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305 West 52nd Street (879 Eighth Avenue)Recorded sales & closing prices
305 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019
53 recorded closings, 2003–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 53
- Date range
- 2003–2026
- Median $/sf
- $514
- Listing discount
- 3.1%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $2.21
- Price range
- $239K – $999K
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.
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.
The complete recorded-sale history for 305 West 52nd Street (879 Eighth Avenue), 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 3.1% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
50 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | 6G | 542 sf | $300,000 | $554 | — |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 2E | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,150 sf | $999,000 | $869 | -23.2% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 2E | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,150 sf | $830,000 | $722 | — |
| May 9, 2023 | 4G | 1 BA · 500 sf | $600,000 | $1,200 | +9.3% |
| May 20, 2022 | 2L | 1 BR · 1 BA · 765 sf | $785,000 | $1,026 | +0.0% |
| Sep 6, 2019 | 4A | 1 BA · 510 sf | $570,000 | $1,118 | -4.2% |
| Jan 31, 2019 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 832 sf | $730,000 | $877 | -5.2% |
| Sep 17, 2018 | 5G | 1 BR · 542 sf | $619,000 | $1,142 | -1.7% |
| Aug 1, 2018 | 3D | 1 BR · 741 sf | $875,000 | $1,181 | -2.7% |
| Jun 21, 2018 | 2G | 542 sf | $650,000 | $1,199 | -5.1% |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | 6G | 542 | $300,000 | $554 | — | |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 2E | 2 BR · 1 BA | 1,150 | $999,000 | $869 | -23.2% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 2E | 2 BR · 1 BA | 1,150 | $830,000 | $722 | — |
| May 9, 2023 | 4G | 1 BA | 500 | $600,000 | $1,200 | +9.3% |
| May 20, 2022 | 2L | 1 BR · 1 BA | 765 | $785,000 | $1,026 | +0.0% |
| Sep 6, 2019 | 4A | 1 BA | 510 | $570,000 | $1,118 | -4.2% |
| Jan 31, 2019 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA | 832 | $730,000 | $877 | -5.2% |
| Sep 17, 2018 | 5G | 1 BR | 542 | $619,000 | $1,142 | -1.7% |
| Aug 1, 2018 | 3D | 1 BR | 741 | $875,000 | $1,181 | -2.7% |
| Jun 21, 2018 | 2G | 542 | $650,000 | $1,199 | -5.1% | |
| Mar 28, 2018 | 2F | 1 BR | 985 | $805,000 | $817 | -3.6% |
| Jan 30, 2018 | 2D | 1 BR | 741 | $885,000 | $1,194 | -4.3% |
| May 17, 2017 | 2G | 1 BA | — | $515,000 | — | -16.9% |
| Apr 14, 2017 | 2J | 2 BR | 853 | $920,000 | $1,079 | -6.6% |
| Oct 12, 2016 | 3M | 489 | $565,000 | $1,155 | — | |
| Oct 5, 2016 | 6E | 2 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 1,150 | $340,000 | — | — |
| Feb 23, 2016 | 6A | 1 BR | 504 | $595,000 | $1,181 | +0.0% |
| Sep 25, 2015 | 5M | 500 | $610,000 | $1,220 | -2.4% | |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 4A | 510 | $595,000 | $1,167 | +0.0% | |
| Jun 16, 2015 | 2K | 2 BR · 1 BA | 867 | $675,000 | $779 | — |
| Mar 11, 2015 | 2D | 1 BR | 750 | $795,000 | $1,060 | +0.0% |
| Sep 26, 2014 | 2H | 822 | $875,000 | $1,064 | — | |
| Sep 4, 2014 | 5B | 1 BR | 780 | $797,000 | $1,022 | -5.0% |
| Jul 2, 2013 | 4D | 1 BR | 750 | $775,000 | $1,033 | -3.0% |
| Jun 14, 2013 | 2F | 1 BR | 985 | $710,000 | $721 | — |
| Nov 10, 2010 | 4F | 1 BR | 985 | $745,000 | $756 | -3.1% |
| Oct 1, 2010 | 3B | 780 | $238,600 | $306 | — | |
| Jun 29, 2010 | 3K | 867 | $695,000 | $802 | — | |
| Oct 8, 2009 | 5E | 2 BR | 1,150 | $765,000 | $665 | -9.9% |
| Dec 30, 2008 | 2D | 1 BR | — | $669,028 | — | -4.3% |
| Nov 12, 2008 | 4A | 510 | $510,000 | $1,000 | -1.7% | |
| Jul 21, 2008 | 3D | 1 BR | 741 | $775,000 | $1,046 | -1.3% |
| Mar 26, 2008 | 3E | 2 BR · 1 BA | 1,150 | $865,000 | $752 | — |
| Dec 12, 2007 | 4C | 1 BR | 850 | $715,000 | $841 | -5.8% |
| Nov 27, 2007 | 1H | 1 BR · 1 BA | 822 | $749,000 | $911 | — |
| Aug 17, 2007 | 4D | 1 BR | 750 | $727,000 | $969 | -11.9% |
| Sep 25, 2006 | 3D | 1 BR | 741 | $727,000 | $981 | — |
| Jul 14, 2006 | 5D | 1 BR | 741 | $625,000 | $843 | -1.6% |
| Apr 10, 2006 | 4A | 504 | $465,000 | $923 | — | |
| Jan 13, 2006 | 2A | 504 | $475,000 | $942 | — | |
| Dec 12, 2005 | 6A | 1 BR | 504 | $545,000 | $1,081 | +0.0% |
| Sep 23, 2005 | 4G | 1 BR | 480 | $441,000 | $919 | +0.2% |
| Aug 17, 2005 | 3D | 1 BR | 741 | $600,000 | $810 | — |
| May 10, 2005 | 1M | 489 | $435,000 | $890 | — | |
| Mar 29, 2005 | 2H | 822 | $625,000 | $760 | — | |
| Jan 12, 2005 | 5G | 1 BR | 542 | $375,000 | $692 | — |
| Jan 3, 2005 | 5B | 1 BR | 780 | $599,000 | $768 | — |
| Nov 8, 2004 | 4M | 489 | $347,500 | $711 | — | |
| Nov 4, 2004 | 2L | 1 BR · 1 BA | 854 | $587,500 | $688 | — |
| Sep 29, 2004 | 5A | 507 | $365,000 | $720 | — | |
| Jul 29, 2004 | 6K | 908 | $781,000 | $860 | — | |
| Jul 7, 2004 | 3H | 818 | $659,000 | $806 | — | |
| Nov 19, 2003 | 4J | 2 BR | 950 | $575,000 | $605 | — |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
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. 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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