241 West 36th Street (Dylan House)
241 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018
BBL 1007860020 · BIN 1014440
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 26
- Floors
- 16
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted with conditions
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not stated
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
- Doorman
- Requires confirmation
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2024
- $1,029
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 5.6%
- Recorded sales
- 24
- On record
- 2004–2024
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Dylan House is the Garment District's loft conversion in its purest and least romanticized form. The building went up in 1925 as a sixteen-story fireproof manufacturing loft — store and offices on the ground floor and mezzanine, factories on every floor above — and in 1979 a sponsor offered it as fifteen residential/work units, one per floor, to buyers who would be responsible for making the conversion legal themselves.
That last clause is the whole story, and it is documented rather than remembered. The offering plan on file is unusually candid about what it was not promising. The building sat in an M1-6 manufacturing district east of Eighth Avenue, where residential occupancy was not permitted as of right. Converting the upper fifteen floors required a variance from the Board of Standards and Appeals to allow the lofts as joint living/working quarters — the artists' occupancy category that legalized most of SoHo and NoHo in the same decade — together with a modification of the Multiple Dwelling Law covering rear-yard access and room dimensions. The sponsor retained an architect to file for the variance. But the plan states plainly that neither the sponsor nor the corporation undertook responsibility for obtaining the variance, obtaining the certificate of occupancy, or performing the work required for either. The obligations of the sponsor were, in the plan's own phrasing, strictly limited. That work fell to the cooperative and its shareholders, floor by floor.
The record of the following decades reads accordingly. Con Edison would not supply gas to the lofts until a certificate of occupancy issued, so early shareholders installed electric ranges and electric water heaters. Some floors were still under commercial leases at closing, and a purchaser took his floor subject to the sitting tenant. DOB filings from 2004 through 2007 carry the Loft Board indicator, consistent with the building having had Interim Multiple Dwelling status under Article 7-C of the Multiple Dwelling Law — the 1982 Loft Law that gave legal standing and a legalization pathway to exactly this class of residentially occupied manufacturing building. PLUTO records the building's first alteration of record in 1998, which is the plausible date of full residential legalization; the loft-board indicator falls away from DOB filings after 2008. A buyer should ask the managing agent for the current certificate of occupancy and for any residual Loft Board docket history before contract, because the paper trail here matters more than in a conventional prewar co-op.
What that history bought the current shareholders is the thing the building actually sells: full-floor lofts. Fifty-five feet of frontage, ninety-nine feet of depth, windows front and rear, a structural bay rhythm you can read from the street in the spandrel relief, and — on floors that were never subdivided — an entire level entered from a keyed elevator. There is a rear roof terrace at the second-floor setback and terraces at the top of the building. Nothing about the plan is prewar-apartment-house; everything about it is prewar-factory, which is the point.
The third thing that matters is brand new. On August 14, 2025, the City Council adopted the Special Midtown South Mixed-Use District, and 241 West 36th Street is inside it. The lot moved from M1-6 in the Special Garment Center District to M1-9A/R12 with a mapped residential FAR of 15.0. For a building that spent forty-six years as a legally awkward residential use in a manufacturing district, that is a structural upgrade: residential occupancy on this lot is now a conforming use rather than a tolerated one, and the building sits at 13.72 built FAR against 15.0 permitted. Whether the roughly 1.3 FAR of unused residential floor area is developable, transferable or simply theoretical is a question for zoning counsel and the board — but it did not exist as a question in 2024, and it does now. Buyers should confirm the mapping for this specific lot on the city's zoning map before relying on it; the Council's adopted version removed the R12 district from portions of the surrounding blocks.
Architecture and unit composition
The 1979 architect's report describes the building precisely: sixteen stories, fireproof steel and concrete, brick and masonry facades, columns encased in masonry, stairs and elevator shafts enclosed, a rectangular plot 55'6" wide by 98'9" deep. The street wall carries a projecting sill course at full building width, lower sills at the second and third floors, and above the third floor deep-set windows — three sash flanking a fixed central glass panel — set in large masonry openings between the columns. The spandrel and column planes step in and out slightly, giving the facade a subtle relief that reads as structure rather than ornament. The east wall abuts the neighbor to the lot line; the west wall is plain brick with inset windows from the seventh floor up.
