28 West 38th StreetRecorded sales & closing prices
28 West 38th Street, New York, NY 10018
33 recorded transfers, 2004–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded transfers
- 33
- Date range
- 2004–2026
- Median $/sf
- $918
- Listing discount
- 4.2%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $1.63
- Price range
- $1.32M – $3.8M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, adjusted to a constant-quality (average-floor) unit so it reflects price — not which floors happened to sell. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
Sales at 28 West 38th Street are best read on a co-op basis — that is, on price per room and on apartment-specific configuration rather than on a single price-per-square-foot figure, which is the more reliable lens for condominium product. The building sits in the affordable-to-mid tier of Midtown South prewar co-op pricing: a register substantially below the Flatiron and NoMad new-development condominiums and below the marquee Park- and Fifth-Avenue cooperative tier, reflecting the building's Garment District-edge location and boutique, amenity-light profile.
Within that register, value tracks the usual co-op variables — floor, exposure, light, ceiling height, apartment size and layout, and renovation condition. Larger, higher, better-lit, and recently renovated homes command the building's premium; lower-floor and dated units price below it. Because the building is small, comparable sales inside it are episodic; pricing any individual apartment requires reading both in-building history and the broader Midtown South prewar co-op market. Recent specific transactions should be confirmed against current public records at the time of any inquiry.
The complete recorded-sale history for 28 West 38th Street, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records and verified listing data, then enriched apartment-by-apartment by The Roebling Team research desk. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 4.2% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
13 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Premium by line
What each line’s exposure is worth — its light, outlook, and orientation — measured against the building’s average sale.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | 9E | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,000 sf | $1,970,433 | $985 | -12.4% |
| Aug 14, 2024 | 5E | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,000 sf | $1,450,000 | $725 | -3.0% |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 3E | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,000 sf | $1,570,000 | $785 | -7.6% |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 4E | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,800 sf | $1,485,000 | $825 | -4.2% |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 10W | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,000 sf | $1,800,000 | $900 | -4.3% |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 6E | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,900 sf | $1,758,000 | $925 | -9.8% |
| Mar 10, 2023 | 11E | 3 BR · 1,800 sf | $1,450,000 | $806 | — |
| Jul 13, 2022 | 1B | $1,825,000 | — | ||
| Sep 11, 2019 | 6W | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,950 sf | $1,985,000 | $1,018 | -13.7% |
| May 31, 2019 | 9EAST | 1 BR | $1,825,000 | -20.5% |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | 9E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 2,000 | $1,970,433 | $985 | -12.4% |
| Aug 14, 2024 | 5E | 2 BR · 2 BA | 2,000 | $1,450,000 | $725 | -3.0% |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 3E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 2,000 | $1,570,000 | $785 | -7.6% |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 4E | 2 BR · 1 BA | 1,800 | $1,485,000 | $825 | -4.2% |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 10W | 3 BR · 2 BA | 2,000 | $1,800,000 | $900 | -4.3% |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 6E | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,900 | $1,758,000 | $925 | -9.8% |
| Mar 10, 2023 | 11E | 3 BR | 1,800 | $1,450,000 | $806 | — |
| Jul 13, 2022 | 1B | — | $1,825,000 | — | — | |
| Sep 11, 2019 | 6W | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,950 | $1,985,000 | $1,018 | -13.7% |
| May 31, 2019 | 9EAST | 1 BR | — | $1,825,000 | — | -20.5% |
| May 31, 2019 | 9E | 1 BR · 1 BA⚑ Flagged for review — Possible duplicate filing of the same recorded sale — held out so it counts once | 1,850 | $1,825,000 | $986 | -3.9% |
| Oct 22, 2015 | 12E | 3 BR | 2,150 | $2,750,000 | $1,279 | -38.9% |
| Aug 11, 2015 | 5B | 1 BR | — | $2,100,000 | — | +0.0% |
| Jul 21, 2015 | 10E | 2 BR | 1,800 | $2,100,000 | $1,167 | +5.3% |
| Nov 15, 2013 | 9W | — | $2,200,000 | — | — | |
| Jul 25, 2013 | 6B | — | $1,800,000 | — | — | |
| Apr 29, 2013 | 8E | 2 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 2,000 | $1,427,500 | — | — |
| Jun 21, 2012 | PH12W | 2 BR | 3,100 | $3,800,000 | $1,226 | +1.3% |
| Jun 19, 2012 | 6E | 2 BR | — | $1,375,000 | — | -8.3% |
| Mar 28, 2012 | 1B | — | $999,999 | — | — | |
| Mar 6, 2012 | 5W | 1 BR | — | $1,225,000 | — | — |
| Dec 19, 2011 | 2A | — | $1,175,000 | — | — | |
| Jan 7, 2010 | 7E | 2 BR | 1,800 | $1,325,000 | $736 | -4.3% |
| Aug 30, 2007 | 3W | 2 BR | — | $1,775,000 | — | -1.1% |
| May 12, 2007 | 2E | 2 BR | 1,800 | $1,365,000 | $758 | +0.0% |
| May 11, 2007 | 2A | — | $1,355,000 | — | — | |
| Jan 10, 2007 | 8E | 2 BR | 2,000 | $1,395,000 | $698 | +0.0% |
| Jul 13, 2006 | 6G | — | $250,000 | — | — | |
| Jan 19, 2006 | 3W | 2 BR | — | $1,580,000 | — | -12.0% |
| May 9, 2005 | 10E | 2 BR | 1,800 | $1,335,000 | $742 | — |
| Apr 11, 2005 | 12W | — | $2,480,000 | — | — | |
| Jun 10, 2004 | 6E | 2 BR | — | $1,350,000 | — | -3.2% |
| Apr 16, 2004 | 3E | 2 BR | 2,200 | $1,100,000 | $500 | +0.0% |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00839-0063) 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. 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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