- Year built
- 1911
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 22
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet-friendly
- Subletting
- Set by board policy — confirm at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $800K
- Recent range
- $775K – $825K
- Listing discount
- 3.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 25
415 West 55th Street is a boutique pre-war cooperative on a quiet Hell's Kitchen block between Ninth and Tenth Avenues — a six-story elevator building completed in 1911 and converted to cooperative ownership in 1985. Its standout feature is genuinely rare for a building this size: a private on-site garage, an amenity that carries real weight in a part of Manhattan where parking is scarce and expensive.
For the buyer who wants a pre-war home with the cost discipline of a co-op rather than a condo — and the convenience of parking in the building — 415 West 55th Street is a clean proposition. A small, pre-war, elevator cooperative on a residential Clinton block, minutes from Columbus Circle, the Theater District, Hudson Yards, and the A/C/B/D and 1 trains, at price points below the trophy market.
Building operations
The cooperative runs on a characteristically pre-war model: an elevator, basement storage, an intercom, and the standout private on-site garage. There is no full-time doorman — typical and appropriate for a 22-unit pre-war cooperative of this scale, and a meaningful factor in keeping maintenance charges contained. The building is pet-friendly.
As a cooperative, ownership is by shares rather than deed: purchases require board approval and a board interview, financing is capped at a board-set percentage, and pied-à-terre, gifting, guarantor, and co-purchase arrangements are evaluated case by case. The exact financing maximum, any flip tax, and current sublet rules vary by board policy and should be confirmed at offer stage.
Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 415 West 55th Street trades as a boutique pre-war cooperative — pre-war layouts, an elevator, and the parking amenity, all at contained carrying costs. With only 22 residences, resale volume is thin: a small number of closings in an active year. Demand here is driven by the Hell's Kitchen location, the pre-war character, the garage, and the value a co-op structure offers relative to nearby condominiums. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the floor, the exposure, the renovation condition, and any garage right rather than relying on a neighborhood average.
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | 1A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $825,000 | -8.3% | |
| Dec 16, 2022 | 1C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $970,000 | -3.0% | |
| Feb 9, 2022 | 5A | 1 BR · 1,000 sf | $970,000 | $970/sf | off-mkt |
| Dec 6, 2021 | 2A | 1 BA | $992,500 | +0.3% | |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 4D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $759,500 | -20.1% | |
| Sep 26, 2019 | 3A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $925,000 | -2.6% | |
| Jul 9, 2018 | 2A | 1 BA · 1,019 sf | $915,000 | $898/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 30, 2018 | 2D | 1 BR | $765,000 | +2.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $970/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.6% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | 4D | $775,000 |
| Sep 16, 2014 | 6CD | $2,700,000 |
| Jul 27, 2010 | 2C | $1,195,000 |
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 1-01065-0023) 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; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so the path is a board package and interview, a financing cap set by the board, and underwriting of the building's financials and house rules. Note the operational realities up front: this is a boutique, self-managed pre-war building rather than a full-service tower, which suits some buyers and rules out others. The building is pet-friendly. Confirm the current sublet and pied-à-terre policy, any flip tax, and the terms and availability of garage parking at offer stage. Review the co-op's financials, reserve, and any planned capital work, particularly given the building's age.
The reasons to buy are the location, the parking, and the value: a quiet Clinton block minutes from Columbus Circle and Hudson Yards, a rare in-building garage, pre-war scale, and a cooperative cost structure that keeps the entry point and carrying costs below the condominium peers nearby.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the pre-war character, the Hell's Kitchen location, and the garage. A small pre-war elevator co-op with its own parking on a residential Clinton block is a specific, marketable proposition — and it sells to a buyer who wants pre-war value and the convenience of parking. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, floor, light, condition, and any garage right drive the number more than any block average. We position the pre-war and parking narrative, prepare the buyer for the co-op process, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of West Side pre-war cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 415 West 55th Street, also look at these Hell's Kitchen and West Side buildings:
- 419 West 55th Street — pre-war building on the same block
- 357 West 55th Street — West Side building nearby
- 445 West 54th Street — Hell's Kitchen building one block south
- 421 West 54th Street — Clinton building nearby
- 405 West 57th Street — West Side cooperative nearby
- 405 West 53rd Street — Hell's Kitchen building nearby
The Roebling Team at 415 West 55th Street
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea, and the broader West Side cooperative and condominium market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of pre-war cooperatives deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture, the cooperative structure, the staffing and amenity reality, and where pricing sits against the right comparable tier.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 415 West 55th Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
The neighborhood
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