- Year built
- 1985
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 16
- Floors
- 9
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet-friendly under the condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,386
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 7
- On record
- 2004–2026
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252 West 17th Street is a boutique loft-style condominium in central Chelsea, on the block between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Built in 1985, it is a red-brick building of just 16 residences — a small, low-density condominium designed around loft-scaled, often full-floor apartments, on one of Chelsea's most convenient corridors near Seventh Avenue, the subway, and the neighborhood's shopping and dining.
What buyers respond to here is the combination of loft proportions and true condominium flexibility in a genuinely boutique building. With only 16 apartments and a full slate of practical amenities — elevator, virtual doorman, laundry, storage, and a furnished common roof deck — the building offers the space and light of a loft with the ownership flexibility and lower-maintenance profile of a condo. It is a well-located, well-judged building rather than a large tower.
The building is for buyers who want a boutique Chelsea loft condominium — space, light, and condo flexibility on a central block.
Architecture and unit composition
252 West 17th Street is a nine-story red-brick building from 1985, built to house loft-scaled condominium residences. The masonry facade and the mid-1980s vintage give it a solid, understated presence on the block — a building that reads as a Chelsea loft building rather than a glass tower.
Inside, the 16 residences are laid out as loft-style condominium homes, many of them full-floor or near-full-floor, with the open proportions, larger windows, and flexible layouts that define the type. Some residences carry private outdoor space. With so few apartments in the building, the specific floor, exposure, and layout of each residence drive its value, and the loft geometry gives the better units a distinct sense of scale.
Building operations
252 West 17th Street operates as a boutique condominium with a practical amenity package: an elevator, a virtual doorman system, common laundry, common storage, and a furnished common roof deck. That is a sensible, well-judged set of services for a 16-residence building — the security and shared amenities that matter, without the cost of full-time door staff. Common charges reflect the modest staffing and the roof amenity; buyers should model the full monthly carry and review reserves and any capital history during due diligence, as is prudent for a boutique condominium of this vintage.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →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
As a condominium, 252 West 17th Street prices on a price-per-square-foot basis, with floor, exposure, loft proportions, outdoor space, and condition supporting value. Turnover is light for a boutique building of this size; both resale and owner-rental activity occur, but it is an ownership condominium, not a rental building. Apartment-level context — floor, exposure, layout, and condition — drives pricing more than any building average, and the loft-scaled residences and central Chelsea location support pricing for units that present well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | 8A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 974 sf | $1,350,000 | $1,386/sf | +4.0% |
| Feb 3, 2021 | 9A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,200 sf | $2,500,000 | $2,083/sf | +0.0% |
| Sep 10, 2013 | 9A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,163 sf | $1,823,000 | $1,567/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 11, 2012 | 1A | 2 BR · 1,165 sf | $1,495,000 | $1,283/sf | +7.2% |
| Jun 20, 2008 | 3A | 2 BR · 850 sf | $990,000 | $1,165/sf | -0.5% |
| Jun 21, 2005 | 4B | 1 BR · 815 sf | $775,000 | $951/sf | +0.0% |
| Apr 1, 2004 | 1A | 2 BR · 1,165 sf | $1,070,000 | $918/sf | -2.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,386/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00766-7501). 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.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
Loft scale is the draw. The residences are loft-style and often full-floor — space, light, and flexible layouts define the better units.
This is a boutique building. 16 residences with elevator, virtual doorman, laundry, storage, and a roof deck — a well-judged package on a human scale.
The location is central. Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, steps from the subway and Chelsea's shopping and dining — convenience supports value.
Condo flexibility is real. Pied-à-terre, subletting, foreign buyers, and LLC/trust ownership are permitted under the declaration; closings run on condo timelines.
Mansion tax thresholds apply. At this building's pricing, the $1M and $2M cliffs can be in play. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
Variable board financial policy — confirm at offer stage. Financing percentages and any sublet terms specific to your situation should be confirmed in writing before you commit.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the loft scale. The full-floor proportions and light are the story; marketing should foreground the space and the layout flexibility.
Pricing requires apartment-level comps. With 16 residences, floor, exposure, outdoor space, and condition all move the number.
Present the light and the roof deck. Photography that reads the loft proportions and the shared roof amenity supports price in a boutique building.
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More Chelsea buildings
- 251 West 14th Street (The Elisa) — 2024 condominium by H. Thomas O'Hara Architects
- 251 West 19th Street — 1910 condominium
- 252 Seventh Avenue (The Chelsea Mercantile) — 1906 condominium
- 252 West 30th Street — 1927 condominium
- 253 West 16th Street (Chelsea Hall) — 1929 co-op
- 254 West 25th Street — 1925 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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