249 Eighth Avenue (300 West 23rd Street)
249 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
BBL 1007467503 · BIN 1013429
- Year built
- 1931
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
249 Eighth Avenue (300 West 23rd Street) sales history: 136 recorded sales
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,182
- Listing discount
- 3.5%
- Recorded sales
- 136
- On record
- 2003–2026
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249 Eighth Avenue — the full-block corner building better known by its 300 West 23rd Street address — is one of central Chelsea's defining pre-war cooperatives, a 1931 Emery Roth Art Deco tower that anchors the northwest corner of Eighth Avenue and West 23rd Street. Roth, the architect behind many of Manhattan's most recognizable pre-war apartment houses, gave the building the confident massing, beamed ceilings, and detailing that make Chelsea's best pre-war stock so durable.
The building's appeal rests on location and pre-war character. It sits on Chelsea's transit-rich commercial spine — the C and E at 23rd Street at the door — a short walk from the High Line, Chelsea Market, and Hudson River Park. Inside, the apartments carry the proportions buyers prize in a Roth building: roughly nine-foot beamed ceilings, oak floors, and windowed kitchens, with the upper floors reaching open outlooks and Empire State Building views.
As a cooperative, 249 Eighth Avenue is a board-governed building — a structure that keeps ownership owner-occupied and financially screened, and that many buyers actively prefer for exactly that reason. The trade-off is a board admissions process and the usual co-op policies on financing and subletting.
Architecture and residences
Emery Roth's 1931 design is a 21-story Art Deco pre-war, rising above ground-floor retail on the Eighth Avenue frontage. The building reads as a substantial corner tower, with the massing and detailing that distinguish Roth's residential work.
The roughly 218 cooperative apartments span studios, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms in classic pre-war layouts, with some combined homes on the upper floors. Ceilings run about nine feet with exposed beams; floors are oak; kitchens are windowed. The most coveted apartments are the higher-floor homes with open exposures, Empire State Building views, and — in select layouts — terraces or balconies.
Building operations and ownership
249 Eighth Avenue runs as a full-service cooperative: a 24-hour doorman staffs the lobby, with a live-in resident manager on site, plus central laundry, a bike room, storage, and a roof deck. There is no garage or gym — the amenity set is the classic pre-war package rather than a new-development amenity floor.
As a cooperative, ownership is board-governed. A purchase requires board approval — an application package and interview — and the building sets its own financing and residency policies. Here those policies are relatively accommodating for a pre-war co-op: pets are permitted, pied-à-terre and co-purchasing are allowed, and financing runs to roughly 80%. Buyers should confirm the current sublet policy, flip-tax, and financing terms in the building's house rules during diligence, as co-op boards set and revise these terms.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $8,786/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $131,460/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $3 – $50
- Modeled exposure split equally across 221 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. 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 record last verified September 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | 11MN | 2 BR · 1,232 sf | $1,675,000 | $1,360/sf | off-mkt |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 2K | 1 BR · 1 BA · 650 sf | $650,000 | $1,000/sf | -6.5% |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 9D | 1 BA | $575,000 | -3.4% | |
| Nov 24, 2025 | 15H | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $1,125,000 | $1,607/sf | +2.3% |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 19JKM | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,030 sf | $2,999,999 | $1,478/sf | -14.2% |
| Aug 27, 2025 | 16E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $940,000 | $1,253/sf | -3.6% |
| Jan 28, 2025 | 8E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $695,000 | -4.8% | |
| Jan 10, 2025 | 12IJ | 1 BR · 2 BA | $775,000 | -2.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,182/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. 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 3.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2026 | 11A | $522,500 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 19G | $837,500 |
| Jan 23, 2023 | 16A | $755,000 |
| Nov 8, 2021 | 15M | $753,000 |
| Nov 1, 2021 | RES | $2,200,000 |
| Apr 15, 2019 | 11F | $561,000 |
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 1-00746-7503). 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.
At the recent median sale of $838K (10 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,691 to close, or 1.4% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,691
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a board-governed pre-war cooperative — a structure many Chelsea buyers actively prefer for its owner-occupied character and financial screening. Budget for a board package and interview, and confirm the building's current financing cap, sublet policy, and any flip tax early, since these terms shape both your purchase and your future exit.
Make floor, exposure, and condition the center of your diligence. The higher-floor homes with open outlooks and Empire State Building views are the building's premium inventory; confirm a given apartment's exposure, ceiling height, layout, and renovation state, and weigh the pre-war amenity set — doorman, roof deck, storage — against your needs. For a buyer who wants a full-service pre-war co-op on Chelsea's transit spine, this is one of the corridor's strongest options.
What to know if you’re selling
The Emery Roth pedigree, the pre-war proportions, and the prime corner location are your marketing core. Chelsea's transit access, the High Line, and Chelsea Market are all part of the story. The building's relatively accommodating co-op policies — pets, pied-à-terre, co-purchasing — widen the buyer pool relative to stricter pre-war boards.
Price to room count, floor, exposure, and condition. Higher-floor homes with open views and any outdoor space should be benchmarked against the building's best comparable sales and the broader Chelsea pre-war co-op set, while renovated kitchens and baths and combined layouts earn clear premiums. A resale clears through the board approval process — plan the timeline accordingly.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 249 Eighth Avenue, also evaluate these nearby Chelsea buildings:
- London Terrace — the landmark full-block pre-war complex on West 23rd–24th Streets
- 252 Seventh Avenue — the Chelsea Mercantile, a full-service loft condominium
- 360 West 22nd Street — a Chelsea pre-war building nearby
More Chelsea buildings
- 245 West 14th Street (Village Green West) — 2013 condominium by Kutnicki Bernstein Architects
- 246 West 16th Street (The Grid) — 1920 condominium
- 246 West 17th Street — condominium
- 249 West 29th Street (249 West 29th Street) — 1927 co-op
- 250 West 15th Street — 1930 co-op
- 250 West 22nd Street — 1920 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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