- Year built
- 1927
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 24
- Floors
- 15
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet-friendly; confirm specifics at offer stage
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium bylaws
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,038
- Listing discount
- 9.0%
- Recorded sales
- 28
- On record
- 2005–2025
252 West 30th Street is an Art Deco loft condominium on the vibrant seam where North Chelsea meets Midtown South and NoMad. Built in 1927 as an industrial loft building and converted to condominium ownership in 1986, it is one of the neighborhood's earlier and more established adaptive-reuse conversions — a genuine pre-war loft building rather than a new-construction approximation. The location is a true crossroads: within reach of Penn Station, the Hudson Yards district, the flower-and-fashion blocks of the West 30s, and the restaurant density of Chelsea proper.
For the buyer who wants a real live/work loft — column-free floor plates, tall ceilings, and the flexibility to combine home and studio — the proposition is specific and increasingly scarce. This is a 15-story building of just 24 lofts, financially solid and well managed, where ownership is by deed and the loft architecture is the genuine article.
Building operations
The condominium is described as financially solid and well managed, with a full-time superintendent and both passenger and freight elevators — the freight elevator a meaningful practicality for a live/work building. There is no doorman, appropriate to the building's loft character and a factor in keeping common charges contained. The building is pet-friendly.
As a condominium, ownership is by deed rather than shares. Purchases avoid the share-loan structure and interview process of a cooperative; financing is a matter between buyer and lender; and pied-à-terre, investment, and subletting uses are permitted under the bylaws. Because this is a live/work building with some commercial tenancy, buyers should confirm the specific use permissions, any transfer fee, and sublet terms against the current bylaws at offer stage.
Recent sales
Condominium pricing is read on a per-square-foot basis, and 252 West 30th trades as a boutique Art Deco loft condo — column-free layouts, tall ceilings, and the flexibility premium that both deeded ownership and a live/work format command. With only 24 lofts, resale volume is thin: a handful of closings in an active year. Pricing is driven by floor, exposure, ceiling height, loft footprint, and renovation condition rather than by any neighborhood average. The genuine loft character and live/work flexibility are part of the value story. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the specific loft's square footage, light, ceiling height, and finish level rather than leaning on a neighborhood headline number.
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2025 | 12 | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,000 sf | $1,825,000 | $913/sf | -16.9% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,800 sf | $1,725,000 | $958/sf | -3.4% |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 6B | 3 BR · 1 BA · 1,711 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,110/sf | -20.0% |
| Feb 8, 2022 | 11A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,000 sf | $1,325,000 | $1,325/sf | -21.8% |
| Jul 29, 2021 | 4B | 4 BR · 2 BA · 1,800 sf | $1,675,000 | $931/sf | -11.6% |
| Apr 5, 2021 | 8A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,600 sf | $1,660,000 | $1,038/sf | -16.8% |
| Nov 20, 2019 | PH15 | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,100 sf | $2,065,641 | $984/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 5, 2019 | 3B | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,750 sf | $2,200,000 | $1,257/sf | -8.1% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,038/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 9.0% 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 28, 2012 | 5B | $1,750,000 |
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 1-00779-7501) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a condominium, so the path is straightforward: no board interview, financing set by your lender, and a review of the building's financials, reserve, and bylaws during due diligence. Because the building is a live/work loft condominium with commercial tenancy, read the bylaws carefully on permitted use, any transfer fee, and sublet terms, and confirm them at offer stage. Given the building's 1927 vintage and 1986 conversion, review the condominium's reserve and any planned capital work on the façade, roof, elevators, and building systems.
The reasons to buy are the loft and the flexibility: a genuine column-free Art Deco loft with tall ceilings, live/work latitude, deeded ownership, and a well-managed boutique building at a true Chelsea/NoMad crossroads.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the authentic Art Deco loft and the live/work flexibility. Column-free floor plates, tall ceilings, and a convertible layout — inside a deeded, well-managed condominium — is a specific, marketable proposition that sells to buyers who want a real loft with working latitude. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: square footage, floor, ceiling height, light, and condition drive the number. We position the loft-and-live/work narrative, benchmark against the right tier of boutique Chelsea and Midtown-South loft condominiums, and market to the buyer who values this exact combination.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 252 West 30th Street, also look at these Chelsea and Midtown-South boutique and loft buildings:
- 130 West 30th Street — pre-war Chelsea building on the same street
- 249 West 29th Street — boutique Chelsea condominium nearby
- 250 West 27th Street — Chelsea loft-style condominium
- 215 West 28th Street — Chelsea condominium nearby
- 144 West 27th Street — boutique Chelsea condominium
The Roebling Team at 252 West 30th Street
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Chelsea and the broader downtown and Midtown-South condominium and cooperative market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of loft condominiums deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture, the condominium structure, the live/work reality, and where pricing sits against the right comparable tier.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 252 West 30th Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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