236 West 26th Street (The Capitol Building)Recorded sales & closing prices
236 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001
64 recorded transfers, 2003–2025. 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
- 64
- Date range
- 2003–2025
- Median $/sf
- $945
- Listing discount
- 1.6%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $1.40
- Price range
- $360K – $5.2M
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 Capitol Building trades as a Chelsea loft cooperative rather than as a Chelsea apartment building, and the buyer pool reflects that: people who want floor plate, light and ceiling height, who are comfortable with a mixed residential-commercial corporation, and who are not looking for a doorman. Pricing inside the building is driven by how much of the floor a unit takes, its exposure on the plate, ceiling height, and whether the unit was renovated to a residential standard or still carries its manufacturing bones.
Against the loft condominiums on adjacent blocks, the trade-off is the familiar one: cooperative share ownership with a board and a financing ceiling, at a discount to condominium pricing, in a building that has more original fabric than most of the converted stock nearby. Index any market read to the last complete year rather than to the partial current one. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Capitol Building, 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 1.6% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
32 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2025 | 5NW | $1,600,000 | — | ||
| Oct 17, 2025 | 2E | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 4,000 sf | $3,750,000 | $938 | -1.3% |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 12E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $3,180,000 | -20.4% | |
| May 14, 2024 | 4NW | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,293 sf | $1,510,000 | $1,168 | +0.7% |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 2E | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 4,000 sf | $3,700,000 | $925 | -9.8% |
| Oct 3, 2022 | 5SE | 1 BR · 1 BA · 2,100 sf | $1,620,000 | $771 | -4.6% |
| Jun 17, 2022 | 2W | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,200 sf | $4,375,000 | $1,042 | -9.8% |
| Dec 20, 2021 | 9SE | $2,525,000 | — | ||
| Oct 25, 2019 | 2W | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,200 sf | $4,575,000 | $1,089 | -1.6% |
| Aug 14, 2018 | G1 | $2,650,000 | — |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2025 | 5NW | — | $1,600,000 | — | — | |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 2E | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | 4,000 | $3,750,000 | $938 | -1.3% |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 12E | 2 BR · 2 BA | — | $3,180,000 | — | -20.4% |
| May 14, 2024 | 4NW | 1 BR · 2 BA | 1,293 | $1,510,000 | $1,168 | +0.7% |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 2E | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | 4,000 | $3,700,000 | $925 | -9.8% |
| Oct 3, 2022 | 5SE | 1 BR · 1 BA | 2,100 | $1,620,000 | $771 | -4.6% |
| Jun 17, 2022 | 2W | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 4,200 | $4,375,000 | $1,042 | -9.8% |
| Dec 20, 2021 | 9SE | — | $2,525,000 | — | — | |
| Oct 25, 2019 | 2W | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 4,200 | $4,575,000 | $1,089 | -1.6% |
| Aug 14, 2018 | G1 | — | $2,650,000 | — | — | |
| Aug 10, 2018 | 9W | — | $7,075,000 | — | — | |
| Feb 2, 2018 | 10NW | 2 BR · 2 BA | — | $2,200,000 | — | -9.8% |
| Sep 5, 2017 | 9W | — | $500,000 | — | — | |
