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205 East 59th StreetRecorded sales & closing prices
205 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022
104 recorded closings, 2005–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 104
- Date range
- 2005–2026
- Median $/sf
- $1,488
- Listing discount
- 4.2%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $3.59
- Price range
- $1.05M – $3.2M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, on a floor-adjusted basis — standardized to the building’s average floor, so it reflects price rather than which floors happened to sell. This is a different method from The Roebling Index, which publishes plain medians and applies no floor adjustment; the two are not interchangeable. Floor adjustment standardizes for floor only. It does not control for condition, size, exposure, renovation or the mix of what happened to trade. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
The building trades as a mid-2000s full-service Manhattan condominium on a commercial corner, and it should be priced against that peer group rather than against the prewar cooperative stock a few blocks north. Condominium value here is measured per square foot, and the variables that move it within the building are floor, exposure, and whether the specific residence carries private outdoor space — the balconies and private roof terraces are not distributed evenly through the stack.
Two building-level facts belong in every valuation. The first is the tax posture: the assessment roll shows no exemption, so check the apartment's tax bill for any abatement before setting the monthly carrying number. The second is the sponsor's remaining rental block, which both thins the resale supply and, in some lenders' underwriting, raises questions about single-entity concentration and owner-occupancy. Neither is disqualifying; both are worth pricing rather than discovering.
The offering plan as filed put the aggregate price of the 62 residential units at approximately $121 million. That is a 2003–04 number and it is useful only as a marker of where the building started, not as a guide to current value. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for 205 East 59th Street, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 4.2% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
91 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
The vertical premium
Time-adjusted price per square foot by floor group, against the recent median. These figures reflect the apartments that traded and do not isolate the value of light, views, layout or condition.
Premium by line
Time-adjusted price per square foot by line, against the recent median. Line groups are not floor-controlled and do not isolate the value of light, outlook, layout or condition.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2026 | 17A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,375 sf | $2,120,000 | $1,542 | -3.4% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 22C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,285 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,479 | — |
| Oct 3, 2025 | 14B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,113 sf | $1,665,000 | $1,496 | -1.8% |
| May 28, 2025 | 14A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,122 sf | $1,602,500 | $1,428 | -7.1% |
| May 19, 2025 | 19A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,375 sf | $2,150,000 | $1,564 | -6.3% |
| Apr 8, 2025 | 23A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,375 sf | $2,400,000 | $1,745 | -7.7% |
| Dec 5, 2022 | 10C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,314 sf | $1,999,500 | $1,522 | -4.8% |
| Oct 14, 2022 | 8C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,314 sf | $1,925,000 | $1,465 | -3.5% |
| Jul 19, 2022 | 18B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,113 sf | $1,890,000 | $1,698 | -5.3% |
| Apr 22, 2022 | 22B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,113 sf | $1,999,999 | $1,797 | -4.5% |
Every recorded sale
Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance. Every sale sits in one of three states: counted in the building’s medians and trend; shown but excluded as a non-arms-length or nominal transfer; or shown and ⚑ flagged for review — a possible duplicate filing or an extreme $/sf outlier, held out of the statistics pending manual verification rather than allowed to move them.
| Apartment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2026 | 17A | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,375 | $2,120,000 | $1,542 | -3.4% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 22C | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,285 | $1,900,000 | $1,479 | — |
| Oct 3, 2025 | 14B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,113 | $1,665,000 | $1,496 | -1.8% |
