229 West 97th Street (The Powellton)Recorded sales & closing prices
229 West 97th Street, New York, NY 10025
49 recorded transfers, 2003–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
Co-ops are normally measured by price per room, since square footage is not officially recorded for them. This building is shown in price per square foot because most of its sales carry documented footage, which makes the sharper measure the honest one here.
- Recorded transfers
- 49
- Date range
- 2003–2026
- Median $/sf
- $998
- Listing discount
- 4.6%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $1.48
- Price range
- $355K – $3.3M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, adjusted to a floor-adjusted basis — standardized to the building’s average floor, so it reflects price rather than which floors happened to sell. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
The cooperative trades actively and has for twenty years. Fifty-four cooperative share transfers have been recorded against the residential unit lot since 2004, with transfers recorded in each of 2024, 2025 and 2026. Against 55 apartments, that is roughly a full turnover of the building over two decades — a healthy, liquid pattern rather than a building where nothing moves.
Because The Powellton is a cooperative, pricing is best read per room and against the prewar Upper West Side cooperative stock between 95th and 100th Streets, not against the condominium inventory on the same blocks. Two adjustments matter. The building has no commercial income, so maintenance carries more of the operating load than at comparable buildings with Broadway retail on their own books — compare maintenance per share, not maintenance in the abstract. Against that, the underlying mortgage is very low, which reduces the debt-service component inside maintenance and lowers the probability of a debt-driven assessment.
Combination apartments complicate comparables. The building's larger residences are merged units with layouts that do not repeat, so a per-room or per-square-foot average taken across the building will mislead on any specific apartment. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Powellton, 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 4.6% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
25 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
The vertical premium
The climb in price per square foot as you rise through the building — light and views included, time-adjusted to today’s market.
Premium by line
What each line’s exposure is worth — its light, outlook, and orientation — measured against the building’s average sale.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | 6E | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,400 sf | $1,150,000 | $821 | -17.6% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 1E | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,400 sf | $1,285,000 | $918 | -4.5% |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 5G | 2 BR · 1 BA · 775 sf | $880,000 | $1,135 | -2.2% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2B | $295,000 | — | ||
| Jul 8, 2025 | 4B | 4 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,475,000 | -4.8% | |
| Dec 6, 2024 | 5M | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,155,000 | +5.0% | |
| Nov 22, 2024 | 7E | 4 BR · 3 BA | $1,650,000 | -8.1% | |
| May 26, 2022 | 1E | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,400 sf | $1,250,000 | $893 | -7.4% |
| Mar 30, 2022 | 3B | 3 BR · 2,200 sf | $1,325,000 | $602 | — |
