409 Edgecombe Avenue (Colonial Parkway Apartments)
409 Edgecombe Avenue, New York, NY 10032
BBL 1020540062 · BIN 1061186
- Year built
- 1916
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 123
- Floors
- 13
- Landmark status
- Individual landmark; in the Hamilton Heights / Sugar Hill Northeast Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Dogs
- Permitted with conditions
- Cats
- Not stated
409 Edgecombe Avenue (Colonial Parkway Apartments) sales history: 88 recorded sales
- Tax status
- HDFC co-op; building benefits from HPD/DAMP programs (Section 8, SCRIE rental assistance referenced)
- Managing agent
- T.U.C. Management (119 West 57th Street, New York, NY)
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 2026). Reported and subject to confirmation. Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2022
- $406
- floor-adjusted, 2 sales
- Listing discount
- 3.4%
- Recorded sales
- 88
- On record
- 2004–2026
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409 Edgecombe Avenue is the building Langston Hughes called "quite a party center" in The Big Sea — and per LPC, "Harlem's tallest and most exclusive apartment house" of its era.
409 Edgecombe was home to influential figures in civil rights, law, journalism and the arts — Thurgood Marshall (Supreme Court Justice), W.E.B. DuBois, Roy Wilkins (NAACP head), Walter White (NAACP), Aaron Douglas (Harlem Renaissance painter), Elizabeth Catlett (sculptor), Julius Bledsoe (singer), Eunice Carter (prosecutor), and Marvel Cooke (journalist) all called it home. The city has formally recognized that significance with NYC Landmark designation (LP-1861, 1993), the building also contributing to the Sugar Hill / Hamilton Heights Historic District. Its Coogan's Bluff location completes the picture — perched opposite Jackie Robinson Park, near Macomb's Dam Bridge.
Architecture and building operations
Stone-faced base, brick upper stories, terra-cotta details, marble lobby. Originally known as Colonial Parkway Apartments. Sits at Coogan's Bluff opposite Jackie Robinson Park, near Macomb's Dam Bridge. LPC: "Harlem's tallest and most exclusive apartment house" of the era. Schwartz & Gross paired this building with 555 Edgecombe to define Sugar Hill's residential skyline.
Operations: Cooperative, 123 units; the owner of record is 409 Edgecombe Avenue HDFC, a Housing Development Fund Corporation, so buyers should confirm the current eligibility, occupancy, resale and transfer requirements in the corporation's governing documents and any applicable regulatory agreement. Part-time overnight lobby attendant; resident superintendent; common laundry; pet-friendly (30-lb dog limit). New intercom and gym in progress (per 2025 listings).
Policy framework
- Type: HDFC cooperative (409 Edgecombe Avenue HDFC) — confirm eligibility, occupancy, resale and transfer requirements in the corporation's governing documents and any regulatory agreement
- Pets: Permitted (30-lb dog limit)
- NYC Landmark (LP-1861)
- Contributing to Hamilton Heights / Sugar Hill HD
Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Dogs
- Permitted with conditionsLimits statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Cats
- Not statedThe source permits pets without naming cats. Limits statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Attended lobby
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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.
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 data last refreshed September 2026.
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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | 7G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $338,000 | -3.4% |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 1D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $150,000 | -25.0% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | 8D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $305,000 | +1.7% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 10G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $338,000 | -7.4% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | 9D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $400,000 | -3.6% |
| Nov 15, 2023 | 4I | 2 BR · 1 BA | $370,000 | -12.9% |
| Feb 7, 2023 | 2G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $315,000 | -3.1% |
| Dec 22, 2022 | 6A | 3 BR · 2 BA | $700,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $406/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.4% 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 1-02054-0062). 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.
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At the recent median sale of $338K (5 transfers in the past 24 months, since October 19, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $10,050 to close, or 3.0% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $10,050
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Notable residents
- Thurgood Marshall — Supreme Court Justice
- W.E.B. DuBois — civil rights leader
- Roy Wilkins — NAACP head
- Walter White — NAACP
- Aaron Douglas — Harlem Renaissance painter
- Elizabeth Catlett — sculptor
- Julius Bledsoe — singer
- Eunice Carter — prosecutor
- Marvel Cooke — journalist
Langston Hughes wrote in The Big Sea: "quite a party center."
Comparable buildings
- 555 Edgecombe Avenue (Roger Morris Apartments) — Schwartz & Gross 1916; immediate Sugar Hill peer
- Graham Court — Clinton & Russell 1901; nearby Harlem landmark peer
- Hudson View Gardens — Pelham Sr. 1925; nearby Hudson Heights coop peer
- Castle Village — Pelham Jr. 1939; nearby Hudson Heights coop peer
- Park Terrace Gardens — Goldhammer 1940; nearby Inwood peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
More Harlem buildings
- 371 West 123rd Street (99 Morningside) — 2020 condominium
- Morningside Parc, 371 West 117th Street and 370 West 118th Street — 1910 condominium
- 380 Lenox Avenue (The Lenox) — 2006 condominium
- Park Manhattan, 411–421 Manhattan Avenue — 1910 condominium
- 416 East 117th Street — 2007 condominium
- 555 Edgecombe Avenue (Roger Morris Apartments / Paul Robeson Residence) — 1914 by Schwartz & Gross
The neighborhood
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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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