The apartments follow the plan's original logic. Floors that were never divided are full-floor lofts of roughly 4,300 square feet gross; divided floors run as front (F) and rear (R) halves, and the building's unit designations — 3F, 3R, 6R, 7R, 9F, 10F, 10R, 12F, 12A — record that history directly. The top of the building carries a duplex penthouse configuration over the sixteenth floor. Ceiling heights, window walls and open spans are factory-scale throughout; kitchens, baths, heating and cooling were installed unit by unit by shareholders rather than delivered by a sponsor, so condition varies enormously between apartments and renovation quality is the single largest driver of value inside the building.
Building operations
Dylan House runs as a small, capital-conscious cooperative under professional management. The elevator core is two passenger cabs plus a freight elevator; the lobby has been restored in marble; entry is by video intercom with a package room and virtual doorman service, and there is a bike room and resident storage.
The capital record is legible in the public filings. The cooperative filed exterior renovation work in 2006–2007 with a heavy-duty sidewalk shed, filed again for facade repair in 2013, and filed for a rooftop solar array in 2019, a masonry and terra-cotta repointing campaign in 2023 — again under a heavy-duty shed — and a new chimney liner in 2024. The filings show recurring facade work, not its completion or the facade's current condition; a buyer should read the last two facade filings and the most recent engineer's report as a matter of course.
On the debt side, ACRIS records an underlying mortgage carried with a commercial bank and consolidated at $1.7 million in December 2022, replacing a facility that dated to 2013. Ask the managing agent for the maturity date and rate, and for the current reserve position and any live assessment; audited financials for this building are not in The Roebling Research Library and should be requested from management during diligence.
Policy framework
Purchaser approval: Full cooperative board package and interview. This is a small board on a small building, and it reads packages closely.
Financing: 20 percent minimum down payment per management-sourced records — permissive by prewar co-op standards and consistent with the building's loft cohort rather than with the Park Avenue tier. Confirm the current ceiling with the managing agent before you write an offer.
Subletting: Governed by paragraphs 15 and 21 of the proprietary lease. The 1979 plan expressly permitted a shareholder who subdivided a floor to sublet the second unit while retaining the shares. Current seasoning requirements, term caps and sublet fees are not published.
Pets and pied-à-terre: Both permitted with board approval per management-sourced records.
Trust, LLC and co-purchase structures: Not published. Small loft boards vary widely here; ask before you structure.
Flip tax: Not documented in the offering plan and not published. Get the current structure — flat, per-share or percentage-of-price — in writing before you set an asking price or a net-proceeds expectation.
Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase priceSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Not verified
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Permitted with conditionsCase by case, board discretionSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not statedPermitted with board approval per management-sourced records — small petsSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Requires confirmationSources differ. Confirm with building management.
- Virtual or video entry
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Package room
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Bike storage, storageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $1,620/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $5
- Modeled exposure split equally across 26 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed September 2026.
Recent sales
Dylan House trades as a Garment District loft co-op, which is a distinct and narrow market. Pricing is driven by three things in order: how much of a floor the apartment is, the quality and vintage of the shareholder-installed renovation, and outdoor space. Full-floor lofts and the penthouse configuration sit at the top of the building's range; half-floor front and rear units sit meaningfully below it. Because the interiors were built out privately over four decades rather than delivered by a sponsor, two apartments of identical footprint can price very differently, and per-room or per-square-foot averages across the building are close to meaningless as a negotiating anchor. Same-line and same-configuration comparables are the only reliable read. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
Recent transfers at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2024 | 3F | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,584 sf | $1,300,000 | $821/sf | -13.3% |
| Nov 25, 2024 | 2 | 4 BR · 3 BA · 4,000 sf | $3,075,000 | $769/sf | -16.8% |
| Apr 26, 2023 | PH | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,000,000 | +0.0% | |
| Dec 15, 2022 | 7R | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,550,000 | -3.1% | |
| Jul 21, 2021 | 10R | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,235,000 | -1.2% | |
| Mar 3, 2021 | 2 | 4 BR · 3 BA · 4,000 sf | $3,400,000 | $850/sf | -5.6% |
| Feb 11, 2020 | 6R | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,575,000 | -1.3% | |
| Dec 5, 2017 | 12A | 3 BR · 2,800 sf | $2,650,000 | $946/sf | -6.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,029/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 5.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2013 | 10R | $1,175,000 |
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 1-00786-0020). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
You are buying shares, not real property. A block of shares in Dylan House, Ltd. and a proprietary lease. The board approves you; the board can decline you without stating a reason. Build the package for a small, document-literate board: two years of returns, a clean liquid-asset statement, and a debt-to-income presentation that does not require interpretation. Run the Co-op Board Qualification Calculator before you offer, not after.
