Buildings·Harlem·The Adeline. Per published accounts of the development, the building is named for Adeline Waller, mother of the Harlem stride pianist Fats Waller; we have not found that attribution in a primary record·Sold prices

23 West 116th Street (The Adeline)Recorded sales & closing prices

23 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10026

127 recorded closings, 2012–2026. Sortable and searchable below.

Recorded closings: 127
Date range: 2012–2026
Median $/sf: $1,117
Listing discount: 0.0%
Monthly carry/sf: $0.90
Price range: $502K – $2.95M

Price shift · median $/sf · floor-adjusted

Since 2014

▲ +7.3%

10-Year

▲ +6.7%

Since 2022

▲ +0.5%

1-Year

▲ +3.3%

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 complete recorded-sale history for The Adeline. Per published accounts of the development, the building is named for Adeline Waller, mother of the Harlem stride pianist Fats Waller; we have not found that attribution in a primary record, 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 0.0% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.

Price per square foot over time

121 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.

Building average$1,117/sfevery bar sits above or below this · 0%

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.

Floors 9–12 5 sales

$1,260/sf+13%

Floors 5–8 8 sales

$1,138/sf+2%

Floors 2–4 9 sales

$1,099/sf-2%

Premium by line

What each line’s exposure is worth — its light, outlook, and orientation — measured against the building’s average sale.

Line D 5 sales

$1,163/sf+4%

Line B 4 sales

$1,099/sf-2%

Line J 6 sales

$1,084/sf-3%

Recent closings

The building’s 10 most recent market sales.

Date	Unit	Apartment	Price	$/sf	vs. Ask
Jun 25, 2026	12D	4 BR · 2 BA · 1,912 sf	$2,500,000	$1,308	-5.7%
Jun 17, 2025	3D	2 BR · 2 BA · 1,046 sf	$1,215,000	$1,162	-0.8%
Mar 31, 2025	3B	2 BR · 2 BA · 1,107 sf	$1,215,000	$1,098	-6.5%
Nov 26, 2024	3J	3 BR · 2 BA · 1,448 sf	$1,450,000	$1,001	-6.5%
Oct 15, 2024	7E	2 BR · 2 BA · 1,072 sf	$1,200,000	$1,119	+0.0%
Jul 25, 2023	3B	2 BR · 2 BA · 1,107 sf	$1,150,000	$1,039	-9.8%
May 16, 2023	5D	2 BR · 2 BA · 1,046 sf	$1,075,000	$1,028	+2.4%
Sep 1, 2022	2J	3 BR · 2 BA · 1,448 sf	$1,400,000	$967	-12.5%
Jun 10, 2022	3J	3 BR · 2 BA · 1,448 sf	$1,562,500	$1,079	-3.8%
May 23, 2022	6A	3 BR · 2 BA · 1,640 sf	$1,800,000	$1,098	-1.4%

The retrade record

Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment. Showing the 24 strongest of 31 repeat-trade lines; sort the table below by Unit to see every line’s full history.

8H · 1,254 sf+79%

$985,156 ($786/sf) 2015 → $1,685,000 ($1,344/sf) 2018 → $1,760,000 ($1,404/sf) 2021

7H · 747 sf+74%

$522,362 ($699/sf) 2014 → $910,000 ($1,218/sf) 2018

5C · 1,022 sf+73%

$725,503 ($710/sf) 2015 → $1,255,000 ($1,228/sf) 2016

7E · 1,072 sf+57%

$764,197 ($713/sf) 2015 → $1,200,000 ($1,119/sf) 2024

4C · 1,022 sf+55%

$756,050 ($740/sf) 2015 → $1,175,000 ($1,150/sf) 2020

2F · 648 sf+48%

$501,930 ($775/sf) 2015 → $745,000 ($1,150/sf) 2016

7F · 648 sf+44%

$554,946 ($856/sf) 2015 → $800,000 ($1,235/sf) 2019

5G · 724 sf+35%

$646,588 ($893/sf) 2015 → $875,000 ($1,209/sf) 2018

8B · 1,107 sf+34%

$916,425 ($828/sf) 2015 → $1,335,000 ($1,206/sf) 2019 → $1,230,000 ($1,111/sf) 2021

