300 West 53rd Street
300 West 53rd Street, at Eighth Avenue, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
Hell's Kitchen
BBL 1010437502 · BIN 1025323
- Year built
- 1947
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Part-time doorman, resident superintendent, elevators, common laundry and storage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $907
- Listing discount
- 2.0%
- Recorded sales
- 70
- On record
- 2003–2026
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300 West 53rd Street carries prewar-style apartment planning into a building completed in 1947. Sunken living rooms, separate dining areas and windowed kitchens distinguish its interiors. Its six-story height keeps the building close to the scale of the older Hell's Kitchen streetscape, despite its position at Eighth Avenue.
The property became a condominium in the late 1980s. It has 65 residences, including studios and larger one- and two-bedroom configurations. Some apartments have been combined, adding a small number of homes substantially larger than the recurring original plans.
The address sits near the 50th Street subway stations and the theater district, with Columbus Circle farther north. The entrance is on West 53rd Street, while the corner position gives some homes an avenue exposure. The building's service package centers on an attended entrance, superintendent and shared laundry.
Architecture and unit composition
The apartment interiors retain Art Deco-era planning features even though the city construction date is postwar. A sunken living room creates a change in level from the entry or dining area. Separate kitchens and bathrooms often have their own windows, and multiple closets are part of many original layouts.
The smallest apartments are studios around 500 square feet. One-bedroom homes commonly have considerably more floor area, with many recorded plans between roughly 700 and 900 square feet. Larger configurations exceed 1,000 square feet, and combinations extend the range beyond the original single-apartment plans.
Some layouts support a distinct dining area outside the kitchen. Others use that space differently after renovation, so the original room arrangement remains important to understanding how a home functions. A bedroom count alone does not describe whether the dining space, entry foyer or sunken living area has been retained.
The building has a regular masonry street frontage and elevator access to all residential floors. Its six-story form limits the range of floor heights compared with a tower. Differences between street and interior exposures can therefore matter as much as the numerical floor level.
Building operations
The doorman schedule runs from 9 a.m. to midnight seven days a week — confirm current hours with the managing agent. A resident superintendent handles on-site building needs. Common laundry and storage are available within the property.
The condominium contains a commercial tax lot in addition to the 65 residential lots. The commercial interest is assessed in Class 4, while the residences are Class 2. No building-wide tax abatement is identified by DOF, so the current tax framework does not depend on a new-development exemption period.
The C6-4 zoning within the Special Clinton District allows a stated residential FAR of 10.0, above the building's existing 3.97.
Policy framework
Pets: Permitted for owners; rental restrictions can differ — confirm the rules for the proposed occupancy with the managing agent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | 3CC | 1 BR · 1 BA · 875 sf | $720,000 | $823/sf | -3.4% |
| Jun 2, 2026 | 2E | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,034 sf | $1,025,000 | $991/sf | -2.4% |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 1M | 1 BR · 1 BA · 489 sf | $510,000 | $1,043/sf | -2.9% |
| Sep 29, 2025 | 4J | 2 BR · 1 BA · 935 sf | $860,000 | $920/sf | -3.9% |
| Apr 10, 2025 | 5B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 830 sf | $880,000 | $1,060/sf | -7.9% |
| Oct 10, 2024 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 875 sf | $790,000 | $903/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 26, 2024 | 3D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 710 sf | $777,000 | $1,094/sf | -8.5% |
| Jan 24, 2024 | 2G | 1 BA · 487 sf | $520,000 | $1,068/sf | -2.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $907/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 2.0% 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 1-01043-7502) 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.
At the recent median sale of $860K (6 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $32,157 to close, or 3.7% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- Mortgage recording tax: $12,416
- Title insurance: $3,870
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $15,871
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
- 305 West 52nd Street: A nearby low-rise condominium of similar era and residential scale.
- 432 West 52nd Street: A smaller mid-rise condominium conversion farther west in Hell's Kitchen.
- Nine52: A larger conversion with a more extensive amenity program.
- Fifty Third and Eighth: A nearby condominium tower for comparing height and full-service operations.
- Carnegie Plaza: A prewar condominium with a similar residential count in a substantially taller building.
More Hell's Kitchen buildings
- 17 West 54th Street (Rockefeller Apartments) — 1936 co-op
- 205 West 54th Street (The Albemarle) — 1903 co-op by Emery Roth
- 247 West 46th Street — 2008 condominium by Costas Kondylis & Partners
- 310 West 52nd Street (The Link) — 2005 condominium by Costas Kondylis & Partners
- 315 West 55th Street — 1945 co-op
- 317 West 54th Street — 1980 co-op
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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