- Year built
- 1940
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 31
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditions
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Doorman
- No doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median, 2024–2026
- $795K
- 5 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $725K – $810K
- Listing discount
- 1.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 32
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Eastville Gardens is a six-story, 31-residence walk-up on West 21st Street. Its two defining ownership considerations are the stairs and a permissive subletting policy. A buyer can find a conventional one-bedroom apartment on a Chelsea side street here, but the upper floors require a substantial daily climb. The building considers pied-à-terre purchases and allows subletting from the beginning of ownership, subject to confirmation of current rules.
The address spans 342–346 West 21st Street, close to Ninth Avenue. Apartments at the rear face south over gardens within the block; street-facing rooms have a different outlook and exposure. The building occupies a midblock site in an area where low residential buildings, townhouses and larger apartment houses sit close together.
Chelsea's historic district includes buildings on the West 20th Street side of this block. Eastville Gardens itself is not designated. Its 1940 construction date places it near the end of the prewar apartment-building period, and its stair access distinguishes it from elevator buildings of similar height.
Architecture and unit composition
The six-story structure contains a range of apartment sizes, including one-bedroom homes and a substantially larger garden residence. Conventional apartments have traded throughout the building, from the lower levels to the top floor. Rear-facing homes can look across the block's townhouse gardens; the precise outlook depends on the window position and floor.
Renovated layouts include open kitchens and separate bedrooms, with windowed kitchens or bathrooms in some configurations. In-unit laundry has been installed in individual apartments. Those installations establish that laundry exists within the building's apartment inventory, but a new installation remains a separate alteration question for the cooperative.
The garden residence is a distinct part of the inventory. Its recorded interior area is about 1,460 square feet, considerably larger than the compact one-bedroom apartments that account for much of the building's turnover. It should be evaluated as a larger home with outdoor space, with its own light, access and maintenance arrangements.
Stair access remains material even after an apartment has been renovated. The top residential floor has no elevator service. A renovation can alter a kitchen or bathroom; it does not alter the route between the apartment and the street.
Building operations
A mobile-enabled intercom controls entry. The cooperative owns the building and collects maintenance from shareholders, with the individual purchase consisting of shares and a proprietary lease. The physical operation is that of a midblock walk-up, including the shared stairs, entry and building envelope.
The property's built floor area exceeds the current R7B residential FAR shown in city records. The existing six-story building therefore carries more floor area than the current zoning allowance. That is a fact about its established scale, not evidence of unused development capacity.
Policy framework
The cooperative considers purchases with parents and pied-à-terre use, and permits pets — confirm with the managing agent. The minimum down payment is 20% — confirm with the managing agent.
The broad subletting provision is particularly consequential: unlimited subletting from the start of ownership is permitted — confirm with the managing agent. The specific lease application, approval process and any charges still matter to an owner planning to rent an apartment.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
Purchase
3 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $750 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Closing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $350 | Refundable Not stated |
| Move in/out fee - non-refundable | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $300 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Sublet
3 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $250 | Refundable Not stated |
| Move in/out fee - non-refundable | Paid by Tenant | When Upon approval | Amount $300 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Sublet renewal
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $250 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Refinance
1 item
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $250 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditionsRestrictedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $409 per room a monthMedian of 5 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- No doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
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
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →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 31, 2026 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $805,000 | -3.6% | |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 6B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $810,000 | +0.0% | |
| Nov 18, 2024 | GRDN | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,460 sf | $1,790,000 | $1,226/sf | -10.3% |
| Aug 29, 2024 | 6A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $750,000 | -1.3% | |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 6E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $725,000 | -3.3% | |
| May 9, 2024 | 1A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $795,000 | +0.0% | |
| Dec 13, 2022 | 1C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $490,000 | -2.0% | |
| Jun 22, 2021 | 1D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $630,753 | -9.9% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $1,226/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
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 1-00744-0063). 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.
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At the recent median sale of $810K (3 transfers in the past 24 months, since November 12, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,588 to close, or 1.4% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,588
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
- 340 West 19th Street — A nearby prewar cooperative of similar size and height.
- 233 West 21st Street — A same-street cooperative with a comparable residential count and low-rise scale.
- 210 West 21st Street — An earlier apartment house offering cooperative ownership in a similarly sized building.
- The Henry — A modestly larger Chelsea cooperative from the mid-century period.
- 333 West 22nd Street — A smaller cooperative in older low-rise fabric, useful for buyers prioritizing building scale and side-street placement.
More Chelsea buildings
- The Muffin House, 337 West 20th Street — 1852 co-op
- 340 West 19th Street — 1920 co-op
- 341 West 29th Street — 1846 condominium
- 344 West 23rd Street (The Cheyney) — 1983 condominium
- 345 West 14th Street (345 Meatpacking) — 2013 condominium by DDG
- 347 West 22nd Street — 1841 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Chelsea — read The Roebling Team Guide to Chelsea.
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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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