- Year built
- 1917
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Landscaped common roof deck with seating and grilling facilities; private storage
- Financing
- Minimum 20% down — confirm with the managing agent
- Flip tax
- 2%, paid by seller — confirm with the managing agent
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $767K
- Recent range
- $530K – $790K
- Listing discount
- 4.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 52
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261 West 22nd Street is a six-story walk-up cooperative with a shared landscaped roof and a mix of original-scale apartments and larger combinations. Built in 1917, it occupies the Chelsea block between Seventh and Eighth avenues. The absence of an elevator is a defining part of the building's daily use.
The smaller homes preserve features such as wood trim, parquet floors and windowed kitchens. Combined apartments have created larger three- and four-bedroom configurations within the same structure. The co-op therefore spans several apartment-size categories despite its modest overall scale.
The roof deck adds common outdoor space above the residential floors, with seating and cooking facilities. Individual apartment layouts range from compact one-bedrooms with open kitchens to two-bedroom homes with separate eat-in kitchens. Renovation has altered the room arrangements without making the inventory uniform.
Architecture and unit composition
Prewar details include original woodwork, high ceilings and wood floors with decorative patterns. Several apartments retain windowed kitchens and bathrooms. Ceiling heights around nine feet occur in the two-bedroom inventory, with room proportions that differ between front, rear and corner positions.
Standard one-bedroom apartments include plans around 550–600 square feet. The two-bedroom inventory includes homes around 800 square feet, sometimes with an eat-in kitchen. Some renovated kitchens open toward the living area through a breakfast bar, while others remain in a separate windowed room.
Multiple exposures appear in selected two-bedroom layouts. These homes can place the kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms on different sides of the apartment, unlike a single-exposure plan. Closet arrangements also vary, with several two-bedroom homes incorporating storage along the internal circulation route.
Combinations account for the building's largest apartments. A four-bedroom, three-bath home traded in 2026, and another combined configuration sold in 2022. These are materially larger layouts than the ordinary one- and two-bedroom apartments that make up much of the resale activity.
In-unit laundry and split-system air conditioning have been installed in some renovated homes.
Building operations
The common roof deck is landscaped and furnished for sitting and outdoor meals, with grilling facilities and an outdoor kitchen area. It is reached through a walk-up building, so the climb is part of using this amenity as well as accessing higher-floor apartments.
Private storage is available in the building. There is no tax abatement, and the property is Class 2 with no cap on assessment growth. The existing building's floor-area ratio is above the current residential allowance mapped for R8B zoning.
The cooperative has both owner-occupied resale offerings and tenant-occupied investment offerings. An apartment offered with a rent-stabilized tenant has a different possession status from a vacant apartment offered for immediate occupancy. That distinction concerns the individual interest being sold and does not make the entire co-op income-restricted.
Policy framework
Pets, pied-à-terre purchases, co-purchasing and gifts are permitted — confirm with the managing agent. The stated minimum down payment is 20%, and the seller pays a 2% flip tax — confirm with the managing agent.
Subletting is permitted for two years in a five-year period — confirm the current rule and approval requirements with the managing agent. This restriction is relevant to an owner planning to move out while retaining the apartment.
Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 20, 2026 | 11 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $767,300 | -4.0% | |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 10 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $530,000 | +7.1% | |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 9 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $790,000 | -5.4% | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 15 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $730,000 | -18.8% | |
| Aug 28, 2023 | 12 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $650,000 | -2.3% | |
| May 20, 2022 | 18 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $615,000 | -0.6% | |
| Nov 19, 2021 | 35 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf | $900,000 | $1,125/sf | -2.7% |
| Nov 8, 2021 | 33 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $950,000 | -2.6% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $1,125/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2017 | 28 | $635,000 |
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 1-00772-0012) 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
At the recent median sale of $767K (4 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,427 to close, or 1.5% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,427
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- 233 West 21st Street: A nearby prewar cooperative of similar height and residential scale.
- The Oriental: A smaller prewar cooperative for comparing Chelsea apartment plans and ownership costs.
- 210 West 21st Street: Another modestly scaled prewar cooperative within the same part of Chelsea.
- The Arcadia: A smaller cooperative in a taller prewar building on the adjoining cross street.
- The Capitol Building: A taller prewar cooperative with a comparatively small number of residences.
More Chelsea buildings
- Chelsea Gardens (255 West 23rd Street) — co-op
- 257 West 17th Street — 1908 condominium
- 260 West 22nd Street — 1905 co-op
- 261 West 28th Street (Onyx Chelsea) — 2006 condominium by FXCollaborative (Fox & Fowle / FXFOWLE)
- The Seymour (261 West 25th Street) — 2015 condominium
- 263 Ninth Avenue — 1913 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Chelsea — read The Roebling Team Guide to Chelsea.
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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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