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242 Lafayette StreetRecorded sales & closing prices
242 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012
13 recorded transfers, 2005–2025. 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
- 13
- Date range
- 2005–2025
- Median $/sf
- $1,567
- Listing discount
- -2.5%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $2.31
- Price range
- $1.21M – $2.2M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, on a floor-adjusted basis — standardized to the building’s average floor, so it reflects price rather than which floors happened to sell. This is a different method from The Roebling Index, which publishes plain medians and applies no floor adjustment; the two are not interchangeable. Floor adjustment standardizes for floor only. It does not control for condition, size, exposure, renovation or the mix of what happened to trade. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
Recorded share transfers include distinct units in 2005, 2011, 2012, 2015 — when four apartments transferred — and 2022, 2023 and 2025. Verify consideration, parties and transaction type before treating each as an independent market sale; those selected years do not establish regular turnover or a liquidity advantage over other small loft cooperatives.
Compare actual layouts, measured areas, floor, ceiling height, condition and exposure. Use dated, matched SoHo cooperative and condominium sales, adjusting for board requirements, financing, staffing, total costs and the specific occupancy status; no fixed condominium discount or identical north/south floor plan is established. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Work of Art Lofts, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library.
Price per square foot over time
8 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Recent closings
The building’s 8 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2025 | 4S | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,350 sf | $2,115,000 | $1,567 | -7.8% |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 3S | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,350 sf | $2,200,000 | $1,630 | +5.0% |
| Jun 6, 2022 | 2N | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,340 sf | $2,075,000 | $1,549 | -2.4% |
| Jun 17, 2015 | 2S | 2 BR · 1,350 sf | $1,875,000 | $1,389 | +10.6% |
| Mar 18, 2015 | 4N | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $1,910,000 | $1,469 | +6.4% |
| Jan 5, 2012 | 4S | 2 BR · 1,350 sf | $1,412,500 | $1,046 | +0.0% |
| Feb 16, 2011 | 3N | 1 BR · 1,300 sf | $1,210,000 | $931 | -6.9% |
| Mar 29, 2005 | 3N | 1 BR · 1,300 sf | $1,250,000 | $962 | +8.7% |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2025 | 4S | 2 BR · 1 BA | 1,350 | $2,115,000 | $1,567 | -7.8% |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 3S | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,350 | $2,200,000 | $1,630 | +5.0% |
| Jun 6, 2022 | 2N | 1 BR · 1 BA | 1,340 | $2,075,000 | $1,549 | -2.4% |
| Oct 31, 2017 | 1N | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $8,000,000 | — | — |
| Sep 2, 2015 | 3N | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | 1,300 | $800,000 | $615 | — |
| Jun 29, 2015 | 5N | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $2,480,333 | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2015 | 2S | 2 BR | 1,350 | $1,875,000 | $1,389 | +10.6% |
| May 7, 2015 | 5S | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $2,396,000 | — | — |
| Mar 18, 2015 | 4N | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,300 | $1,910,000 | $1,469 | +6.4% |
| Jan 5, 2012 | 4S | 2 BR | 1,350 | $1,412,500 | $1,046 | +0.0% |
| Feb 16, 2011 | 3N | 1 BR | 1,300 | $1,210,000 | $931 | -6.9% |
| Mar 1, 2006 | 1A | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,100,000 | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2005 | 3N | 1 BR | 1,300 | $1,250,000 | $962 | +8.7% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00496-0030). 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. 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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