201 West 17th Street
201 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
Chelsea
BBL 1007677503 · BIN 1086067
- Year built
- 2000
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,274
- Listing discount
- 3.8%
- Recorded sales
- 50
- On record
- 2004–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at Vesta 17 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.
Vesta 17 — 201 West 17th Street — is a 12-story Chelsea loft condominium named, fittingly for a hearth-centered building, after the Roman goddess of home and the hearth. Converted around the turn of the millennium and designed by Kutnicki Bernstein Architects, the building delivers loft-scale living in a full-service condominium, on a prime corner of Seventh Avenue in the heart of Chelsea.
The combination is the draw. Chelsea's housing stock skews toward older co-ops and converted lofts; Vesta 17 offers the loft proportions buyers come to the neighborhood for, paired with the financing flexibility and ownership latitude of condominium title and a full-time doorman. With only 37 residences, it is intimate, and its corner siting and the building's landscaped rooftop terrace give it light and outdoor amenity that loft conversions often lack.
For buyers, the appeal is direct: a doorman loft condominium in central Chelsea, steps from the Whitney, the High Line, the Meatpacking District, and the rest of downtown.
Architecture and residences
The building is a masonry structure carried into residential use through a loft conversion — solid, mid-rise, and contextual on its corner rather than attention-seeking. Kutnicki Bernstein's program kept the loft character while delivering a contemporary residential building with a renovated, attended lobby.
Inside, the 37 residences read as loft homes — generous proportions, oversized windows, and open volumes suited to flexible living. The corner siting yields strong light on the building's primary exposures, and individual apartments vary with each owner's renovation, from industrial-leaning to fully modern. The scale of the homes, combined with condominium ownership, is the building's central value proposition.
Building operations and lifestyle
Vesta 17 operates as a full-service condominium with a full-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, a renovated lobby, and a landscaped rooftop terrace, plus private storage — a complete package for a boutique loft building, with the rooftop as a genuine amenity differentiator.
The location is a primary asset. The building sits on Seventh Avenue in central Chelsea, within easy walking distance of the High Line, the Whitney Museum, the galleries of West Chelsea, and the Meatpacking District, with Union Square, the West Village, and the Flatiron all close by. The 1 train at 18th Street is steps away, and the F, M, and additional lines are within a few blocks — among the most convenient positions in the neighborhood. Restaurants, cafés, and flagship retail line the surrounding avenues.
Ownership and what buyers should know
As a condominium, Vesta 17 offers the flexibility many Chelsea co-ops cannot. Financing is not subject to co-op-style caps; there is no admissions board, so a purchase clears a condominium's lighter right-of-first-refusal rather than a board package and interview; and pied-à-terre, trust, LLC, and investor purchases are customary. Subletting and resale are materially freer than at a cooperative. Focus diligence on the apartment itself — proportions, exposure, window line, and the scope of any prior renovation — because that is where value concentrates in a loft. We help buyers read the condominium documents, benchmark the loft pricing, and structure the deal.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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 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.
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.
Management & transfer contacts
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
- Notable fees
- Buyer app $725; credit $150/applicant; move-in/out fee $500 ea; reserve contribution greater of $1,000 or 1 month common charges; lease fee $1,500; closing doc prep $350
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | 7A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,218 sf | $3,200,000 | $1,443/sf | -13.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 6B | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,925 sf | $3,300,000 | $1,714/sf | -25.8% |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 9A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,218 sf | $3,900,000 | $1,758/sf | -2.4% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 3A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,218 sf | $3,300,000 | $1,488/sf | -12.0% |
| Sep 9, 2024 | PHF | 4 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,183 sf | $4,800,000 | $2,199/sf | -1.0% |
| May 31, 2024 | 4A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,218 sf | $3,400,000 | $1,533/sf | -2.7% |
| Oct 4, 2022 | 8A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,218 sf | $3,850,000 | $1,736/sf | +0.0% |
| Nov 2, 2021 | PHH | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,216 sf | $3,900,000 | $1,760/sf | -8.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,274/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 3.8% 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.
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 1-00767-7503) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the combination: loft proportions, a full-time doorman, and a rooftop terrace, all in a condominium. That pairing differentiates a resale here from both the co-op lofts nearby and the plainer rental and condo stock in the area. Benchmark to comparable doorman loft condominiums in central Chelsea, weighting light, layout, and renovation quality. Closing mechanics are condominium-standard — a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board process — a faster, more predictable path that itself appeals to the flexibility-minded buyer Chelsea attracts. Staging that reads the home as a true loft, and a precise comparable set, position a resale to its strength.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering Vesta 17, also evaluate nearby Chelsea loft and condominium inventory:
- 151 West 17th Street — Chelsea loft building across the street
- 55 West 17th Street — Chelsea condominium nearby
- 250 West 15th Street — Chelsea building to the south
- 100 West 15th Street — Chelsea building nearby
- 15 West 20th Street — Flatiron-edge loft building
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, 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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