| Jan 29, 2016 | 4SE | — | $1,500,000 | — | — | |
| Jan 29, 2016 | 4NE | — | $1,475,000 | — | — | |
| Jan 29, 2016 | 4SW | — | $1,475,000 | — | — | |
| Jan 27, 2016 | 4012NE | 4 BA | 5,000 | $4,450,000 | $890 | -9.1% |
| Jun 26, 2015 | 903905 | 3 BR · 4 BA | 4,400 | $5,200,000 | $1,182 | -10.3% |
| Jun 26, 2015 | 9W | — | $5,200,000 | — | — | |
| May 20, 2015 | 3NE | 2 BR | 1,813 | $1,400,000 | $772 | -6.4% |
| Mar 27, 2015 | 8SE | — | $1,632,000 | — | +2.0% | |
| Dec 11, 2014 | 8SW | — | $1,601,000 | — | — | |
| Nov 25, 2014 | 9SE | — | $1,675,000 | — | — | |
| Nov 25, 2014 | 901 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,400 | $1,675,000 | $1,196 | +11.7% |
| Oct 22, 2014 | 11NW | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,800 | $3,100,000 | $1,722 | +24.2% |
| Mar 29, 2013 | 7NW | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | 2,350 | $1,800,000 | $766 | — |
| Mar 29, 2013 | 7W | — | $400,000 | — | — | |
| Aug 9, 2012 | 10SE | 1,150 | $1,350,000 | $1,174 | — | |
| Mar 15, 2012 | 202 | 3 BR | 4,200 | $3,750,000 | $893 | +0.0% |
| Mar 15, 2012 | 2W | 4 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 4,200 | $2,150,000 | — | — |
| Mar 15, 2012 | 2W | 4 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 4,200 | $1,211,933 | — | — |
| Jan 24, 2012 | 901 | 2 BR | 1,400 | $1,335,000 | $954 | — |
| May 11, 2011 | 3SE | 2 BR | 1,425 | $1,200,000 | $842 | +0.0% |
| May 7, 2010 | 5NE | 2 BR | 1,450 | $999,000 | $689 | -16.4% |
| May 6, 2010 | 302 | 1 BR | 1,250 | $979,000 | $783 | +0.0% |
| Apr 28, 2010 | 3SW | — | $989,000 | — | — | |
| Apr 6, 2010 | 2E | 3 BR | 3,850 | $2,630,000 | $683 | -5.9% |
| Jun 2, 2009 | 10SE | 1,150 | $890,000 | $774 | -6.3% | |
| Jan 22, 2009 | 603 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,750 | $1,790,000 | $1,023 | -4.5% |
| May 1, 2008 | 10NW | 2 BR · 2 BA | — | $1,810,000 | — | — |
| May 1, 2008 | 1003 | 2 BR | 1,686 | $1,845,000 | $1,094 | +0.0% |
| Nov 30, 2007 | 401 | — | $1,800,000 | — | — | |
| Aug 16, 2007 | 1003 | 2 BR | 1,686 | $1,800,000 | $1,068 | +6.2% |
| Apr 2, 2007 | 701 | 3 BR | 2,717 | $2,560,000 | $942 | +0.0% |
| Mar 27, 2007 | 7SE | — | $2,750,000 | — | — | |
| Jan 17, 2007 | 1102 | 1 BR | 850 | $995,000 | $1,171 | +0.0% |
| Jan 12, 2007 | 11SW | — | $995,000 | — | — | |
| Dec 1, 2006 | 5NW | — | $1,150,000 | — | — | |
| Jul 28, 2006 | 6NW | 2 BR | 1,750 | $1,740,000 | $994 | -3.3% |
| Feb 2, 2006 | 604 | 2 BR | 1,200 | $900,000 | $750 | -2.7% |
| Feb 2, 2006 | 502S | 1 BR | 1,256 | $1,100,000 | $876 | +0.0% |
| Jan 31, 2006 | 5SW | 2 BR · 1 BA | — | $1,127,000 | — | — |
| Dec 7, 2005 | 11NW | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,800 | $1,712,500 | $951 | -4.6% |
| Nov 13, 2005 | 602 | 3 BR | 1,800 | $975,000 | $542 | +0.0% |
| Feb 16, 2005 | 903 | 3 BR | 4,400 | $3,495,000 | $794 | +0.0% |
| Feb 15, 2005 | 9NE | — | $1,065,750 | — | — | |
| Feb 15, 2005 | 9W | — | $2,609,250 | — | — | |
| Jul 16, 2004 | 803 | — | $926,000 | — | — | |
| May 28, 2004 | 701 | 3 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 2,717 | $880,000 | — | — |
| May 28, 2004 | 7SW | 1 BA | 1,300 | $360,000 | $277 | — |
| May 25, 2004 | 12W | 3 BR | 2,200 | $1,185,000 | $539 | — |
| Jan 15, 2004 | 1003 | 2 BR | 1,686 | $850,000 | $504 | +0.0% |
| Nov 14, 2003 | 1005 | 2 BR | 1,800 | $1,100,000 | $611 | — |
| Jun 26, 2003 | 1002 | 2 BR | 1,300 | $799,000 | $615 | — |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00775-0060) 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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