| May 28, 2025 | 14A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,122 | $1,602,500 | $1,428 | -7.1% |
| May 19, 2025 | 19A | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,375 | $2,150,000 | $1,564 | -6.3% |
| Apr 8, 2025 | 23A | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,375 | $2,400,000 | $1,745 | -7.7% |
| Nov 9, 2023 | 8B | 2 BR · 2 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,700,000 | — | -4.2% |
| Dec 5, 2022 | 10C | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,314 | $1,999,500 | $1,522 | -4.8% |
| Oct 14, 2022 | 8C | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,314 | $1,925,000 | $1,465 | -3.5% |
| Jul 19, 2022 | 18B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,113 | $1,890,000 | $1,698 | -5.3% |
| Apr 22, 2022 | 22B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,113 | $1,999,999 | $1,797 | -4.5% |
| Jan 12, 2022 | 12B | 2 BR | 1,071 | $1,500,000 | $1,401 | — |
| Oct 12, 2021 | 14C | non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 1,285 | $902,544 | — | — |
| Aug 26, 2021 | 19B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,368 | $2,470,000 | $1,806 | -1.0% |
| Aug 20, 2021 | 23B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,368 | $2,550,000 | $1,864 | -1.7% |
| Jun 7, 2021 | 11C | 3 BR · 3 BA | 1,660 | $2,475,000 | $1,491 | -1.0% |
| Oct 28, 2020 | 9A | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,340 | $1,999,999 | $1,493 | -12.7% |
| Jan 14, 2020 | 20A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,122 | $1,675,000 | $1,493 | +0.0% |
| Oct 2, 2018 | 8B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,133 | $1,687,500 | $1,489 | -3.6% |
| Jan 19, 2018 | 18B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,133 | $1,575,000 | $1,390 | -14.9% |
| Sep 12, 2017 | 14B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,113 | $1,650,000 | $1,482 | -15.4% |
| Jul 27, 2017 | 18C | 2 BR | 1,314 | $2,120,000 | $1,613 | -3.6% |
| May 25, 2017 | 20B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,113 | $1,725,000 | $1,550 | -3.9% |
| Apr 7, 2017 | 20C | 2 BR | 1,314 | $2,327,000 | $1,771 | -5.0% |
| Jan 30, 2017 | 13B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,368 | $2,494,712 | $1,824 | +0.0% |
| Dec 3, 2015 | 10A | 3 BR | 1,122 | $1,750,000 | $1,560 | -5.4% |
| Oct 19, 2015 | 25C | non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 1,523 | $1,500,000 | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2015 | 8B | 2 BR | 1,113 | $1,910,000 | $1,716 | -4.0% |
| Jun 16, 2015 | 23B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,368 | $3,200,000 | $2,339 | -5.9% |
| Feb 18, 2015 | 12C | 2 BR | 1,314 | $2,050,000 | $1,560 | -8.9% |
| Dec 9, 2014 | 16C | 2 BR | 1,314 | $2,295,000 | $1,747 | -4.2% |
| Aug 28, 2014 | 10B | 2 BR | 1,116 | $1,895,000 | $1,698 | +1.1% |
| Jul 8, 2014 | 9CSponsor Sale | 3 BR | 1,552 | $2,947,833 | $1,899 | +9.4% |
| Jun 24, 2014 | 10C | 2 BR | 1,314 | $2,150,000 | $1,636 | -10.4% |
| Dec 16, 2013 | 11C | 3 BR | 1,557 | $2,800,000 | $1,798 | -1.8% |
| Sep 18, 2013 | 17A | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $2,450,000 | — | -2.0% |
| Jul 16, 2013 | 22B | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,782,000 | — | -6.0% |
| Jun 14, 2013 | 19A | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $2,375,000 | — | -8.5% |
| May 9, 2013 | 8A | 1 BR | 1,122 | $1,450,000 | $1,292 | -4.9% |
| Apr 4, 2013 | 17C | 3 BR | 1,523 | $2,450,000 | $1,609 | +0.0% |
| Nov 27, 2012 | 12A | 1 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,122 | $1,560,000 | $1,390 | -2.2% |
| Jun 28, 2012 | 20B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,071 | $1,725,000 | $1,611 | — |
| Mar 15, 2012 | 10C | 2 BR | 1,314 | $1,750,000 | $1,332 | -2.5% |
| Feb 14, 2012 | 24C | 2 BR | 1,375 | $2,050,000 | $1,491 | -6.6% |
| Dec 28, 2011 | 24A | 1 BR | 1,122 | $1,500,000 | $1,337 | -6.0% |
| Jul 6, 2011 | 26C | 2 BR | 1,314 | $1,950,000 | $1,484 | -6.9% |
| Jun 29, 2011 | 10A | 3 BR | 1,090 | $1,392,500 | $1,278 | — |
| May 31, 2011 | 12B | 2 BR | 1,113 | $1,335,000 | $1,199 | -7.9% |
| May 5, 2011 | 22B | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,620,000 | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2011 | 20C | 2 BR | 1,360 | $2,050,000 | $1,507 | -2.4% |
| Dec 18, 2009 | 18C | 2 BR | 1,314 | $1,725,500 | $1,313 | -6.7% |
| Dec 6, 2009 | 17B | 2 BR | 1,368 | $2,259,000 | $1,651 | — |
| Dec 4, 2009 | 7ASponsor Sell-Out | 2 BR | 1,375 | $1,895,000 | $1,378 | — |
| Dec 4, 2009 | 22CSponsor Sell-Out | 2 BR | 1,325 | $1,974,000 | $1,490 | — |
| Dec 4, 2009 | 11ASponsor Sell-Out | 2 BR | 1,375 | $2,170,000 | $1,578 | — |
| Dec 4, 2009 | 7CSponsor Sell-Out | 2 BR | 1,552 | $2,175,000 | $1,401 | — |
| Dec 4, 2009 | 16BSponsor Sell-Out | 1 BR | 1,113 | $1,650,000 | $1,482 | — |
