235 West 71st Street (The Lucania)Recorded sales & closing prices

235 West 71st Street, New York, NY 10023

25 recorded closings, 2006–2025. Sortable and searchable below.

Recorded closings
25
Date range
2006–2025
Median $/sf
$1,421
2024 · latest with sq ft
Listing discount
6.4%
median, from last ask
Price range
$595K – $30.5M
Price shift · median $/sf · constant-quality
Since 2009
+9.2%
10-Year
+23.3%
Since 2022
+0%
1-Year
+0%

Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, adjusted to a constant-quality (average-floor) unit so it reflects price — not which floors happened to sell. This standardized trend is a separate series from the latest median above, which is the raw recorded sales. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.

As a condominium, 235 West 71st Street prices on a price-per-square-foot basis, with the higher floors and best-exposed residences carrying the building's premiums. Turnover is light in a seventeen-unit building; both resale and owner-rental activity occur, but this is an ownership condominium, not a rental building. Apartment-level context — floor, exposure, layout, ceiling height, and condition — drives pricing far more than any building average, and the prewar character combined with condominium flexibility supports pricing for well-presented residences.

The complete recorded-sale history for 235 West 71st Street (The Lucania), 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 6.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.

Price per square foot over time

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

$722$1,430$2,138'09'12'15'18'21'247 · $1,886/sf · 20096C · $1,547/sf · 20095 · $1,015/sf · 20106A · $1,416/sf · 20103 · $1,357/sf · 20104 · $1,355/sf · 20106C · $1,606/sf · 2010PH · $2,062/sf · 20111C · $1,282/sf · 20121B · $878/sf · 20122C · $798/sf · 20121A · $833/sf · 20122A · $1,810/sf · 20121B · $1,110/sf · 20154 · $1,813/sf · 20167 · $1,886/sf · 20172C · $1,238/sf · 20206A · $1,654/sf · 20205 · $1,824/sf · 20233 · $1,733/sf · 20231B · $1,122/sf · 2023PH · $1,421/sf · 2024
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 constant-quality (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.

Recent closings

The building’s 10 most recent market sales.

DateUnitApartmentPrice$/sfvs. Ask
Oct 14, 20256A4 BR · 4 BA$4,500,000
Nov 12, 2024PH5 BR · 4.5 BA · 5,876 sf$8,350,000$1,421-23.7%
Sep 19, 20231B1 BR · 1 BA · 980 sf$1,100,000$1,122-6.4%
Jun 29, 202336 BR · 5.5 BA · 4,761 sf$8,250,000$1,733-2.9%
Apr 17, 202355 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,771 sf$8,700,000$1,824-3.3%
Oct 13, 20206A4 BR · 4 BA · 2,841 sf$4,700,000$1,654-14.5%
Feb 21, 20202C1 BR · 1 BA · 747 sf$925,000$1,238-22.9%
Mar 1, 201775 BR · 4 BA · 4,771 sf$9,000,000$1,886-3.7%
Oct 5, 201646 BR · 4 BA · 4,800 sf$8,700,000$1,813-2.8%
Dec 21, 20151B1 BR · 980 sf$1,087,500$1,110-9.3%

The retrade record

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

2C · 747 sf+55%
$595,000 ($798/sf) 2012$925,000 ($1,238/sf) 2020
4 · 4,800 sf+35%
$6,458,463 ($1,355/sf) 2010$8,700,000 ($1,813/sf) 2016
1B · 980 sf+28%
$860,000 ($878/sf) 2012$1,087,500 ($1,110/sf) 2015$1,100,000 ($1,122/sf) 2023
3 · 4,761 sf+28%
$6,458,463 ($1,357/sf) 2010$8,250,000 ($1,733/sf) 2023
6A+12%
$4,022,087 ($1,416/sf) 2010$4,700,000 ($1,654/sf) 2020$4,500,000 2025
6C · 1,930 sf+4%
$2,985,509 ($1,547/sf) 2009$3,100,000 ($1,606/sf) 2010
7 · 4,771 sf+0%
$9,000,000 ($1,886/sf) 2009$9,000,000 ($1,886/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.

25 recorded sales
Apartment
Oct 14, 20256A4 BR · 4 BA$4,500,000
Nov 12, 2024PH5 BR · 4.5 BA5,876$8,350,000$1,421-23.7%
Sep 19, 20231B1 BR · 1 BA980$1,100,000$1,122-6.4%
Jun 29, 202336 BR · 5.5 BA4,761$8,250,000$1,733-2.9%
Apr 17, 202355 BR · 4.5 BA4,771$8,700,000$1,824-3.3%
Oct 13, 20206A4 BR · 4 BA2,841$4,700,000$1,654-14.5%
Feb 21, 20202C1 BR · 1 BA747$925,000$1,238-22.9%
Mar 1, 201775 BR · 4 BA4,771$9,000,000$1,886-3.7%
Oct 5, 201646 BR · 4 BA4,800$8,700,000$1,813-2.8%
Dec 21, 20151B1 BR980$1,087,500$1,110-9.3%
Dec 20, 20122A746$1,350,000$1,810
Oct 26, 20121A1,039$865,513$833
Jul 31, 20122C1 BR · 1 BA746$595,000$798
Jul 26, 20121B1 BR980$860,000$878
Feb 3, 20121C3,744$4,800,000$1,282
Oct 6, 2011PH5 BR · 3.5 BA4,778$9,850,000$2,062
Jun 25, 20106C3 BR1,930$3,100,000$1,606
May 17, 201046 BR · 4 BA4,766$6,458,463$1,355
May 13, 201036 BR4,761$6,458,463$1,357+2.5%
Jan 12, 20106A4 BR2,841$4,022,087$1,416-19.4%
Jan 4, 201056 BR4,733$4,806,000$1,015-36.3%
Aug 26, 20098A$4,425,006
Feb 2, 20096C3 BR1,930$2,985,509$1,547-3.7%
Jan 2, 200975 BR4,772$9,000,000$1,886
Jan 31, 2006$30,500,000

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01163-7502) 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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