- Year built
- 1994
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Private entrances; parking available by waiting list
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 2551 Frederick Douglass Boulevard would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
2551 Frederick Douglass Boulevard is part of a 28-residence low-rise condominium with townhouse-style duplexes. Private entrances and interior stairs define the homes, while the condominium association administers the larger property. The apartments at this address include two-bedroom duplexes with one full bathroom and an additional half bathroom.
The property dates to the mid-1990s. Its original 25-year 421-a term has ended, and the largest owner now holds only one of the 28 residential units. The association combines dispersed ownership with a physical form of individual entrances and shared parking.
Architecture and unit composition
The four-story development includes duplex homes of approximately 1,175 square feet. Living space extends across two levels, giving the apartments a different internal arrangement from a single-floor two-bedroom plan. Windowed eat-in kitchens, substantial closet space and east-west exposures appear in this group of homes.
Renovations vary among resales. The similar areas attached to the recent recorded transactions make condition and the exact floor plan more informative than a broad comparison of bedroom counts. The homes are large enough to accommodate separate living and dining functions, with windowed kitchens adding another exterior exposure.
Building operations
Parking is offered by waiting list. Availability should therefore be treated as an association-administered service, with timing and charges confirmed for the specific purchase. It is not automatically included with every apartment merely because the condominium has parking.
The residential tax lots are Class 2. Individual street entrances do not create the assessment-growth cap associated with a separately owned small house. The expired 421-a benefit is also distinct from an individual owner's personal tax exemptions.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2025 | C | 2 BR · 1,178 sf | $995,000 | $845/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 16, 2021 | A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,175 sf | $858,000 | $730/sf | -7.7% |
| Apr 6, 2017 | 2551B | 1,175 sf | $720,000 | $613/sf | off-mkt |
| May 31, 2007 | 2551B | 1,175 sf | $585,000 | $498/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $845/sf across 1 sale.
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 1-01960-7502) 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.
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
A townhouse layout within a condominium. The purchase includes a residence within a 28-owner association. Exterior work and any proposed changes affecting common property need to follow that ownership structure, even when the home has its own entrance and feels physically separate from its neighbors.
Comparable buildings
- West 131 Plaza Condominium: A relatively small Harlem condominium association in older residential buildings.
- The Lenox: A larger condominium with a mid-rise apartment arrangement for buyers weighing the duplex format.
- 2280 Frederick Douglass Boulevard: A newer condominium on the same avenue with a taller building profile.
- Eleven Hancock: A more recent condominium development with a larger residential inventory.
- The Adeline: A newer Harlem condominium peer for comparing construction era and apartment configuration.
More Harlem buildings
- 2110 Frederick Douglass Boulevard — 2008 condominium
- 2131 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (The Livmor) — 2010 condominium
- The Ellison, 2257 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard — 2005 condominium
- 2280 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (2280 FDB) — 2010 condominium
- The Rennie, 2351 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard — 2015 condominium
- One Striver's Row, 2605–2609 Frederick Douglass Boulevard — condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Harlem — read The Roebling Team Guide to Harlem.
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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