305 West 52nd Street (879 Eighth Avenue)
305 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019
BBL 1010437501 · BIN 1025257
- Year built
- 1942
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 65
- Floors
- 6
- Pets
- Permitted
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
305 West 52nd Street (879 Eighth Avenue) sales history: 53 recorded sales
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 (floor-adjusted)
- $514
- Listing discount
- 3.1%
- Recorded sales
- 53
- On record
- 2003–2026
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305 West 52nd Street — the same building as 879 Eighth Avenue, sitting on the northwest corner of Eighth Avenue and West 52nd Street — is a well-serviced prewar Art Deco condominium a few blocks from Columbus Circle, Central Park, and the Theater District. Built in 1942 to a design by H. Herbert Lilien and converted to a condominium in 1986, the six-story building offers something increasingly scarce at its price point: genuine prewar bones with a condominium's flexibility, in one of Midtown West's most convenient locations.
For buyers, the draw is a manageable, well-run building — attended lobby, live-in superintendent, elevator, and full building services — steps from a Whole Foods and the Columbus Circle transit hub. As a condominium rather than a co-op, it accommodates pied-à-terre use, investment ownership, and subletting.
Architecture and unit composition
The building rises six stories in beige/tan brick with the restrained geometric detailing of its 1942 Art Deco vintage. Its corner siting gives many apartments strong light and multiple exposures.
The condominium holds 65 residential units. There are no balconies and no roof deck; value here is in the prewar layouts and the location rather than in outdoor space.
Building operations
305 West 52nd Street operates as a well-serviced prewar condominium with an attended lobby and part-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, an elevator, a laundry room, a mail and package room, owner storage lockers, and a bike room. There is no garage and no roof deck. The minimum down payment is 20%. Buyers should review the building's reserve position and any capital plans for a structure of this age during due diligence.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $12,206/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $58,188/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $16 – $75
- Modeled exposure split equally across 65 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 filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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 2020–25. 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.
Management & transfer contacts
- Notable fees
- Condo sale: $750 app processing fee, $500 move-in/out deposit + $500 fee each; condo lease $500 app fee; lease renewal $350
Recent sales
The building trades as a value-oriented prewar Midtown West condominium, in a market where well-priced units move and overreaches sit. Light and multiple exposures from the corner siting are the main differentiators between apartments. The corner location near Columbus Circle and the Theater District, combined with condominium flexibility, underpins steady end-user and investor demand.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | 6G | 542 sf | $300,000 | $554/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 2E | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,150 sf | $999,000 | $869/sf | -23.2% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 2E | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,150 sf | $830,000 | $722/sf | off-mkt |
| May 9, 2023 | 4G | 1 BA · 500 sf | $600,000 | $1,200/sf | +9.3% |
| May 20, 2022 | 2L | 1 BR · 1 BA · 765 sf | $785,000 | $1,026/sf | +0.0% |
| Sep 6, 2019 | 4A | 1 BA · 510 sf | $570,000 | $1,118/sf | -4.2% |
| Jan 31, 2019 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 832 sf | $730,000 | $877/sf | -5.2% |
| Sep 17, 2018 | 5G | 1 BR · 542 sf | $619,000 | $1,142/sf | -1.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $514/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. 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 3.1% 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 1-01043-7501). 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 305 West 52nd Street (879 Eighth Avenue), last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 3 | $3,495 |
| 2 bedroom | 3 | $6,000 |
6 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease May 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
One building, two addresses. 305 West 52nd Street and 879 Eighth Avenue are the same corner structure — don't treat listings under the two addresses as separate buildings.
Condo flexibility applies. Pied-à-terre use, investment ownership, and subletting are all workable under the declaration.
Diligence the prewar systems. A 1942 building warrants a careful look at reserves, mechanicals, and any planned capital work.
Location is the core value. Columbus Circle, Central Park, the Theater District, and a nearby Whole Foods are all within a short walk.
What to know if you’re selling
Price to the closed comps. The gap between asking and closed pricing rewards realistic positioning.
Market the corner and the location. Light, exposures, and Columbus Circle proximity are the differentiators.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. 30–45 days from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 305 West 52nd Street, also evaluate:
- 162 West 56th Street (Carnegie Plaza) — Bing & Bing 1925 prewar condo near Carnegie Hall
- 303 East 57th Street — full-service Midtown condo
- 335 East 51st Street — 1963 Midtown East condo with garage
- 240 East 46th Street — postwar Turtle Bay condo
More Hell's Kitchen buildings
- 301 West 53rd Street (Fifty Third and Eighth) — 1980 condominium by SLCE Architects
- 301 West 57th Street (Central Park Place) — 1988 condominium
- 304 West 55th Street — 1941 co-op
- 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
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Hell's Kitchen — read The Roebling Team Guide to Hell's Kitchen.
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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