432 West 52nd Street
432 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019
BBL 1010617501 · BIN 1026728
- Year built
- 1950
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 55
- Floors
- 7
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Permitted under condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration; confirm current terms at offer stage
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2015–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,418
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 72
- On record
- 2015–2026
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432 West 52nd Street is one of Hell's Kitchen's more distinctive adaptive-reuse condominiums: a red-brick mid-rise built in 1950 as St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital and converted to 55 residences in 2014. The conversion, designed by architect Karl Fischer for a partnership of JVL Property Group, Okada Acquisitions, and Zion Enterprises, kept the building's substantial mid-century bones — an entrance marquee, dark metallic pilasters, double cornices, and a granite base — while delivering a fully modern residential interior behind them.
The result is a boutique building with better structural proportions than a typical new-construction condo of the same size: an impressive lobby with a sculpted walnut concierge desk against a quartzite accent wall, and an amenity set that punches above the unit count — a residents' lounge, a fitness center, and a landscaped roof deck with a pergola and catering kitchen.
The location is central Clinton between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, convenient to the Theater District, Restaurant Row, and the wider West Side, with Hudson Yards a short walk south and west.
Architecture and unit composition
The 55 residences span seven stories inside the converted hospital envelope. The unit mix runs from studios and one-bedrooms through two-bedrooms, with distinctive duplex garden apartments at the base of the building. Because the conversion worked within an existing structure, layouts vary line to line rather than repeating identically up a tower.
Interiors carry a current finish package: stained white-oak flooring, in-unit washers and dryers, and individual climate control. Kitchens have lacquer cabinetry, Caesarstone countertops, and glass-tile backsplashes; bathrooms have radiant heated floors and walk-in showers.
Building operations
432 West 52nd Street operates as a boutique condominium with concierge service, a residents' lounge, a fitness center, a bicycle room, and a roughly 4,200-square-foot landscaped roof deck with a pergola and catering kitchen. Service is scaled to the 55-unit count.
As a 2014 conversion, the residential systems and interiors are current, though buyers of any converted building should pay particular attention to the state of the base building envelope and mechanicals. Review current financial statements, the reserve study, board minutes, and any active or planned capital projects during due diligence.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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 record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Notable fees
- Condo. Buyer app $725; credit/background $150/applicant; move-in/out $500 fee + $750 deposit; lease app $550; lease renewal $300
Recent sales
432 West 52nd Street prices as a boutique Clinton condominium and is read on a price-per-square-foot basis, with the spread driven by floor, exposure, whether a unit is a garden duplex, private outdoor space, and finish condition. The many smaller studios and one-bedrooms make up much of the trading volume; the garden duplexes are their own sub-market.
As a condominium — and a conversion with non-repeating layouts — comparable sales are heterogeneous and best read at the apartment level.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | 2B | 1 BA · 448 sf | $625,000 | $1,395/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 19, 2025 | 4H | 1 BR · 1 BA · 682 sf | $825,000 | $1,210/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 5A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,189 sf | $999,000 | $840/sf | -0.1% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | 4E | 436 sf | $550,000 | $1,261/sf | off-mkt |
| Oct 18, 2024 | 3G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 640 sf | $750,000 | $1,172/sf | -28.6% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 5A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,189 sf | $998,000 | $839/sf | -19.8% |
| Jan 13, 2023 | 1F | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,356 sf | $999,000 | $737/sf | +0.0% |
| Sep 22, 2022 | GDC | 1,226 sf | $1,335,000 | $1,089/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,418/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. 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 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 1-01061-7501). 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.
Closed rents at 432 West 52nd Street, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | 4 | $3,500 |
| 1 bedroom | 8 | $4,375 |
| 2 bedroom | 4 | $6,375 |
16 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease August 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
At the recent median sale of $750K (5 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $29,266 to close, or 3.9% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- Mortgage recording tax: $10,828
- Title insurance: $3,375
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $15,063
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
It's a conversion — inspect accordingly. The 2014 residential interior is current, but the building dates to 1950. Understand the envelope, the mechanicals, the reserve position, and any assessment history.
Garden duplexes are distinct. The base-of-building garden apartments are a different product from the upper-floor studios and one-bedrooms. Price and market them separately.
Condo flexibility is real. 30–45 day closings; pied-à-terre, investment, LLC, trust, and foreign-buyer purchases are permitted under the declaration; subletting is allowed. Confirm current sublet rules with management at offer stage.
Mansion tax may apply. At larger-unit and garden-duplex pricing the mansion tax and its cliff thresholds can be in play. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the lobby, the roof deck, and the finishes. The walnut-and-quartzite lobby, the pergola roof deck, and the white-oak-and-Caesarstone interiors are the differentiators against generic Clinton inventory.
Garden duplexes are their own headline. Market the base-level garden apartments distinctly.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. 30–45 days from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 432 West 52nd Street, also evaluate:
- 464 West 44th Street (Chatham 44) — nearby boutique Clinton condominium
- 517 West 46th Street (Clinton West) — nearby full-service Clinton boutique condominium
- Hell's Kitchen — the broader corridor's new-development and boutique condo market
More Hell's Kitchen buildings
- 424 West 52nd Street — 2019 condominium
- Stella Tower, 425 West 50th Street — 1927 condominium
- 426 West 58th Street — 1910 condominium
- 438 West 47th Street — 1910 co-op
- 445 West 54th Street (Lloyd 54) — 1986 condominium
- 446 West 47th Street (Townhouse 47) — 1900 condop
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Hell's Kitchen — read The Roebling Team Guide to Hell's Kitchen.
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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