200E21
200 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010
Gramercy Park
BBL 1009017501 · BIN 1090862
- Year built
- 2016
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2014–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Listing discount
- 1.8%
- Recorded sales
- 100
- On record
- 2014–2026
200E21 is the rare thing in Gramercy: a ground-up luxury condominium in a neighborhood defined by its pre-war co-ops and its famously private park. Gramercy trades on permanence and discretion — wrought-iron, brownstone, the only locked private park in Manhattan — and almost nothing here is new. Alfa Development and BKSK Architects built 200E21 to fit that context rather than fight it, delivering a twenty-story tower whose masonry envelope and disciplined proportions read as a contemporary cousin to the neighborhood's older stock while delivering the light, layouts, systems, and amenities only new construction provides.
The building's defining commitment is environmental. BKSK engineered it to LEED Gold, with a high-performance envelope, filtered air and water, and energy systems tuned for efficiency — a sustainability program that was unusual for a boutique condominium of its era and remains a genuine differentiator. It is, in other words, a building designed to cost less to run and to live healthier in, wrapped in a façade that belongs on a Gramercy corner.
For buyers, the appeal is the combination: condominium ownership — financing latitude, a light right-of-first-refusal instead of a co-op board, pied-à-terre and entity purchases welcomed — in a corridor where almost every alternative is a board-governed co-op. At 67 residences with no more than five homes per floor, it is deliberately intimate.
Architecture and unit composition
BKSK's exterior is its argument: a layered masonry envelope, modeled and set back to manage light and air, that reads as substantial and rooted rather than as another glass curtain wall. The environmental engineering is woven into that envelope — insulation, glazing, and mechanical systems chosen to hit LEED Gold and to lower the building's carbon and operating profile.
The 67 residences run from one- through four-bedroom layouts, capped at five homes per floor so that most apartments enjoy multiple exposures and corner light. Interiors carry a warm, tactile finish program: wide-plank oak floors, oversized windows, open kitchens with stone counters and integrated appliances, and stone-clad baths. Ceiling heights and window proportions are scaled to new construction, and the upper floors capture open views over the low-rise Gramercy roofscape. Select homes carry private outdoor space, and the building's filtered-air-and-water systems extend the sustainability story into the residences themselves.
Building operations
The shared program is unusually rich for a 67-unit building. A 24-hour doorman and concierge staff the lobby; a resident manager is on site. The amenity suite centers on a skylit wellness floor with a sauna and a treatment room, paired with a fully equipped fitness center, a residents' lounge with an entertaining kitchen, a media room, and a children's playroom. A landscaped roof terrace with native plantings and stone pathways crowns the building. Practical back-of-house — package room, bicycle room, private storage, central laundry — rounds it out.
As a condominium, the building bills common charges and real-estate taxes per unit and carries the lighter ownership posture buyers expect: the building is pet-friendly, washer/dryers are standard in the homes, and subletting and pied-à-terre ownership face the modest restrictions typical of a new condominium rather than the strict caps of a co-op. Purchases clear through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board interview.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Management & transfer contacts
- Notable fees
- Working capital = 2 months' common charges; move-in fee $1,000; condo lease fee $2,500; buyer processing $700/$750
Recent sales
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 1-00901-7501) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
Buy the building for what its neighbors structurally cannot offer: condominium flexibility — financing latitude, a fast right-of-first-refusal close, and ownership through trusts or entities — a block from Gramercy Park. For a pied-à-terre or investment buyer, that combination is the whole point, since the surrounding co-ops would impose financing caps and a board interview.
Lean into the sustainability story when you underwrite. LEED Gold, a high-performance envelope, and filtered air and water are not marketing gloss here; they translate into lower operating costs and a healthier interior, and they age well as energy standards tighten. Target multi-exposure and upper-floor homes for light and views, and confirm which homes carry outdoor space, since those are the scarcest and most sought.
Finally, weigh the location precisely. You are a block off Gramercy Park — close enough to enjoy the neighborhood's quiet, with Union Square, the Flatiron, and the East Side's transit all within easy reach — without the responsibilities or restrictions of a park-key co-op.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the differentiators: a BKSK-designed, LEED Gold condominium with a skylit wellness suite and a rooftop garden, in a neighborhood where new ownership product essentially does not exist. That scarcity, plus the sustainability and amenity story, is the seller's strongest hand.
Benchmark to the newest downtown and Gramercy-area condominiums rather than to the surrounding pre-war co-ops; a resale here competes on finishes, light, wellness amenities, and operating efficiency, not on the price-per-foot of older buildings. Market upper-floor, multi-exposure, and outdoor-space homes on exactly those attributes. And remember that the closing path itself is a selling point — a right-of-first-refusal and condominium timeline is faster and more predictable than a co-op board package, which appeals to the flexibility-minded buyer this building attracts.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing 200 East 21st Street, also evaluate nearby Gramercy and downtown ownership product:
- 32 Gramercy Park South — pre-war Gramercy Park cooperative
- 34 Gramercy Park East — historic Gramercy Park cooperative
- 50 Gramercy Park North — full-service Gramercy condominium and hotel
- 205 Third Avenue — nearby Third Avenue cooperative
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Gramercy — read The Roebling Team Guide to Gramercy.
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