350 West 50th Street (Two Worldwide Plaza)

The tower is pale beige masonry against the red brick of the low-rise wings, organized around setbacks that multiply corner exposures; above the surrounding mid-rise fabric, north-facing lines pick up open midtown and Hudson-direction views and the upper floors clear to Central Park glimpses. The mix runs from studios through two-bedroom lines — this is not a trophy-scaled building but a commuter-practical one — with corner living rooms a recurring plan feature, 24 units holding recorded terrace rights, and duplex penthouses under the pyramid as the building's premium inventory, select units with fireplaces. The East Wing's 455 units include both tower floors and portions of the low-rise; the 12 townhouses (363–373 West 49th and 360–370 West 50th Streets) trade rarely and behave like a separate micro-market.

Full-service condominium: 24-hour doorman and concierge at the 2 Worldwide Plaza lobby — a notably large wood-paneled room — with four elevators, laundry on each floor, bike room, and storage. Two structural features deserve attention. First, the Residents' Courtyard: a private landscaped garden reserved for residential owners, separate from the public mid-block plaza with its Sidney Simon fountain sculpture. Second, the commercial-unit architecture: the retail spaces, the roughly 473-space public garage, and the health club with swimming pool are separately owned condominium units, not common elements — residents use the club and garage on commercial terms, and the operators have changed over the decades. Buyers should price memberships and parking as market expenses, not amenities included in common charges. The amended and restated offering plan is on file in The Roebling Research Library.

Recent sales

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,213/sf (floor-adjusted) across 8 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 2.1% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01040-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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.

Condo mechanics in a co-op-poor corridor. Hell's Kitchen's older stock is walk-up co-ops; full-service post-war condo product at this scale is scarce between Columbus Circle and Hudson Yards. For investors, pied-à-terre buyers, and LLC structures, Two Worldwide Plaza is one of the corridor's few institutional-grade options. Confirm current by-law and lease-policy terms with the managing agent.

Price the amenity stack honestly. The health club and garage are public commercial operations inside the condominium, not included amenities. Budget membership and parking separately, and weigh that against buildings that bundle fitness into common charges.

Location is the asset and the trade-off. Theater District, Restaurant Row, and three subway corridors within blocks — alongside Eighth Avenue's street energy. Spend time on the block at night before offering; buyers either price the energy in or they don't.

Line selection matters more than floor count. Corner exposures and the tower's setback levels carry the premiums; low-floor lines facing the mid-block plaza trade at the building's entry tier. Same-line history is the right anchor.

Review the plan documents. The offering plan's residential/commercial unit structure, the East Wing/West Wing governance, and the terrace-unit framework are unusual; your attorney should walk the declaration and by-laws — we provide the plan from the Research Library during diligence.

Market the complex, not just the unit. The Worldwide Plaza story — the Madison Square Garden block, the Childs/Williams design, the courtyard — is genuine differentiation against anonymous post-war condo comps. Use it with specifics.

Position against the new towers. Your buyer is cross-shopping newer glass product at materially higher per-foot pricing. The pitch is full-service condo mechanics, real layouts with corner light, and a clear per-foot discount.

Be precise about carrying costs. Common charges, taxes, assessments and separately billed club and parking costs all belong in the comparison. State the full monthly picture plainly — run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator before listing.

If you're considering 350 West 50th Street, also evaluate:

• The Sheffield (322 West 57th Street) — large post-war-to-condo conversion; the corridor's closest scale peer
• Central Park Place (301 West 57th Street) — 1988 glass condo tower; the contemporaneous condo alternative nearer the park
• CitySpire (150 West 56th Street) — mixed-use condo tower of the same late-1980s generation
• Parc Vendome (340 West 57th Street) — pre-war condominium; the character alternative at similar pricing
• The Link (310 West 52nd Street) — 2007 glass condo two blocks north; the newer-product comparison
• The Orion (350 West 42nd Street) — large Midtown West condo tower; the value-tier high-rise alternative
• 419 West 55th Street (Loft 55) — boutique condop nearby; the loft-style alternative without full service
• 357 West 55th Street (The Pembroke) — pre-war co-op farther north; the entry-tier ownership alternative in the same corridor