- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $2.3M
- Recent range
- $2.2M – $5M
- Listing discount
- 3.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 39
222 Park Avenue South is a 1910 pre-war cooperative planted at the seam of two of Manhattan's most coveted neighborhoods — Gramercy to the east, Flatiron to the west — one block from Union Square at the corner of East 18th Street. It is the kind of substantial, handsomely detailed pre-war building that defines this stretch of Park Avenue South: a beige-brick masonry tower crowned by a handsome cornice and a top-floor frieze, with the high ceilings and oversized windows that early-twentieth-century construction delivers.
For buyers, the appeal is the combination of pre-war character, loft-like volume, and an almost unbeatable downtown location. The apartments range from cozy one-bedrooms to expansive five-bedroom homes — roughly 1,200 to 3,500 square feet — giving the building real range, from pied-à-terre buyers to families wanting space near the park and the square. At 53 apartments across twelve stories, it stays intimate and well-staffed.
Architecture and unit composition
The building reads as confident 1910 commercial-residential masonry: a beige-brick facade, a strong cornice, and a decorative top-floor frieze that make it one of the more visually distinguished structures on Park Avenue South. The high ceilings and oversized windows are the interior signature — apartments here carry a near-loft sense of light and volume that pure residential pre-war buildings of the era often lack.
The 53 apartments span an unusually wide range, from one-bedrooms around 1,200 square feet to five-bedroom homes reaching roughly 3,500 square feet. That breadth means the building supports very different buyers, and it gives larger combined and full-floor-style homes alongside more modest layouts. As always in pre-war stock, condition and exposure vary; the corner location and higher floors deliver the best light over the open intersection.
Building operations
222 Park Avenue South runs as a full-service cooperative: a doorman, a live-in superintendent, key-locked elevator access for security, complimentary laundry on every floor, and a landscaped rooftop deck that includes a children's area — a genuine amenity in a pre-war building of this scale. As a co-op, ownership is by shares with proprietary lease, and purchases clear through the cooperative's board with a package and interview; buyers should review the building's financing, sublet, pied-à-terre, and pet policies as part of due diligence.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $39,765/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $63
Facade safety — Local Law 11
An active hazard: the building must keep a sidewalk shed up and make repairs now — expect construction, disruption, and a likely special assessment. We’d get you the repair scope and the building’s funding plan up front, so you go in knowing exactly what’s underway and what it’s likely to cost.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2025 | 8E | 4 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,600 sf | $3,700,000 | $1,423/sf | -3.9% |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 7D | 2 BR · 1,300 sf | $2,212,500 | $1,702/sf | -2.7% |
| Sep 18, 2024 | 9A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,550,000 | -1.9% | |
| Dec 4, 2023 | 3D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,200 sf | $2,295,000 | $1,913/sf | -4.2% |
| Jan 23, 2023 | 8E | 4 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,600 sf | $2,250,000 | $865/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 13, 2022 | 6A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $4,510,000 | +0.2% | |
| Mar 26, 2021 | 7A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,037,000 | -11.7% | |
| May 13, 2020 | 10C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,838,300 | -18.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,563/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 3.9% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2023 | 10AB | $4,979,000 |
| Jul 26, 2022 | 8D | $2,400,000 |
| Jan 15, 2015 | 6B | $1,100,000 |
| Aug 2, 2013 | 3C | $1,450,000 |
| Feb 12, 2013 | 12C | $1,820,000 |
| May 10, 2012 | 10D | $600,000 |
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 1-00847-0038) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a co-op, so the purchase runs through a board package and interview, and the building's financing, sublet, and pied-à-terre policies will shape who can buy — review those early. Within the building, the breadth of layouts is the opportunity: there is genuine range from one-bedroom pieds-à-terre to five-bedroom family homes, so define the size and light you need and target accordingly. Floor and exposure drive price, with the corner and upper-floor apartments carrying the premium. The location is the long-term anchor: one block from Union Square's transit hub and Greenmarket, with Gramercy Park, the Flatiron district, and a dense bench of restaurants and shops all within a few minutes' walk.
What to know if you’re selling
A resale here markets on the pre-war architecture, the high-ceilinged loft-like volume, the full-service staffing with a landscaped roof deck, and the corner-of-everything location one block from Union Square. Benchmark to other pre-war Flatiron and Gramercy co-ops. The wide layout range means you should position the apartment precisely to its buyer — pied-à-terre, professional, or family — and lean into light, ceiling height, and the location. Co-op closing timelines run on the board calendar, so packaging and pricing that move the home to contract efficiently matter.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 222 Park Avenue South, also evaluate these Flatiron, Gramercy, and Union Square pre-war and boutique peers:
- 121 East 22nd Street — Gramercy residential building nearby
- 205 Third Avenue — Gramercy/Kips Bay cooperative
- 111 Third Avenue — full-service building nearby
- 40 University Place — pre-war cooperative near Union Square
The Roebling Team at 222 Park Avenue South
The Roebling Team at Compass works the Flatiron, Gramercy, and Union Square pre-war co-op market — buildings where era, layout range, and corner-location quality drive value. We publish this profile so buyers and sellers at 222 Park Avenue South have building-specific intelligence before they transact.
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