217 Second Avenue
217 Second Avenue, between East 13th and East 14th Streets · East Village
BBL 1004697503 · BIN 1006909
- Year built
- 1900
- Type
- Condominium
- Amenities
- Walk-up access; in-unit laundry; private outdoor space in selected homes
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- No doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2006–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2024
- $1,298
- 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 7.3%
- Recorded sales
- 7
- On record
- 2006–2024
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About the building
217 Second Avenue is a townhouse condominium whose exterior retains the proportions and ornament of a nineteenth-century residence. The original Italianate entrance and window ornament has been lost, and the cornice has been replaced. The stoop survives, along with glass-paneled pocket doors in selected interiors.
The homes include garden, parlor and upper-floor configurations, with private outdoor space at the base and roof. Tall parlor rooms retain pocket doors, decorative moldings and fireplaces. The uppermost accommodation has a roof garden reached from within the home. Layouts extend through the building, and renovations have introduced individual laundry and contemporary mechanical equipment while preserving selected period elements. Upper floors are reached by stairs.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- No doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2024 | P | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,233 sf | $1,600,000 | $1,298/sf | -10.9% |
| Apr 30, 2015 | PH | 2 BR · 1,354 sf | $2,595,000 | $1,917/sf | -7.3% |
| Jul 28, 2014 | G | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,271 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,495/sf | +5.8% |
| Jul 19, 2012 | 3 | 2 BR · 1,354 sf | $1,625,000 | $1,200/sf | — |
| Nov 25, 2008 | PH4 | 2 BR · 1,400 sf | $1,835,000 | $1,311/sf | -8.0% |
| May 6, 2008 | 3 | 2 BR · 1,354 sf | $1,485,000 | $1,097/sf | -0.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,298/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 7.3% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00469-7503; 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
A small condominium maintains a nineteenth-century townhouse. Only five residences share the common building expenses and governance, making participation in repairs and insurance decisions consequential. Very small condominium projects can also receive additional review from mortgage lenders.
Comparable buildings
- 240 East 15th Street: A historic Italianate condominium near Stuyvesant Square, comparable in residential architecture.
- First Village: A prewar loft conversion with a larger condominium inventory and a commercial-building shell.
- The Theatre Condominium: A nearby adaptive-reuse condominium with a different former use and more residences.
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- 215 Chrystie Street — 2017 condominium by Herzog & de Meuron
- 217 East 7th Street — 2000 condominium
- 220E9 (220 East 9th Street) — condominium
- 222 East 11th Street — 1853 co-op
- 224 East 11th Street — 1910 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across East Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to East Village.
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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