| Apr 15, 2009 | 18B | 2 BR | 1,113 | $1,790,000 | $1,608 | -8.2% |
| Mar 12, 2009 | 12A | 1 BR | 1,122 | $1,390,000 | $1,239 | -2.5% |
| Jul 31, 2008 | 8B | 2 BR | 1,133 | $1,625,000 | $1,434 | -1.5% |
| Jun 26, 2008 | 10C | 2 BR | 1,314 | $1,725,000 | $1,313 | -1.4% |
| Feb 29, 2008 | 16A | 1 BR | 1,122 | $1,683,333 | $1,500 | -5.4% |
| Feb 6, 2007 | 17A | 2 BR | 1,338 | $2,419,362 | $1,808 | — |
| Oct 4, 2006 | 17CSponsor Sale | 3 BR | 1,523 | $2,596,537 | $1,705 | — |
| Aug 24, 2006 | 16BSponsor Sale | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,603,743 | — | — |
| Aug 22, 2006 | 26CSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,285 | $2,138,325 | $1,664 | — |
| Aug 9, 2006 | 18B | 2 BR | 1,113 | $1,560,000 | $1,402 | -8.0% |
| Jul 11, 2006 | 22CSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,285 | $1,893,945 | $1,474 | — |
| Jun 20, 2006 | 24CSponsor Sale | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,974,488 | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2006 | 20CSponsor Sale | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,909,040 | — | — |
| Jun 6, 2006 | 17BSponsor Sale | 2 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | — | $2,255,423 | — | — |
| May 31, 2006 | 14BSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,071 | $1,603,743 | $1,497 | — |
| Apr 25, 2006 | 15BSponsor Sale | 1,322 | $2,126,106 | $1,608 | — | |
| Apr 6, 2006 | 6ASponsor Sale | 922 | $1,052,870 | $1,142 | — | |
| Feb 24, 2006 | 12BSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,071 | $1,476,462 | $1,379 | — |
| Feb 21, 2006 | 22BSponsor Sale | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,804,848 | — | — |
| Jan 27, 2006 | 21ASponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,338 | $2,436,163 | $1,821 | — |
| Jan 6, 2006 | 19ASponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,338 | $2,413,252 | $1,804 | — |
| Jan 3, 2006 | 18CSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,285 | $1,883,762 | $1,466 | — |
| Nov 21, 2005 | 20BSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,113 | $1,716,260 | $1,542 | -3.1% |
| Nov 16, 2005 | 23CSponsor Sale | 1,523 | $3,036,421 | $1,994 | — | |
| Nov 7, 2005 | 9ASponsor Sale | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $2,166,836 | — | — |
| Oct 25, 2005 | 11CSponsor Sale | 3 BR | 1,523 | $2,347,066 | $1,541 | — |
| Sep 29, 2005 | 10ASponsor Sale | 1 BR | 1,122 | $1,507,010 | $1,343 | +0.4% |
| Sep 28, 2005 | 25BSponsor Sale | 1,322 | $2,520,168 | $1,906 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2005 | 18BSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,071 | $1,537,557 | $1,436 | — |
| Sep 22, 2005 | 21BSponsor Sale | 1,322 | $2,422,925 | $1,833 | — | |
| Sep 21, 2005 | 10CSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,314 | $1,680,113 | $1,279 | -5.4% |
| Sep 16, 2005 | 14CSponsor Sale | 1,285 | $1,854,487 | $1,443 | — | |
| Sep 15, 2005 | 14ASponsor Sale | 1 BR | 1,090 | $1,610,311 | $1,477 | — |
| Sep 14, 2005 | 25CSponsor Sale | 1,523 | $3,073,078 | $2,018 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2005 | 25ASponsor Sale | 1,338 | $2,595,519 | $1,940 | — | |
| Sep 8, 2005 | 12ASponsor Sale | 1 BR | 1,122 | $1,425,550 | $1,271 | -7.1% |
| Sep 8, 2005 | 12CSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,314 | $1,675,021 | $1,275 | -7.4% |
| Sep 7, 2005 | 20ASponsor Sale | 1 BR | 1,122 | $1,669,930 | $1,488 | +0.2% |
| Sep 2, 2005 | 10BSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,116 | $1,447,442 | $1,297 | -9.4% |
| Aug 31, 2005 | 23ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,338 | $2,482,493 | $1,855 | — |
| Aug 26, 2005 | 23BSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,368 | $2,486,566 | $1,818 | +1.8% |
| Aug 25, 2005 | 8CSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,314 | $1,731,025 | $1,317 | -0.7% |
| Aug 25, 2005 | 8ASponsor Sale | 1 BR | 1,122 | $1,435,000 | $1,279 | -2.3% |
| Aug 24, 2005 | 16CSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,285 | $1,909,727 | $1,486 | — |
| Aug 24, 2005 | 16ASponsor Sale | 1 BR | 1,090 | $1,603,743 | $1,471 | — |
| Aug 23, 2005 | 19BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,322 | $2,360,000 | $1,785 | — |
| Aug 22, 2005 | 8BSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,133 | $1,384,820 | $1,222 | -11.5% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01414-7502; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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. Storage, parking, and commercial units are excluded from all figures. Floor- and line-level $/sf are time-controlled (each sale measured against the building’s going rate at the time of sale) and expressed at today’s pricing, so they isolate the floor or line premium rather than blend two decades of market movement.
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