3D · 1,046 sf+26%

$967,337 ($925/sf) 2015 → $1,215,000 ($1,162/sf) 2025

4A · 1,640 sf+17%

$1,827,758 ($1,114/sf) 2014 → $2,132,000 ($1,300/sf) 2017

8J · 1,375 sf+15%

$1,491,736 ($1,085/sf) 2015 → $1,715,000 ($1,247/sf) 2021

3C · 1,022 sf+15%

$1,099,710 ($1,076/sf) 2015 → $1,270,000 ($1,243/sf) 2018

7D · 1,046 sf+12%

$1,074,253 ($1,027/sf) 2015 → $1,200,000 ($1,147/sf) 2022

4F · 648 sf+8%

$677,136 ($1,045/sf) 2015 → $732,500 ($1,130/sf) 2021

9B · 1,050 sf+4%

$1,349,211 ($1,285/sf) 2015 → $1,399,000 ($1,332/sf) 2021

9D · 1,153 sf+3%

$1,425,550 ($1,236/sf) 2015 → $1,475,000 ($1,279/sf) 2021

10F · 1,324 sf+3%

$1,700,000 ($1,284/sf) 2015 → $1,750,000 ($1,322/sf) 2018

7J · 1,448 sf+2%

$1,654,656 ($1,143/sf) 2015 → $1,690,000 ($1,167/sf) 2020

2J · 1,448 sf+1%

$1,389,911 ($960/sf) 2015 → $1,400,000 ($967/sf) 2022

4J · 1,448 sf+1%

$1,619,017 ($1,118/sf) 2015 → $1,630,000 ($1,126/sf) 2020

10E · 1,300 sf+1%

$1,625,000 ($1,252/sf) 2015 → $1,645,000 ($1,265/sf) 2017

5H · 763 sf+0%

$880,000 ($1,178/sf) 2015 → $880,000 ($1,153/sf) 2017

7B · 1,107 sf+0%

$1,390,000 ($1,256/sf) 2015 → $1,390,000 ($1,256/sf) 2017

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.

