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28 West 38th StreetRecorded sales & closing prices
28 West 38th Street, New York, NY 10018
34 recorded transfers, 2004–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
Co-ops are normally measured by price per room, since square footage is not officially recorded for them. This building is shown in price per square foot because most of its sales carry documented footage, which makes the sharper measure the honest one here.
- Recorded transfers
- 34
- Date range
- 2004–2026
- Median $/sf
- $852
- 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, on a floor-adjusted basis — standardized to the building’s average floor, so it reflects price rather than which floors happened to sell. This is a different method from The Roebling Index, which publishes plain medians and applies no floor adjustment; the two are not interchangeable. Floor adjustment standardizes for floor only. It does not control for condition, size, exposure, renovation or the mix of what happened to trade. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
Compare 28 West 38th Street sales using total price, room count and reliable measured area, adjusting for apartment configuration, condition and charges; ownership form does not determine the metric. Compare the building’s Garment District-edge location and limited service package with Flatiron and NoMad new-development condominiums and Park- and Fifth-Avenue cooperatives using matched closed sales; those characteristics alone do not establish a price ranking.
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. Review the dates and comparability of in-building sales, supplementing them with the broader Midtown South prewar co-op market where useful; unit count alone does not establish turnover. 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, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library. 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
14 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
The vertical premium
Time-adjusted price per square foot by floor group, against the recent median. These figures reflect the apartments that traded and do not isolate the value of light, views, layout or condition.
Premium by line
Time-adjusted price per square foot by line, against the recent median. Line groups are not floor-controlled and do not isolate the value of light, outlook, layout or condition.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 2W | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,860 sf | $1,450,000 | $780 | -19.4% |
| 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% |
| 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% | |
| Oct 22, 2015 | 12E | 3 BR · 2,150 sf | $2,750,000 | $1,279 | -38.9% |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 2W | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,860 | $1,450,000 | $780 | -19.4% |
| 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 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | 1,800 | $1,450,000 | $806 | — |
| Jul 13, 2022 | 1B | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $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 | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $2,200,000 | — | — |
| Jul 25, 2013 | 6B | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $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 | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $999,999 | — | — |
| Mar 6, 2012 | 5W | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,225,000 | — | — |
| Dec 19, 2011 | 2A | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $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 | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,355,000 | — | — |
| Jan 10, 2007 | 8E | 2 BR | 2,000 | $1,395,000 | $698 | +0.0% |
| Jul 13, 2006 | 6G | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $250,000 | — | — |
| Jan 19, 2006 | 3W | 2 BR | — | $1,580,000 | — | -12.0% |
| May 9, 2005 | 10E | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | 1,800 | $1,335,000 | $742 | — |
| Apr 11, 2005 | 12W | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $2,480,000 | — | — |
| Jun 10, 2004 | 6E | 2 BR | — | $1,350,000 | — | -3.2% |
| Apr 16, 2004 | 3E | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | 2,200 | $1,100,000 | $500 | +0.0% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00839-0063). 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 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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