212 East 70th StreetRecorded sales & closing prices

212 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021

22 recorded closings, 2005–2026. Sortable and searchable below.

Recorded closings
22
Date range
2005–2026
Median $/sf
$1,384
2026 · adjusted
Listing discount
1.2%
median, from last ask
Price range
$535K – $6M
Price shift · median $/sf · constant-quality
Since 2007
+7%
10-Year
+6%
Since 2022
+1.3%
1-Year
-10.2%

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.

As a condominium, 212 East 70th Street prices on a price-per-square-foot basis, with character features — fireplaces, private terraces and balconies, preserved detail — along with floor, exposure, layout, and renovation condition supporting premiums. Turnover is modest for a boutique building of this size; both resale and owner-rental activity occur, but it is an ownership condominium. Apartment-level context drives pricing far more than any building average, and the brownstone character and Lenox Hill location support pricing for residences that present well.

The complete recorded-sale history for 212 East 70th Street, 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 1.2% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.

Price per square foot over time

16 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.

$834$1,283$1,731'07'11'15'19'23'264C · $1,280/sf · 20074D · $1,232/sf · 20073C · $1,149/sf · 20072D · $1,103/sf · 20072C · $1,179/sf · 20073D · $1,105/sf · 20084B · $1,210/sf · 20084B · $1,300/sf · 20111 · $882/sf · 20162AC · $1,233/sf · 20162D · $1,208/sf · 20171D · $1,117/sf · 20173C · $1,129/sf · 20174B · $1,683/sf · 20222D · $1,127/sf · 20254B · $1,384/sf · 2026
Each dot is one recorded sale with a known interior square footage, plotted by closing date against price per square foot. The line is the median $/sf each year, adjusted to a constant-quality (average-floor) unit — so it reflects price movement, not which floors happened to sell that year. Individual sale prices in the table below are unadjusted — and you can click any dot to jump straight to that sale.

Recent closings

The building’s 10 most recent market sales.

DateUnitApartmentPrice$/sfvs. Ask
Jan 15, 20264B1 BR · 2 BA · 813 sf$1,125,000$1,384-4.3%
Nov 20, 20252D1 BR · 1 BA · 599 sf$675,000$1,127-2.9%
Oct 27, 20223A1 BA$535,000-2.6%
Mar 10, 20224B1 BR · 2 BA · 817 sf$1,375,000$1,683
May 26, 20173C1 BR · 598 sf$675,000$1,129-3.4%
May 11, 20171D1 BR · 600 sf$670,000$1,117
Mar 24, 20172D1 BR · 600 sf$725,000$1,208+3.6%
Dec 1, 20162AC2 BR · 1,050 sf$1,295,000$1,233
Apr 8, 201611,700 sf$1,500,000$882-23.1%
Mar 26, 20131C1 BR$625,000-14.4%

The retrade record

Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.

2D · 599 sf+2%
$661,863 ($1,103/sf) 2007$725,000 ($1,208/sf) 2017$675,000 ($1,127/sf) 2025
3C · 598 sf-2%
$687,319 ($1,149/sf) 2007$675,000 ($1,129/sf) 2017
1D · 600 sf-12%
$760,000 2008$670,000 ($1,117/sf) 2017
1C-14%
$728,558 2008$615,000 2010$625,000 2013

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.

22 recorded sales
Apartment
Jan 15, 20264B1 BR · 2 BA813$1,125,000$1,384-4.3%
Nov 20, 20252D1 BR · 1 BA599$675,000$1,127-2.9%
Oct 27, 20223A1 BA$535,000-2.6%
Mar 10, 20224B1 BR · 2 BA817$1,375,000$1,683
May 26, 20173C1 BR598$675,000$1,129-3.4%
May 11, 20171D1 BR600$670,000$1,117
Mar 24, 20172D1 BR600$725,000$1,208+3.6%
Dec 1, 20162AC2 BR1,050$1,295,000$1,233
Apr 8, 201611,700$1,500,000$882-23.1%
Mar 26, 20131C1 BR$625,000-14.4%
Jul 6, 20114B1 BR950$1,235,000$1,300-1.2%
Oct 7, 20101C1 BR$615,000-5.4%
Oct 29, 20081C1 BR$728,558+0.5%
Aug 25, 20084B1 BR817$988,611$1,210
Apr 7, 20083D1 BR590$651,680$1,105+0.3%
Mar 28, 20081D1 BR$760,000-4.4%
Nov 15, 20072C1 BR600$707,684$1,179+1.8%
Nov 7, 20072D1 BR600$661,863$1,103+1.8%
Nov 2, 20074D2 BR756$931,699$1,232+1.8%
Nov 2, 20073C1 BR598$687,319$1,149+1.8%
Nov 1, 20074C2 BR712$911,334$1,280+1.3%
Aug 5, 2005$6,000,000

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01424-7503) 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. 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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