- Year built
- 1880
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 3
- Floors
- 4
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- In-home laundry and central air
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About the building
2068 Fifth Avenue is an 1880 brownstone converted into three condominiums in Central Harlem. The conversion replaced Class B accommodations with three permanent Class A apartments, adding new kitchens, bathrooms, heating and cooling equipment and a stair bulkhead. Kwong Seung was the architect of record on the alteration. DOB issued the permit in June 2006 and signed off the work in January 2008.
The building retains its four-story envelope and brownstone frontage. The residential arrangement includes larger duplex homes and a smaller top-floor residence. Front-to-rear layouts give east and west exposures, with rear outdoor space and balconies associated with individual homes. Tall ceilings and exposed brick remain within the renovated interiors, alongside individual laundry and central air.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | 1 | 2 BR · 1,928 sf | $1,700,000 | $882/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 19, 2018 | 3 | 1 BR · 943 sf | $985,000 | $1,045/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 21, 2017 | 2 | 2 BR · 1,848 sf | $1,800,000 | $974/sf | -2.7% |
| Oct 30, 2013 | 2 | 2 BR · 1,848 sf | $1,374,637 | $744/sf | -1.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $882/sf across 1 sale.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01725-7503) 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.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
Three owners share responsibility for the entire brownstone, so agreement on exterior repairs, insurance and reserves has a direct effect on each household's costs. Mortgage lenders can apply additional project review to a condominium this small. Its Class 1C status also makes its tax structure materially different from many larger Harlem condominium buildings.
Comparable buildings
- Mount Morris Court: An older Harlem building in condominium ownership with a larger association.
- 1 Mount Morris Park West: Historic rowhouses grouped into one condominium, with shared governance across multiple entrances.
- The Normandie: A prewar condominium conversion with larger floor plans and extensive shared amenities.
More Harlem buildings
- Graham Court, 1923–1937 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard — 1899 by Clinton & Russell
- 1947 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard — 1920 co-op
- 2002 Fifth Avenue — 2006 co-op
- 2101 Eighth Avenue (Parc Standard) — 2008 condominium
- 2110 Frederick Douglass Boulevard — 2008 condominium
- 2131 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (The Livmor) — 2010 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Harlem — read The Roebling Team Guide to Harlem.
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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