- Year built
- 2007
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 33
- Floors
- 7
- Amenities
- Elevator, shared roof deck, bicycle storage and parking
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,076
- floor-adjusted, 2 sales
- Listing discount
- 3.3%
- Recorded sales
- 49
- On record
- 2005–2026
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The Livelle is a seven-story condominium on 21st Street with 33 apartments and a separate inventory of parking units. Private balconies and terraces extend outdoor space beyond the shared roof deck, and the apartments include one-, two- and three-bedroom configurations.
The development was filed by Twenty-First Astoria, LLC. Its condominium offering was accepted in January 2010 and became effective in April 2011. The DOB new-building application records the same residential count and seven-story height, connecting the condominium’s legal inventory with the physical building.
The location places the building along Astoria’s 21st Street corridor, west of the elevated subway on 31st Street and east of the waterfront. Its size gives it a relatively modest residential association while accommodating a range of larger homes and private outdoor areas.
Architecture and unit composition
The apartments have large windows and open kitchen arrangements. High ceilings and substantial closet storage recur in the original residential specifications. Split-system cooling and in-unit laundry appear in the inventory, with some later resales carrying renovated interiors.
One-bedroom homes include plans with a balcony reached from the main living area. Two-bedroom apartments can have two bathrooms and a combined living and dining room. Three-bedroom layouts add larger homes without requiring an entire floor, and upper-level residences include penthouse configurations.
Outdoor space takes several forms. Balconies project from residential floors, while selected homes have terraces or rooftop areas. The shared roof deck is a common facility; an apartment’s private outdoor allocation is a separate feature of its individual ownership.
Some homes face 21st Street, while others face the rear or have more than one exposure. The orientation affects the relationship between living rooms, balconies and the street. A rear-facing balcony can have a different outlook from a terrace opening toward the avenue, even when the interior areas are comparable.
Building operations
The building has elevator access, bicycle storage and a shared roof deck. Parking is incorporated into the condominium as 18 separately identified units. With fewer parking units than apartments, ownership of a residence does not automatically include a parking space.
The single commercial unit is also separately identified in the Attorney General’s inventory. Residential, commercial and parking interests are therefore distinct components of the same condominium, with their allocations governed by the declaration and related documents.
A 2025 filing entry identifies a non-sponsor-controlled board. The current DOF residential ownership count places the largest single holder at three apartments, or 9% of the inventory. Sponsor apartments have nevertheless continued to appear among individual sales, so a late sponsor closing does not necessarily signal a newly launched building.
The property’s tax history includes both a residential 421-a program and a commercial incentive, each beginning in 2012 with a fifteen-year term. Their tax treatment follows the relevant unit lots. An apartment purchase and a separately acquired parking space may therefore involve more than one tax bill.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $262 per room a monthMedian of 5 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $1.28 per square foot a monthMedian of 6 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Roof deck, bike storageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $16,861/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $43
- Modeled exposure split equally across 33 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | 4E | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,134 sf | $1,299,000 | $1,146/sf | -3.6% |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 5C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,124 sf | $1,100,000 | $979/sf | -7.9% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 755 sf | $753,505 | $998/sf | -0.2% |
| Sep 20, 2024 | 7A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,282 sf | $916,425 | $715/sf | -32.1% |
| Sep 16, 2024 | 6C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,150 sf | $1,225,000 | $1,065/sf | -2.0% |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 5B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 755 sf | $748,413 | $991/sf | -5.1% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 7E | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,858 sf | $1,409,800 | $759/sf | — |
| Apr 18, 2022 | 4A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 685 sf | $700,000 | $1,022/sf | -1.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,076/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 3.3% 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.
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 4-00549-7502; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Closed rents at The Livelle, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 30 | $2,887 |
| 2 bedroom | 2 | $4,600 |
32 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease August 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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At the recent median sale of $1.1M (3 sales in the past 24 months, since November 12, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $49,466 to close, or 4.5% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $11,000
- Mortgage recording tax: $15,881
- Title insurance: $4,950
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $17,635
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
Keep the parking conveyance explicit. If an apartment is offered with a deeded space, the contract should identify the parking unit as well as the residence. The title search, common-charge allocation and tax charges for that space are material parts of this building’s purchase structure, not just an amenity description.
Comparable buildings
- Shore Towers — A much larger Astoria condominium with waterfront frontage and an extensive amenity program.
- The Crescent House — A nearby elevator cooperative for comparing the ownership structure and a larger association.
- 5 Court Square West — A relatively small contemporary condominium in Long Island City, with a Court Square location.
- L Haus — A purpose-built condominium with larger shared outdoor grounds and a more substantial residential inventory.
- Galerie — A newer condominium with a broader indoor amenity program and a Jackson Avenue setting.
More Astoria buildings
- Plaza 21, 23-11 21st Avenue — 2008 condominium
- Rowan II, 21-11 31st Street — condominium
- The Astorian, 14-43 28th Avenue — 2006
- The Candle Factory, 11-16 Main Avenue · Astoria — 2018 condominium
- The Marx, 34-32 35th Street — 2015 condominium
- The Rowan, 21-21 31st Street — condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Astoria.
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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