127 recorded sales

		Apartment
Jun 25, 2026	12D	4 BR · 2 BA	1,912	$2,500,000	$1,308	-5.7%
Jun 17, 2025	3D	2 BR · 2 BA	1,046	$1,215,000	$1,162	-0.8%
Mar 31, 2025	3B	2 BR · 2 BA	1,107	$1,215,000	$1,098	-6.5%
Nov 26, 2024	3J	3 BR · 2 BA	1,448	$1,450,000	$1,001	-6.5%
Oct 15, 2024	7E	2 BR · 2 BA	1,072	$1,200,000	$1,119	+0.0%
Jul 25, 2023	3B	2 BR · 2 BA	1,107	$1,150,000	$1,039	-9.8%
May 16, 2023	5D	2 BR · 2 BA	1,046	$1,075,000	$1,028	+2.4%
Sep 1, 2022	2J	3 BR · 2 BA	1,448	$1,400,000	$967	-12.5%
Jun 10, 2022	3J	3 BR · 2 BA	1,448	$1,562,500	$1,079	-3.8%
May 23, 2022	6A	3 BR · 2 BA	1,640	$1,800,000	$1,098	-1.4%
May 11, 2022	7D	2 BR · 2 BA	1,046	$1,200,000	$1,147	-5.9%
Nov 12, 2021	10C	2 BR · 2 BA	1,120	$1,275,000	$1,138	-12.1%
Aug 16, 2021	8H	3 BR · 2 BA	1,254	$1,760,000	$1,404	-1.9%
Aug 6, 2021	4F	1 BR · 1 BA	648	$732,500	$1,130	-7.9%
Jun 28, 2021	9B	2 BR · 2 BA	1,050	$1,399,000	$1,332	-6.4%
Jun 21, 2021	8B	2 BR · 2 BA	1,107	$1,230,000	$1,111	-7.2%
Jun 2, 2021	8J	3 BR · 2 BA	1,375	$1,715,000	$1,247	-9.5%
Jan 21, 2021	9D	2 BR · 2 BA	1,153	$1,475,000	$1,279	-6.8%
Nov 5, 2020	10A	3 BR · 2 BA	1,491	$1,653,000	$1,109	-12.8%
Oct 21, 2020	4C	2 BR	1,022	$1,175,000	$1,150	—
Jun 29, 2020	7J	3 BR · 2 BA	1,448	$1,690,000	$1,167	-8.6%
Apr 24, 2020	4J	3 BR · 2 BA	1,448	$1,630,000	$1,126	-9.2%
Oct 25, 2019	7F	1 BR · 1 BA	648	$800,000	$1,235	+0.0%
Sep 11, 2019	5D	2 BR · 2 BA	1,046	$1,230,000	$1,176	-5.0%
Jul 8, 2019	8B	2 BR · 2 BA	1,107	$1,335,000	$1,206	-6.3%
Feb 13, 2019	10A	3 BR · 2 BA	1,491	$1,841,000	$1,235	-16.3%
Nov 29, 2018	7H	1 BR	747	$910,000	$1,218	-0.5%
Sep 7, 2018	10F	3 BR · 2 BA	1,324	$1,750,000	$1,322	-6.7%
Aug 8, 2018	3C	2 BR · 2 BA	1,022	$1,270,000	$1,243	-1.9%
Jun 25, 2018	5G	1 BR · 1 BA	724	$875,000	$1,209	+0.0%
Apr 25, 2018	8H	3 BR · 2 BA	1,254	$1,685,000	$1,344	-3.7%
Feb 13, 2018	5A	4 BR	1,640	$2,125,000	$1,296	-3.2%
Dec 1, 2017	5H	1 BR	763	$880,000	$1,153	-0.9%
Aug 15, 2017	4A	3 BR · 2 BA	1,640	$2,132,000	$1,300	—
Feb 17, 2017	7B	2 BR · 2 BA	1,107	$1,390,000	$1,256	-3.1%
Feb 10, 2017	7C	2 BR · 2 BA	1,022	$1,275,000	$1,248	-3.8%
Jan 23, 2017	10E	3 BR	1,300	$1,645,000	$1,265	-9.9%
Nov 22, 2016	5C	2 BR	1,022	$1,255,000	$1,228	-3.5%
May 6, 2016	2F	1 BR	648	$745,000	$1,150	+0.0%
Jan 19, 2016	4B	2 BR · 2 BA	1,107	$1,300,000	$1,174	+0.0%
Dec 1, 2015	2DSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,319	$1,649,000	$1,250	-13.2%
Dec 1, 2015	12ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,534	$2,341,975	$1,527	+1.8%
Oct 22, 2015	7JSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,448	$1,654,656	$1,143	+0.3%
Oct 14, 2015	2ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,640	$2,200,000	$1,341	+0.0%
Sep 22, 2015	9ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,491	$2,100,000	$1,408	-6.7%
Jun 4, 2015	11DSponsor Sale	4 BR	1,847	$2,749,275	$1,489	+0.0%
May 29, 2015	6HSponsor Sale	1 BR	747	$546,546	$732	+0.0%
Apr 24, 2015	4DSponsor Sale		1,046	$1,074,253	$1,027	—
Apr 9, 2015	4CSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,022	$756,050	$740	+1.8%
Apr 6, 2015	3ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,640	$1,664,838	$1,015	+1.8%
Apr 1, 2015	3GSponsor Sale	1 BR	724	$672,452	$929	-14.3%
Mar 27, 2015	4GSponsor Sale	1 BR	724	$683,042	$943	+0.0%
Mar 26, 2015	9BSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,050	$1,349,211	$1,285	+0.0%
Mar 25, 2015	116PSponsor Sale	non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)	—	$1,500,000	—	—
Mar 25, 2015	117RSponsor Sale	non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)	—	$1,000,000	—	—
Mar 24, 2015	5ESponsor Sale	2 BR	1,072	$1,028,432	$959	+0.0%
Mar 24, 2015	4HSponsor Sale	1 BR	747	$565,129	$757	+0.0%
Mar 20, 2015	5HSponsor Sale	1 BR	747	$880,000	$1,178	+2.3%
Mar 20, 2015	6GSponsor Sale	1 BR	724	$610,950	$844	—
Mar 19, 2015	5BSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,107	$1,155,713	$1,044	-6.0%
Mar 19, 2015	2FSponsor Sale	1 BR	648	$501,930	$775	—
Mar 18, 2015	10ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,491	$1,938,300	$1,300	+0.0%
Mar 17, 2015	6ESponsor Sale	2 BR	1,072	$972,428	$907	-13.2%
Mar 17, 2015	2JSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,448	$1,389,911	$960	-3.8%
Mar 16, 2015	5JSponsor Sale		1,448	$1,532,466	$1,058	—
Mar 16, 2015	7FSponsor Sale	1 BR	648	$554,946	$856	-20.2%
Mar 13, 2015	7DSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,046	$1,074,253	$1,027	-7.0%
Mar 12, 2015	5FSponsor Sale	1 BR	648	$626,223	$966	-14.2%
Mar 12, 2015	3DSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,046	$967,337	$925	-2.8%
Mar 11, 2015	8ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,640	$1,690,295	$1,031	-2.6%
Mar 11, 2015	4JSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,448	$1,619,017	$1,118	+1.8%
