304 West 55th Street
304 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019
BBL 1010450037 · BIN 1025417
- Year built
- 1941
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 62
- Floors
- 6
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $633K
- Recent range
- $425K – $900K
- Listing discount
- 3.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 63
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304 West 55th Street is a boutique prewar cooperative on a quiet Midtown West block between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, a short walk from Columbus Circle, Central Park, and the theater district. The building and its neighbor at 310 West 55th Street share a single tax lot and a single cooperative corporation, and the marketed address is generally 310 — which is why the 304 number shows little independent sales presence.
The signature feature is the white cast-iron colonnaded portico at the entrance, an unusually decorative flourish for a modest 1941 building. The apartments are prewar in character: solid layouts, hardwood floors, and the efficient room proportions typical of the era.
Architecture and building operations
The building is a six-story red-brick prewar structure converted to cooperative ownership in 1986. It carries a full-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, an elevator, central laundry, resident and bicycle storage, and a landscaped garden. There is no roof deck, garage, or private outdoor space on the apartments.
Inventory runs from studios through two-bedroom layouts, with pricing that is accessible relative to the surrounding new-development and trophy inventory in the corridor.
Policy framework
- Type: Cooperative — board interview required
- Pets: Permitted (pet-friendly building)
- Down payment: Minimum 20% historically; verify
- Pied-à-terre: Verify current board policy
- Subletting: Verify current board policy
- Flip tax: Verify
- Financing: Standard cooperative underwriting; verify current limits
- Board interview: Required
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $3,156/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $4
- Modeled exposure split equally across 62 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 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. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | 2D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 900 sf | $655,000 | $728/sf | -4.4% |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 6H | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,000 sf | $740,000 | $740/sf | -7.4% |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 5G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $565,000 | -12.9% | |
| Aug 15, 2025 | 2H | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,000 sf | $720,000 | $720/sf | -3.7% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 1G | 1 BA | $430,000 | -6.5% | |
| Apr 11, 2025 | 3B | 1 BA · 600 sf | $425,000 | $708/sf | +6.8% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 3JK | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,250 sf | $900,000 | $720/sf | +9.1% |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 2G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $725,000 | +3.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $730/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 2.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2003 | 3H | $500,000 |
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 1-01045-0037). 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.
At the recent median sale of $655K (7 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,006 to close, or 1.7% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,006
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
The building is marketed as 310 West 55th Street. Search under both addresses to see the full sales and rental history — they are one building.
The white cast-iron portico is the building's identity. It is an unusually decorative entrance for a 1941 prewar of this scale.
This is an accessible prewar co-op in an expensive corridor. Pricing sits well below the new-development inventory nearby, making it a value entry point near Columbus Circle and Central Park.
Confirm the current policy framework at diligence. Sublet, pied-à-terre, and financing terms should be verified against current house rules.
Comparable buildings
- 303 East 57th Street (The Excelsior) — Birnbaum 1967; postwar Midtown cooperative
- 141 East 55th Street — 1956 mid-century Midtown East condominium
- 204 East 47th Street — 1956 postwar Midtown East condominium
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
More Hell's Kitchen buildings
- 300 West 53rd Street — 1947 condominium
- 301 West 53rd Street (Fifty Third and Eighth) — 1980 condominium by SLCE Architects
- 301 West 57th Street (Central Park Place) — 1988 condominium
- 305 West 52nd Street (879 Eighth Avenue) — 1942 condominium
- 310 West 52nd Street (The Link) — 2005 condominium by Costas Kondylis & Partners
- 315 West 55th Street — 1945 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Hell's Kitchen — read The Roebling Team Guide to Hell's Kitchen.
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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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