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The OctaviaRecorded sales & closing prices

Name: The Octavia recorded sales
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216 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017

67 recorded closings, 2004–2025. Sortable and searchable below.

Recorded closings: 67
Date range: 2004–2025
Median $/sf: $1,214
Listing discount: 2.4%
Monthly carry/sf: $3.99
Price range: $300K – $2.15M

Price shift · median $/sf · floor-adjusted

Since 2004

▲ +39.4%

10-Year

▼ -0.7%

Since 2022

▲ +15.4%

1-Year

▲ +1.2%

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 complete recorded-sale history for The Octavia, 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 2.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.

Price per square foot over time

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

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 floor-standardized (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.

Median, 2025 (floor-adjusted)$1,214/sfevery bar sits above or below this · 0%

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.

Line A 6 sales

$1,201/sf-1%

Recent closings

The building’s 10 most recent market sales.

Date	Unit	Apartment	Price	$/sf	vs. Ask
Mar 17, 2025	26A	2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,639 sf	$2,150,000	$1,312	-13.8%
Nov 26, 2024	24B	1 BR · 1 BA · 625 sf	$825,000	$1,320	-8.2%
Nov 14, 2024	23A	1 BR · 1.5 BA · 801 sf	$765,000	$955	-13.9%
Oct 23, 2023	18B	1 BR · 1 BA · 625 sf	$680,000	$1,088	-12.3%
May 10, 2022	12A	1 BR · 1 BA · 801 sf	$915,000	$1,142	-1.1%
Dec 30, 2021	30A	1,639 sf	$1,600,000	$976	—
Dec 16, 2021	17A	1 BR · 1.5 BA · 801 sf	$765,000	$955	+0.0%
Jul 30, 2020	31A	2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,639 sf	$1,292,500	$789	-13.8%
Jan 9, 2019	12B	1 BR · 1 BA · 650 sf	$920,000	$1,415	-7.9%
Mar 22, 2018	17B	1 BR · 1 BA · 650 sf	$720,000	$1,108	-13.8%

The retrade record

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

5A · 1,400 sf+103%

$780,000 ($557/sf) 2004 → $899,000 ($646/sf) 2005 → $995,000 ($711/sf) 2012 → $1,585,000 ($1,132/sf) 2016

24B · 625 sf+83%

$450,000 ($720/sf) 2004 → $655,000 ($1,048/sf) 2007 → $638,000 ($1,021/sf) 2012 → $825,000 ($1,320/sf) 2024

4B · 900 sf+73%

$499,000 ($547/sf) 2011 → $865,000 ($961/sf) 2018

6B · 912 sf+40%

$683,800 ($750/sf) 2005 → $954,497 ($1,047/sf) 2015

16A · 801 sf+28%

$750,000 ($936/sf) 2007 → $960,000 ($1,199/sf) 2014

23A · 801 sf+21%

$630,000 ($787/sf) 2014 → $765,000 ($955/sf) 2024

17A · 801 sf+19%

$645,000 ($805/sf) 2007 → $762,898 ($952/sf) 2013 → $850,000 ($1,061/sf) 2015 → $765,000 ($955/sf) 2021

12B · 650 sf+17%

$785,000 ($1,256/sf) 2016 → $920,000 ($1,415/sf) 2019

20B · 650 sf+15%

$520,000 ($832/sf) 2005 → $599,000 ($922/sf) 2007

12A · 801 sf+9%

$840,000 ($1,049/sf) 2015 → $915,000 ($1,142/sf) 2022

28A · 1,639 sf+8%

$1,575,000 ($961/sf) 2008 → $1,700,000 ($1,037/sf) 2013

4A · 1,391 sf+8%

$860,000 ($618/sf) 2010 → $1,005,000 ($718/sf) 2012 → $925,000 ($665/sf) 2012

18A · 800 sf+4%

$599,000 ($749/sf) 2006 → $625,000 ($781/sf) 2011

11B · 625 sf-5%

$605,000 ($931/sf) 2007 → $575,000 ($920/sf) 2012

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.