Twenty percent down is the floor, not the target. Management-sourced records give a 20 percent minimum down payment, which caps financing at 80 percent, but the board can also weigh post-closing liquidity beyond the down payment. Ask how many months of maintenance and debt service the board expects held after closing. Ask the managing agent what the board has actually approved recently, and present liquidity rather than leaving it to be inferred.
Get the certificate of occupancy and the loft history in writing. This building converted before its legalization was complete. Confirm the current C of O, its permitted occupancy classification, and whether any Loft Board matter remains open. Your attorney should also confirm that the specific apartment's configuration matches the approved plans — floors here were subdivided and recombined repeatedly.
Ask what the 2025 rezoning means for this lot. Residential use is now conforming and the building sits below its mapped residential FAR. That is upside, not a liability, but confirm the mapping for lot 20 specifically and ask whether the board has taken any position on unused development rights.
Underwrite renovation, not condition. Systems inside these lofts were installed by shareholders. Assume you are pricing kitchen, baths, HVAC and electrical unless the seller can document otherwise. Run the Renovation Cost Calculator against your offer.
Confirm the fee stack before contract. Flip tax structure, sublet policy and fees, move-in and move-out deposits, and the underlying mortgage maturity. None of these are published; all of them are obtainable.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the floor plate. Describe the approximately fifty-five-by-ninety-nine-foot building footprint, then document the specific apartment’s interior area, exposures and elevator access. Compare actual new-construction alternatives without claiming that no equivalent exists at any price.
Document the renovation. Permits, plans, sign-offs and appliance vintages. In a building where every interior was privately built, the seller who can prove the work clears at a premium and the seller who cannot gets discounted to the buyer's worst assumption.
Put the capital record in the setup. The 2023 masonry and terra-cotta repointing, the 2019 solar array, the modest underlying mortgage. Buyers' counsel will find all three; leading with them shortens diligence and protects price.
Explain the rezoning proactively. Most buyers will not know that the lot moved into the Special Midtown South Mixed-Use District in 2025 or what it means for a residential building in a former manufacturing district. It is a good fact. Tell it.
Prepare the buyer for the board. Requirements vary by building and lender. Screening buyers against this building's application requirements before accepting an offer is worth more than an extra round of price negotiation.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 241 West 36th Street, also evaluate:
- 356 West 36th Street (The Courant) — 1926 Art Deco loft cooperative on the same street; the closest direct peer in vintage, scale and tenure
- 315 West 36th Street — 1926 Garment District loft converted to a boutique condominium; the condo alternative on the block
- 348 West 36th Street — Garment District loft cooperative one block west
- 361 West 36th Street — loft cooperative in the same corridor
- 130 West 30th Street (The Cass Gilbert) — the corridor's architecturally distinguished loft conversion; the design step-up
- 110 West 25th Street (Chelsea Loft Condominium) — full-floor loft condominium alternative in Chelsea
- 146 West 26th Street (The Mihl Building) — boutique loft condominium with full-floor plates
- 233 West 26th Street — Chelsea loft cooperative with comparable floor plates
- 116 West 29th Street — loft cooperative in the same manufacturing-district lineage
- 250 West 27th Street — Chelsea loft cooperative; the closest west-side co-op comparison
- Haddon Hall (433 West 34th Street) — cooperative alternative at the Hudson Yards edge
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Fashion District.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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