tabloid New York. Converted to cooperative ownership in 1987, it has spent the decades since as a steady, owner-occupied building rather than a speculative one.
Architecture and unit composition
Hess designed 200 East 16th Street in a restrained Art Deco vocabulary: reddish-brown brick laid with contrasting banding, setbacks beginning around the sixteenth floor, a cast-stone-framed entrance, and stylized terra-cotta ornament — including paneled motifs that gave the facade a touch of Deco theater when it opened. Period accounts noted chromium marquees and a white-gloved doorman, signaling that this was built as a quality address rather than utilitarian housing.
The apartment mix is broad, originally ranging from one- to four-room layouts plus studio garden apartments in the penthouse. That range survives today as a useful spread of studios, one-bedrooms, and larger combinable layouts — many with prewar proportions, and the upper, set-back floors gaining light and open exposures. West-facing apartments look across Stuyvesant Square toward St. George's Church; higher floors gain longer city views over the surrounding low-rise blocks.
Building operations
The cooperative is full-service: a 24-hour doorman, a live-in resident manager, porters, a central laundry room, a fitness room, a recreation room, a bicycle room, and private storage. The board is notably flexible by Manhattan co-op standards — the building is pet-friendly, permits co-purchasing, and allows subletting (typically after roughly a year of ownership), which makes it more accessible than the stricter park-fronting cooperatives nearby. The building carries no landmark or historic-district restriction, so it is not subject to Landmarks review for exterior work.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $33,299/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $14
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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.
See the full facade history →Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 2% of purchase price (seller, at closing)
- Sublet policy
- Sublet fee 20% of annual maintenance yrs 1-2, 25% after 2 years
- Notable fees
- Move-in/out fee $500 ea (as of 3/1/2025); closing fee $850; buyer processing $700; credit/background $325/applicant
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | 16L | 1 BR · 1 BA | $975,000 | +0.0% | |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 14C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,865,000 | -3.1% | |
| Mar 17, 2026 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $875,000 | -2.2% | |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 5LM | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,400,000 | -5.1% | |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 2D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $671,068 | -16.0% | |
| Jun 26, 2025 | PHC | 1 BA | $995,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jun 13, 2025 | 3L | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $875,000 | $1,167/sf | -2.2% |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $756,843 | -5.3% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $1,308/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 1.8% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2003 | 11M | $250,000 |
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 1-00897-0035) 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a value-oriented full-service prewar. You get a 24-hour doorman, a real amenity package, and prewar bones at a carrying cost well below the trophy park-fronting co-ops. For buyers prioritizing livability and value, that trade is the point.
The board is comparatively flexible. Pet-friendly, co-purchasing allowed, and subletting permitted after an initial ownership period — a more accommodating posture than the surrounding park co-ops. Confirm the current sublet terms for your specific plans.
Stuyvesant Square is the view amenity. West-facing apartments look onto the square and St. George's Church — an open, leafy outlook that is rare at this price point. Prioritize western and upper-floor exposures if light and views matter to you.
Location is the under-the-radar strength. Two blocks below Gramercy Park, a short walk to Union Square, the Greenmarket, and the 14th Street transit hub. The address lives larger than its price.
Note the absence of a park key. This building does not front Gramercy Park and does not carry a park key. If the key is your priority, the park-perimeter co-ops are the relevant set.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with full-service value and flexibility. The building's combination of doorman service, amenities, a flexible board, and a moderate carrying cost is a genuine selling point in a market where many comparable buildings are stricter or thinner on service.
Light and exposure drive price. Stuyvesant Square views and upper-floor light are the differentiators within the building. Position the apartment's specific exposure clearly.
The buyer pool is broad. Pet-friendly and sublet-permissive policies widen the audience to include first-time buyers, pied-à-terre-curious purchasers (subject to board rules), and investors where permitted. Marketing should reach all of them.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 200 East 16th Street, also evaluate these Gramercy-area cooperatives and buildings:
- 1 Lexington Avenue — Herbert Lucas 1910 park-fronting prewar co-op with the key
- 39 Gramercy Park North — prewar co-op near the park
- 121 East 22nd Street — Gramercy-area building nearby
- 150 East 23rd Street (Celeste Gramercy) — newer Gramercy condominium
- 200 East 21st Street — full-service Gramercy building
- 230 East 20th Street (The Modern at Gramercy Square) — new-construction Gramercy condominium
The neighborhood
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