350 West 50th Street (Two Worldwide Plaza)
350 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10019
- Year built
- 1989
- Type
- Condominium
- Floors
- 38
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- 24-hour doorman and concierge, private landscaped Residents' Courtyard above the garage, laundry rooms on each floor, bike room, storage; the on-site health club (with swimming pool) and the approximately 473-space garage are commercially operated condominium units open to the public, with resident access for a fee, per the offering plan on file
- Pets
- Pets permitted per listing records — confirm current house rules
Every recorded sale at this building, 2024–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Recorded sales
- 38
- On record
- 2024–2026
Two Worldwide Plaza is the residential half of one of the most consequential development stories in modern Manhattan. The full block it shares — Eighth to Ninth Avenue, 49th to 50th Street — was the site of the second Madison Square Garden from 1925 until the arena moved south in 1968, after which the parcel sat as one of midtown's largest parking lots for two decades. William Zeckendorf Jr.'s Worldwide Plaza, announced in 1985 and completed in 1989, changed the block and arguably the whole western edge of midtown: a 50-story David Childs office tower on Eighth Avenue that drew Ogilvy & Mather and Cravath, Swaine & Moore west of an avenue prestigious tenants had never crossed, and Frank Williams's residential ensemble filling the western two-thirds of the block. The construction was prominent enough to become the subject of Karl Sabbagh's book Skyscraper and its accompanying five-part television series.
The residential program is unusually complete for its era: a 38-story condominium tower rising mid-block with corner windows and a pyramidal crown, low-rise wings along Ninth Avenue and the side streets, twelve true townhouse units with their own street doors, and a private landscaped courtyard for residents elevated above the garage — an urbanism that architectural historians have praised as the development's quietly humane half. Robert A.M. Stern's New York 2000 singled out Williams's "warm pink and buff brick façades, stylish, elegantly thin mullioned corner windows, and well-composed setbacks" as largely ignored at the time but central to the complex's grace.
The ownership history is also a useful lesson in early-1990s market mechanics, and we hold the primary document: the amended and restated offering plan on file records that 281 of the 654 residential units remained unsold after the original ZCWK Associates offering, passed through KW Associates, L.P., and were re-offered by a successor sponsor under the October 1993 restated plan. The building absorbed that overhang and has traded for three decades since as Hell's Kitchen's establishment full-service condominium — the neighborhood's closest thing to an institutional address, two blocks from the Theater District with the 50th Street C/E station effectively at the door.
Architecture and unit composition
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.
Building operations
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.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $254,691/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $32
Recent sales
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Recent closings at this building, sourced from NYC Department of Finance records. Apartment-level detail (line, condition, asking-price context) verified upon consultation request.
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2026 | 5NN | $1,223,000 |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 22E | $1,530,000 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 8D | $732,000 |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 2M | $500,000 |
| Jan 2, 2026 | PH4B | $1,995,000 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | 32I | $760,000 |
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 1-01040-7501) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price.
What to know if you’re buying
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.
What to know if you’re selling
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 30–40 percent per-foot discount.
Be precise about carrying costs. Moderate common charges plus separately billed club and parking can read as either a bargain or a surprise depending on how it's presented. State the full monthly picture plainly — run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator before listing.
Comparable buildings
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 two blocks north; the entry-tier ownership alternative in the same corridor
The Roebling Team at Two Worldwide Plaza
The Roebling Team at Compass works Midtown West — from the Billionaires' Row corridor through Hell's Kitchen's condo and co-op stock — as a core practice area. We publish this building profile because Worldwide Plaza buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — offering-plan documentation, commercial-unit mechanics, and corridor comparables — not generic neighborhood commentary.
If you're considering a transaction at 350 West 50th Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.