Mar 6, 2015	5GSponsor Sale	1 BR	724	$646,588	$893	-19.7%
Mar 5, 2015	2GSponsor Sale	1 BR	724	$728,048	$1,006	-6.1%
Mar 3, 2015	5ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,640	$1,773,731	$1,082	+2.8%
Mar 3, 2015	7ESponsor Sale	2 BR	1,072	$764,197	$713	—
Feb 25, 2015	6DSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,046	$1,135,000	$1,085	+9.1%
Feb 25, 2015	3CSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,022	$1,099,710	$1,076	+7.3%
Feb 24, 2015	2ESponsor Sale	2 BR	1,072	$1,170,987	$1,092	—
Feb 20, 2015	10ESponsor Sale	3 BR	1,298	$1,625,000	$1,252	—
Feb 19, 2015	11ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,491	$2,051,773	$1,376	+1.8%
Feb 18, 2015	3HSponsor Sale	1 BR	747	$666,953	$893	-20.6%
Feb 18, 2015	4FSponsor Sale	1 BR	648	$677,136	$1,045	+1.8%
Feb 11, 2015	3ESponsor Sale	2 BR	1,072	$997,885	$931	-14.3%
Feb 6, 2015	8HSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,254	$985,156	$786	—
Feb 5, 2015	8CSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,022	$1,120,075	$1,096	-5.5%
Feb 5, 2015	9CSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,120	$1,491,736	$1,332	-5.9%
Feb 4, 2015	7CSponsor Sale	2 BR · 2 BAnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)	1,022	$701,065	—	—
Feb 4, 2015	6JSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,448	$1,405,185	$970	+1.8%
Jan 30, 2015	12BSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,050	$1,374,637	$1,309	+0.0%
Jan 30, 2015	5CSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,022	$725,503	$710	+1.8%
Jan 30, 2015	7ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,640	$1,682,658	$1,026	+1.8%
Jan 29, 2015	4ESponsor Sale	2 BR	1,072	$1,109,893	$1,035	+1.8%
Jan 28, 2015	10DSponsor Sale		1,153	$1,405,185	$1,219	—
Jan 28, 2015	8ESponsor Sale	2 BR	1,072	$885,877	$826	+1.8%
Jan 28, 2015	12FSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,387	$1,781,937	$1,285	-15.1%
Jan 28, 2015	9FSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,324	$1,476,462	$1,115	+1.8%
Jan 26, 2015	6BSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,107	$885,877	$800	+1.8%
Jan 23, 2015	5DSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,046	$1,135,000	$1,085	+0.0%
Jan 22, 2015	7BSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,107	$1,390,000	$1,256	+19.3%
Jan 21, 2015	8FSponsor Sale	1 BR	648	$565,128	$872	+1.8%
Jan 20, 2015	9DSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,153	$1,425,550	$1,236	+1.8%
Jan 20, 2015	8BSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,107	$916,425	$828	+0.4%
Jan 16, 2015	3FSponsor Sale	1 BR	648	$514,216	$794	+1.8%
Jan 16, 2015	6FSponsor Sale	1 BR	648	$636,406	$982	+1.8%
Jan 14, 2015	2HSponsor Sale	1 BR	747	$785,000	$1,051	+21.7%
Jan 13, 2015	8JSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,375	$1,491,736	$1,085	+1.8%
Jan 12, 2015	6ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,640	$1,868,489	$1,139	+0.0%
Jan 9, 2015	3BSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,107	$1,221,900	$1,104	+10.6%
Jan 9, 2015	10FSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,324	$1,700,000	$1,284	+0.0%
Jan 8, 2015	11FSponsor Sale		1,326	$1,736,000	$1,309	—
Jan 8, 2015	10CSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,120	$1,420,458	$1,268	+1.8%
Jan 8, 2015	7GSponsor Sale	1 BR	724	$840,056	$1,160	+1.8%
Jan 7, 2015	10BSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,050	$1,361,400	$1,297	+1.8%
Jan 6, 2015	11CSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,113	$1,400,000	$1,258	-1.8%
Jan 6, 2015	6CSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,022	$732,759	$717	+0.0%
Dec 31, 2014	9ESponsor Sale	2 BR	1,298	$1,624,108	$1,251	+1.8%
Dec 31, 2014	3JSponsor Sale	3 BR	1,448	$1,491,736	$1,030	—
Dec 31, 2014	8DSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,046	$1,191,352	$1,139	+1.8%
Dec 30, 2014	4BSponsor Sale	2 BR · 2 BAnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)	1,107	$721,685	—	—
Dec 23, 2014	12DSponsor Sale	4 BR	1,912	$2,952,925	$1,544	-1.4%
Dec 22, 2014	11BSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,050	$755,541	$720	—
Dec 22, 2014	2BSponsor Sale	4 BR	1,710	$2,291,063	$1,340	+1.8%
Dec 19, 2014	12CSponsor Sale	2 BR	1,113	$1,513,628	$1,360	+1.8%
Dec 19, 2014	7HSponsor Sale	1 BR	747	$522,362	$699	—
Dec 18, 2014	4ASponsor Sale	3 BR	1,640	$1,827,758	$1,114	+1.8%
Aug 2, 2012	OWNERSponsor Sale		—	$1,260,000	—	—
Aug 2, 2012	116PUSponsor Sale	non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)	—	$1,260,000	—	—

Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01600-7503) 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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