| Mar 23, 2022 | 6D | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,300 sf | $2,280,000 | $991 | -7.9% |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | 6E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,400 | $1,150,000 | $821 | -17.6% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 1E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,400 | $1,285,000 | $918 | -4.5% |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 5G | 2 BR · 1 BA | 775 | $880,000 | $1,135 | -2.2% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2B | — | $295,000 | — | — | |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 4B | 4 BR · 2.5 BA | — | $2,475,000 | — | -4.8% |
| Dec 6, 2024 | 5M | 2 BR · 1 BA | — | $1,155,000 | — | +5.0% |
| Nov 22, 2024 | 7E | 4 BR · 3 BA | — | $1,650,000 | — | -8.1% |
| May 26, 2022 | 1E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,400 | $1,250,000 | $893 | -7.4% |
| Mar 30, 2022 | 3B | 3 BR | 2,200 | $1,325,000 | $602 | — |
| Mar 23, 2022 | 6D | 4 BR · 3 BA | 2,300 | $2,280,000 | $991 | -7.9% |
| Mar 11, 2021 | 5J | 2 BR · 1 BA | — | $989,000 | — | -10.1% |
| Dec 29, 2020 | 5K | 1 BR · 1 BA | — | $550,000 | — | — |
| Dec 17, 2020 | 5C | 3 BR · 2 BA | — | $1,330,000 | — | -4.7% |
| Nov 10, 2020 | 5G | 2 BR · 1 BA | 775 | $665,000 | $858 | -4.9% |
| Jun 19, 2020 | 3JK | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,225 | $969,000 | $791 | -11.9% |
| Feb 6, 2020 | 7B | 5 BR · 3 BA | 2,114 | $2,580,000 | $1,220 | -0.6% |
| May 17, 2018 | 1C | 4 BR | — | $1,600,000 | — | +0.1% |
| May 10, 2018 | 4A | 2 BR · 1 BA | 900 | $820,000 | $911 | -17.6% |
| Dec 20, 2017 | 4D | 4 BR | — | $3,302,500 | — | +6.5% |
| Oct 20, 2016 | 5D | 3 BR | 1,525 | $1,556,000 | $1,020 | -2.4% |
| Jun 17, 2016 | 2A | 4 BR | 2,600 | $3,091,160 | $1,189 | -10.4% |
| Jan 26, 2016 | 5M | 2 BR | — | $1,050,000 | — | +5.5% |
| May 13, 2014 | 6D | 4 BR | 2,300 | $2,275,000 | $989 | -4.2% |
| Jan 9, 2014 | 4B | 4 BR · 2.5 BA | — | $2,545,725 | — | — |
| Nov 12, 2013 | 9A | — | $429,000 | — | — | |
| Jun 27, 2013 | 2LCo-op Sponsor Transfer | 2 BR | — | $785,000 | — | -0.5% |
| May 2, 2013 | 1C | 4 BR · 2 BA | 1,700 | $995,000 | $585 | — |
| May 4, 2012 | 5K | 1 BR | — | $355,000 | — | -7.8% |
| May 3, 2012 | 4D | 4 BR | 2,300 | $2,151,000 | $935 | -4.4% |
| Apr 19, 2011 | 5C | 3 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 1,500 | $739,000 | — | — |
| Mar 7, 2011 | 1E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,400 | $805,000 | $575 | -10.5% |
| Jan 5, 2011 | 7B | 5 BR | 2,200 | $2,100,000 | $955 | -7.0% |
| Nov 15, 2010 | 3JK | 2 BR | 1,225 | $864,875 | $706 | -6.5% |
| Jul 2, 2009 | 5J | 2 BR | 1,200 | $850,000 | $708 | -5.5% |
| Feb 12, 2009 | 7G | 1 BR | — | $595,000 | — | -4.8% |
| Sep 10, 2008 | 5A | 2 BR | 1,100 | $780,000 | $709 | -2.4% |
| Aug 12, 2008 | 6D | 4 BR | 2,300 | $2,420,000 | $1,052 | -10.2% |
| Feb 28, 2008 | 5G | 2 BR · 1 BA | 775 | $695,000 | $897 | — |
| Sep 19, 2007 | 4K | 1 BR · 1 BA | 550 | $395,000 | $718 | +5.3% |
| Sep 4, 2007 | 5M | 2 BR | — | $949,000 | — | +0.0% |
| Aug 20, 2007 | PRO | — | $999,000 | — | — | |
| Aug 8, 2007 | PH7D | 3 BR | 1,600 | $1,475,000 | $922 | +0.0% |
| Jul 31, 2007 | 4E | 2 BR | — | $1,665,000 | — | — |
| Jul 15, 2005 | 2A | 4 BR | 2,600 | $1,800,000 | $692 | -5.0% |
| Oct 25, 2004 | 5A | 2 BR | 1,100 | $560,000 | $509 | — |
| Jul 29, 2004 | 4C | 3 BR | 1,500 | $1,229,000 | $819 | +0.0% |
| Jul 8, 2004 | 3B | 3 BR | 2,200 | $1,350,000 | $614 | +0.0% |
| Feb 10, 2004 | 5G | 2 BR · 1 BA | 775 | $375,000 | $484 | +0.0% |
| Sep 16, 2003 | 4E | 2 BR | — | $635,000 | — | +0.0% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01869-7501) 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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