246 West 17th Street
246 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
BBL 1007667504 · BIN 1087766
- Type
- Condominium
- 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
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2008–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2025
- $3,235
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 4.4%
- Recorded sales
- 71
- On record
- 2008–2025
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246 West 17th Street is a textbook example of the smart Chelsea conversion: a three-story 1925 industrial building that was kept, reinforced, and crowned with seven new floors to become a boutique 10-story condominium of 31 homes, completed in 2008. The result is a hybrid that delivers what new Chelsea buyers most want — genuine loft proportions, full-service staffing, and on-site parking — in a building small enough that residents know one another and the common charges stay rational.
Most floors hold only four apartments, which keeps the building intimate and gives the homes real width and cross-light. The lower-floor residences inherit the muscular character of the original industrial structure — exposed structural concrete ceilings, wide spans — while the new upper floors deliver clean contemporary volumes with floor-to-ceiling glass. It is, in short, a loft building with a doorman and a garage, on a quiet mid-block stretch between Seventh and Eighth.
Architecture and unit composition
The conversion was designed to read as loft architecture rather than apartment architecture. Ceilings run from roughly 10 to 14 feet, floor-to-ceiling windows bring in light, and several homes retain exposed structural concrete ceilings that announce the building's industrial pedigree. With only 31 units across 10 floors — and typically four per floor — the layouts are generous, and the building is a small condominium rather than a tower.
The standout feature for many buyers is the drive-in garage: residents can pull directly into the basement and take an elevator up to their floor — a genuine luxury in Chelsea, where street parking is effectively nonexistent and most buildings have no garage at all. Combined with the doorman, fitness room, and residents' lounge, the amenity package punches well above the building's modest unit count.
Building operations
246 West 17th runs as a full-service condominium. A 24-hour doorman and concierge staff the lobby; residents have a fitness room and a residents' lounge; and the on-site garage offers direct interior access. The building is pet-friendly, and as a condominium, purchases clear through a right-of-first-refusal in place of a co-op board interview, and pieds-à-terre are permitted. Confirm financing, subletting, and LLC, trust and investment ownership rules in the declaration and bylaws.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
Purchase
7 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $700 | Refundable Not stated |
| Credit Check FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $120 per applicant | Refundable Not stated |
| Move In Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $750 | Refundable Not stated |
| Move Out Fee | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $750 | Refundable Not stated |
| Closing fee | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $750 | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Rental or lease
9 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out Fee | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $750 | Refundable Not stated |
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $700 | Refundable Not stated |
| Background and Credit Check FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $120 per applicant | Refundable Not stated |
| Move In Fee | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $750 | Refundable Not stated |
| Sublet FeeRecurring | Paid by Landlord | When Upon approval | Amount 5% of the monthly rent, billed monthly | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Lease renewal
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sublet FeeRecurring | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount Equal to 5% of annual rent | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $350 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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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.
- Leasing by owners
- Not verified
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $1,187 per room a monthMedian of 4 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $3.33 per square foot a monthMedian of 4 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges alone, per square foot
- $1.66 per square foot a monthMedian of 4 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
- Real estate taxes alone, per square foot
- $2.14 per square foot a monthMedian of 4 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. The split into common charges and taxes comes from the listings that also give the annual tax, a different sample, so the two lines need not add up exactly to the combined median; a tax abatement can hold taxes below the full amount until it expires. A summary of recorded sales and listings, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Concierge
- YesSource: recent listing records
- Attended lobby
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, residents' lounge, garageSource: 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
- $36,920/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $99
- Modeled exposure split equally across 31 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 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).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Sublet policy
- Sublet fee 5% of monthly rent billed monthly
- Policies and fees
- Pets OK upon approval
Recent sales
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2025 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,322 sf | $3,975,000 | $3,007/sf | +20.6% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 3E | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,488 sf | $2,500,000 | $1,680/sf | -13.8% |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 5A | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,018 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,866/sf | -5.0% |
| Feb 1, 2024 | 6B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,529 sf | $2,999,000 | $1,961/sf | -7.7% |
| Apr 18, 2023 | 6D | 2 BR · 1,488 sf | $2,795,000 | $1,878/sf | — |
| Jan 17, 2023 | 6C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,340 sf | $2,850,000 | $2,127/sf | -5.0% |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 5D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,488 sf | $2,865,000 | $1,925/sf | -4.4% |
| Apr 22, 2022 | 8A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,444 sf | $3,925,000 | $2,718/sf | -1.8% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $3,235/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 4.4% 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.
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 1-00766-7504; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a condominium purchase, which clears through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a co-op board interview — one of the building's core appeals. Pieds-à-terre are permitted; confirm financing and entity-purchase rules in the declaration and bylaws. The most important diligence is the apartment itself: confirm the ceiling height and exposure that matter to you, whether a deeded garage space conveys, and the home's outdoor space if any. As with any conversion, buyers should review the condominium's financials, reserve fund, and any active building projects with their attorney before contract.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling story is loft character plus full service plus parking — features to compare with current boutique Chelsea alternatives. Lead with the architecture: the exposed concrete, the ceiling height, the floor-to-ceiling glass, and, where it applies, the drive-in garage and any private outdoor space. Price against other boutique Chelsea loft condominiums with comparable ceiling height and amenities rather than against large glass towers, which carry a different cost and lifestyle profile. Use dated sales and current competing inventory to assess turnover and availability; presentation does not establish demand.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 246 West 17th Street, these nearby Chelsea condominiums and loft buildings are a useful comparison set:
- 151 West 17th Street — Chelsea condominium on the same block
- 212 West 18th Street — boutique Chelsea condominium nearby
- 224 West 18th Street — Chelsea loft-scale building
- 130 West 19th Street — Chelsea condominium to the north
- 121 West 19th Street — pre-war loft condominium in Chelsea
More Chelsea buildings
- 245 Tenth Avenue — 2007 condominium
- 245 West 14th Street (Village Green West) — 2013 condominium by Kutnicki Bernstein Architects
- 246 West 16th Street (The Grid) — 1920 condominium
- 246 West 18th Street — condominium
- 249 Eighth Avenue (300 West 23rd Street) — 1931 co-op by Emery Roth
- 249 West 29th Street — 1927 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Chelsea — read The Roebling Team Guide to Chelsea.
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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