67 recorded sales

		Apartment
Mar 17, 2025	26A	2 BR · 2.5 BA	1,639	$2,150,000	$1,312	-13.8%
Nov 26, 2024	24B	1 BR · 1 BA	625	$825,000	$1,320	-8.2%
Nov 14, 2024	23A	1 BR · 1.5 BA	801	$765,000	$955	-13.9%
Oct 23, 2023	18B	1 BR · 1 BA	625	$680,000	$1,088	-12.3%
Oct 6, 2023	26A	2 BR · 2.5 BAnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)	1,639	$998,000	—	—
May 10, 2022	12A	1 BR · 1 BA	801	$915,000	$1,142	-1.1%
Dec 30, 2021	30A		1,639	$1,600,000	$976	—
Dec 16, 2021	17A	1 BR · 1.5 BA	801	$765,000	$955	+0.0%
May 25, 2021	19B	1 BR · 1 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen)	—	$699,000	—	+3.6%
Jul 30, 2020	31A	2 BR · 2.5 BA	1,639	$1,292,500	$789	-13.8%
Jan 9, 2019	12B	1 BR · 1 BA	650	$920,000	$1,415	-7.9%
Mar 22, 2018	17B	1 BR · 1 BA	650	$720,000	$1,108	-13.8%
Feb 6, 2018	4B	1 BR	900	$865,000	$961	-3.8%
Sep 8, 2017	22B	1 BR · 1 BA	625	$899,000	$1,438	—
Mar 30, 2017	5B	1 BR · 1.5 BA	940	$910,000	$968	-4.0%
Apr 21, 2016	24A	1 BR	801	$1,040,000	$1,298	-9.6%
Apr 1, 2016	21A	1 BR · 1 BA	801	$830,000	$1,036	+0.6%
Mar 21, 2016	12B	1 BR	625	$785,000	$1,256	+12.1%
Feb 24, 2016	5A	2 BR	1,400	$1,585,000	$1,132	+0.0%
Dec 15, 2015	3A	2 BR · 2 BA	1,400	$1,435,000	$1,025	-11.4%
Nov 10, 2015	12A	1 BR · 1.5 BA	801	$840,000	$1,049	+0.0%
Jul 30, 2015	17A	1 BR	801	$850,000	$1,061	-1.2%
Mar 12, 2015	6B	1 BR · 1.5 BA	912	$954,497	$1,047	+1.5%
Dec 22, 2014	23A	1 BR · 1.5 BA	801	$630,000	$787	—
Oct 20, 2014	23A	1 BR · 1.5 BAnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)	801	$300,000	—	—
Oct 7, 2014	6B	1 BR · 1.5 BAnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)	—	$126,750	—	—
Jul 29, 2014	16A	1 BR · 1.5 BA	801	$960,000	$1,199	+0.0%
Jan 7, 2014	20A	1 BR · 1.5 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen)	—	$960,000	—	-2.5%
Dec 18, 2013	22B	1 BR · 1 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen)	—	$690,000	—	-0.7%
May 1, 2013	17A	1 BR · 1.5 BA	801	$762,898	$952	-2.1%
Apr 9, 2013	28A		1,639	$1,700,000	$1,037	—
Dec 21, 2012	5A	2 BR · 2 BA	1,400	$995,000	$711	-15.3%
Dec 20, 2012	22A		801	$540,000	$674	—
Oct 10, 2012	4A	2 BR	1,400	$1,005,000	$718	+4.7%
Oct 10, 2012	4A	2 BR	1,391	$925,000	$665	—
Oct 4, 2012	7A	2 BR	1,400	$999,000	$714	-4.9%
Aug 10, 2012	22A	non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)	801	$300,000	—	—
Aug 9, 2012	23B		625	$300,000	$480	—
May 31, 2012	24B	1 BR	625	$638,000	$1,021	—
Apr 20, 2012	11B	1 BR · 1 BA	625	$575,000	$920	—
Aug 22, 2011	4B	1 BR	912	$499,000	$547	+0.0%
Mar 28, 2011	18A	2 BR	800	$625,000	$781	-3.8%
Apr 19, 2010	11A	1 BR	801	$630,000	$787	-2.9%
Mar 28, 2010	21A	2 BR	801	$650,000	$811	—
Feb 18, 2010	4A	2 BR	1,391	$860,000	$618	—
Dec 22, 2009	5B	1 BR	1,100	$600,000	$545	-4.0%
Sep 25, 2009	19B	1 BR · 1 BA	625	$300,000	$480	—
Feb 22, 2008	28A		1,639	$1,575,000	$961	—
Dec 6, 2007	16A	1 BR	801	$750,000	$936	-1.3%
Oct 16, 2007	11B	1 BR	650	$605,000	$931	-2.3%
Aug 28, 2007	21A	2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen)	—	$685,000	—	+0.7%
Jul 10, 2007	17A	1 BR	801	$645,000	$805	-0.6%
Jun 5, 2007	24B	1 BR	625	$655,000	$1,048	-1.5%
Apr 25, 2007	20B	1 BR	650	$599,000	$922	+0.0%
Apr 9, 2007	29	2 BR	1,650	$1,275,000	$773	-7.9%
Oct 27, 2006	17B	1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen)	—	$665,000	—	ask unverified
Sep 19, 2006	20A	1 BR	801	$700,000	$874	-4.8%
May 19, 2006	18A	2 BR	800	$599,000	$749	+0.0%
Nov 17, 2005	6B	1 BR	912	$683,800	$750	-11.1%
Sep 26, 2005	6A	2 BR	1,400	$956,200	$683	-8.9%
Sep 15, 2005	5A	2 BR	1,391	$899,000	$646	—
Aug 21, 2005	5	3 BR	2,303	$1,095,000	$475	+0.0%
Jan 27, 2005	20B	1 BR	625	$520,000	$832	—
Dec 20, 2004	21B		625	$539,000	$862	—
Jul 1, 2004	5A	2 BR	1,400	$780,000	$557	-2.4%
Jun 11, 2004	24B	1 BR	625	$450,000	$720	—
Mar 22, 2004	3A	2 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)	1,400	$645,000	—	—

Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01320-7502; 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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