The Sterling (209 East 56th Street)Recorded sales & closing prices
209 East 56th Street, New York, NY 10022
35 recorded transfers, 2004–2025. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded transfers
- 35
- Date range
- 2004–2025
- Median $/sf
- $758
- Listing discount
- 4.7%
- Price range
- $500K – $1.55M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, adjusted to a constant-quality (average-floor) unit so it reflects price — not which floors happened to sell. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Sterling, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records and verified listing data, then enriched apartment-by-apartment by The Roebling Team research desk. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 4.7% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
24 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2025 | 5ABC | 2 BR · 3 BA · 1,500 sf | $930,000 | $620 | -19.1% |
| Jul 21, 2025 | 6G | $610,000 | — | ||
| Apr 8, 2025 | 6F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $625,000 | $893 | -8.0% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 11M | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $655,000 | $1,092 | -0.7% |
| Aug 29, 2024 | 7E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $626,000 | $894 | — |
| Nov 13, 2023 | 8F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $630,000 | $900 | -9.9% |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 4CD | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,050,000 | -16.0% | |
| Nov 1, 2022 | 7G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $580,387 | +16.1% | |
| Aug 26, 2021 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 720 sf | $572,000 | $794 | -10.5% |
| Aug 12, 2021 | 5G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $550,000 | -15.3% |
The retrade record
Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2025 | 5ABC | 2 BR · 3 BA | 1,500 | $930,000 | $620 | -19.1% |
| Jul 21, 2025 | 6G | — | $610,000 | — | — | |
| Apr 8, 2025 | 6F | 1 BR · 1 BA | 700 | $625,000 | $893 | -8.0% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 11M | 1 BR · 1 BA | 600 | $655,000 | $1,092 | -0.7% |
| Aug 29, 2024 | 7E | 1 BR · 1 BA | 700 | $626,000 | $894 | — |
| Nov 13, 2023 | 8F | 1 BR · 1 BA | 700 | $630,000 | $900 | -9.9% |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 4CD | 2 BR · 2 BA | — | $1,050,000 | — | -16.0% |
| Nov 1, 2022 | 7G | 1 BR · 1 BA | — | $580,387 | — | +16.1% |
| Aug 26, 2021 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA | 720 | $572,000 | $794 | -10.5% |
| Aug 12, 2021 | 5G | 1 BR · 1 BA | — | $550,000 | — | -15.3% |
| Jun 23, 2020 | 6D | 1 BR · 1 BA | — | $620,000 | — | -8.1% |
| Oct 18, 2018 | PHV | 1 BR · 1 BA | 650 | $680,000 | $1,046 | -9.2% |
| Sep 12, 2017 | 12L | 1 BR | 560 | $505,000 | $902 | — |
| Aug 8, 2017 | 7E | 1 BR · 1 BA | 700 | $635,000 | $907 | -2.2% |
| Aug 8, 2017 | 10F/G | 3 BR | 1,500 | $1,550,000 | $1,033 | -31.1% |
| Jun 20, 2017 | 4G | 1 BR · 1 BA | 700 | $669,500 | $956 | -4.2% |
| May 30, 2017 | 6F | 1 BR | 700 | $630,000 | $900 | -1.6% |
| Oct 5, 2016 | 9G | 1 BR | — | $546,000 | — | -4.0% |
| Aug 10, 2016 | 5E | 1 BR · 1 BA | 700 | $625,000 | $893 | — |
| Oct 14, 2015 | 12P | 2 BR | — | $990,000 | — | -0.5% |
| Aug 26, 2015 | PHU | 1 BR | — | $665,000 | — | +2.5% |
| Mar 4, 2014 | 6F | 1 BR | 700 | $520,000 | $743 | -2.8% |
| Sep 25, 2013 | PHV | 1 BR | 700 | $580,000 | $829 | -3.2% |
| Sep 12, 2013 | PHS | 1 BR | — | $675,000 | — | -3.6% |
| Jul 23, 2013 | 11N | 2 BR | 1,200 | $1,100,000 | $917 | -4.3% |
| Jul 17, 2013 | 11M | 1 BR | — | $590,000 | — | -9.1% |
| Apr 30, 2013 | 10H | 1 BR | 910 | $527,500 | $580 | -5.6% |
| Apr 10, 2013 | PHT | 1 BR | — | $629,000 | — | -3.1% |
| Jan 31, 2008 | 4G | 1 BR | 700 | $565,000 | $807 | -5.7% |
| Aug 13, 2007 | PHS | 1 BR | 700 | $650,000 | $929 | -7.0% |
| Dec 29, 2005 | 4G | 1 BR | 700 | $540,000 | $771 | — |
| Oct 11, 2005 | 11N | 2 BR | 1,200 | $980,000 | $817 | +1.6% |
| Aug 22, 2005 | 7E | 1 BR | 700 | $500,000 | $714 | -12.3% |
| Aug 12, 2004 | 11PQ | 1 BR | 1,600 | $1,140,000 | $713 | -5.0% |
| Jul 28, 2004 | 11N | 2 BR | 1,200 | $867,000 | $723 | +2.0% |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01330-0007) 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. 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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