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250 West 81st Street (Two Fifty West 81st)Recorded sales & closing prices
250 West 81st Street, New York, NY 10024
38 recorded closings, 2019–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 38
- Date range
- 2019–2026
- Median $/sf
- $2,710
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $2.89
- Price range
- $3.3M – $27.5M
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.
The sellout ran from March 2019 into 2020 and moved quickly for a delivery of its size, with the great majority of the 28 residences closing inside about fifteen months of the first deed. The offering plan, accepted for filing in October 2017, was amended at least thirteen times, and the thirteenth amendment in December 2019 repriced two of the remaining lower-floor residences — the ordinary tail-end pricing adjustment of a sellout, and a useful reminder that launch pricing and closed pricing are different data sets.
Resale activity since has been thin but steady, concentrated in the lower and middle floors, with a handful of upper-floor and full-floor homes trading in the 2020s. Compare dollars-per-square-foot prices with dated, matched new-construction condominium sales between Riverside and Central Park West. Comparisons with surrounding prewar cooperative inventory require adjustments for financing rules, use policies and carrying costs.
Two variables move the true monthly number here more than the headline price does. The first is the reported absence of a tax abatement; compare actual unit tax bills with abated alternatives without assuming a permanent total-cost ranking. The second is the amenity load spread across 28 homes. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for Two Fifty West 81st, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 0.0% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
37 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
The vertical premium
Time-adjusted price per square foot by floor group, against the recent median. These figures reflect the apartments that traded and do not isolate the value of light, views, layout or condition.
Premium by line
Time-adjusted price per square foot by line, against the recent median. Line groups are not floor-controlled and do not isolate the value of light, outlook, layout or condition.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | 10B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,500 sf | $6,600,000 | $2,640 | -5.0% |
| Dec 3, 2025 | 7B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,571 sf | $3,695,000 | $2,352 | -6.5% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 15B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,460 sf | $6,400,000 | $2,602 | — |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 8B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,450 sf | $5,800,000 | $2,367 | -3.3% |
| May 13, 2022 | 18A | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,859 sf | $9,315,000 | $3,258 | +0.0% |
| Sep 9, 2021 | 12B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,460 sf | $7,400,000 | $3,008 | -3.8% |
| Jul 23, 2020 | 4B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,571 sf | $3,300,000 | $2,101 | +0.0% |
| Apr 24, 2020 | 4A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,297 sf | $5,740,000 | $2,499 | -3.5% |
| Dec 27, 2019 | 5C | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,985 sf | $4,400,000 | $2,217 | -11.9% |
| Jun 27, 2019 | 15A | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 2,996 sf | $8,600,000 | $2,870 | +0.0% |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | 10B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,500 | $6,600,000 | $2,640 | -5.0% |
| Dec 3, 2025 | 7B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,571 | $3,695,000 | $2,352 | -6.5% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 15B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,460 | $6,400,000 | $2,602 | — |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 8B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,450 | $5,800,000 | $2,367 | -3.3% |
| May 13, 2022 | 18A | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,859 | $9,315,000 | $3,258 | +0.0% |
| Sep 9, 2021 | 12B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,460 | $7,400,000 | $3,008 | -3.8% |
| Jul 23, 2020 | 4BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,571 | $3,300,000 | $2,101 | +0.0% |
| Apr 24, 2020 | 4A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,297 | $5,740,000 | $2,499 | -3.5% |
| Dec 27, 2019 | 5CSponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 1,985 | $4,400,000 | $2,217 | -11.9% |
| Jun 27, 2019 | 15ASponsor Sale | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 2,996 | $8,600,000 | $2,870 | +0.0% |
| Jun 6, 2019 | PHASponsor Sale | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 4,278 | $16,000,000 | $3,740 | +0.0% |
| Jun 6, 2019 | PH20Sponsor Sale | 7,639 | $27,496,000 | $3,599 | — | |
| Jun 6, 2019 | PHBSponsor Sale | 5 BR · 3.5 BA | 3,366 | $11,250,000 | $3,342 | +0.0% |
| May 31, 2019 | 5BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,571 | $3,925,000 | $2,498 | +0.0% |
| May 10, 2019 | 6BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,571 | $3,950,000 | $2,514 | +0.0% |
| May 10, 2019 | 18ASponsor Sale | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,859 | $10,440,662 | $3,652 | +0.0% |
| May 9, 2019 | 16BSponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 1,957 | $6,545,856 | $3,345 | +0.0% |
| May 8, 2019 | 16ASponsor Sale | 9 BR · 8.5 BA | 6,812 | $25,663,150 | $3,767 | +0.0% |
| May 2, 2019 | 11ASponsor Sale | 5 BR · 5.5 BA | 3,277 | $9,116,937 | $2,782 | +0.0% |
| Apr 24, 2019 | 8ASponsor Sale | 5 BR · 5.5 BA | 3,277 | $9,676,975 | $2,953 | +0.0% |
| Apr 18, 2019 | 10ASponsor Sale | 5 BR · 5.5 BA | 3,277 | $8,964,200 | $2,735 | +0.0% |
| Apr 18, 2019 | 12ASponsor Sale | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 2,996 | $8,709,287 | $2,907 | +0.0% |
| Apr 16, 2019 | 9ASponsor Sale | 5 BR · 5.5 BA | 3,277 | $8,811,612 | $2,689 | +0.0% |
| Apr 15, 2019 | 7BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,571 | $3,920,262 | $2,495 | +0.0% |
| Apr 15, 2019 | 12BSponsor Sale | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,460 | $7,589,736 | $3,085 | +0.0% |
| Apr 9, 2019 | 6CSponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 1,985 | $5,250,000 | $2,645 | +0.0% |
| Apr 2, 2019 | 6ASponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,297 | $5,807,775 | $2,528 | -4.0% |
| Mar 28, 2019 | 11BSponsor Sale | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,474 | $7,080,587 | $2,862 | +0.0% |
| Mar 28, 2019 | 7CSponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 1,985 | $5,349,562 | $2,695 | +0.0% |
| Mar 22, 2019 | 9BSponsor Sale | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,474 | $7,080,587 | $2,862 | +0.0% |
| Mar 22, 2019 | 5ASponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,297 | $5,960,512 | $2,595 | +1.9% |
| Mar 20, 2019 | 4ASponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,297 | $5,858,688 | $2,551 | +0.1% |
| Mar 18, 2019 | 14ASponsor Sale | 5,456 | $15,633,887 | $2,865 | — | |
| Mar 18, 2019 | 14ABSponsor Sale | 7 BR · 6.5 BA⚑ Flagged for review — Possible duplicate filing of the same recorded sale — held out so it counts once | 5,456 | $15,633,887 | $2,865 | +0.0% |
| Mar 18, 2019 | 15BSponsor Sale | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,460 | $7,284,587 | $2,961 | +0.0% |
| Mar 15, 2019 | 10BSponsor Sale | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,474 | $6,978,762 | $2,821 | +0.0% |
| Mar 13, 2019 | 8BSponsor Sale | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,474 | $6,978,763 | $2,821 | +1.9% |
| Mar 13, 2019 | 7ASponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,297 | $5,884,493 | $2,562 | +0.0% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01228-7504; 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. 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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