438 West 47th Street
438 West 47th Street, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues · Hell’s Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen
BBL 1010560051 · BIN 1026507
- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Basement storage and bicycle storage
- Financing
- Up to 80% — confirm with the managing agent.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.1M
- Recent range
- $1.1M – $1.1M
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 12
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438 West 47th Street belongs to a cooperative spanning two neighboring prewar buildings. Its five-story brick and brownstone exterior contains ten residences, while the association also includes 436 West 47th Street. The combined ownership structure is larger than the apartment count behind this entrance alone.
The apartments include sizable two-bedroom, two-bath layouts with bedrooms separated across the plan. Some retain decorative fireplaces and exposed brick, and private basement storage supplements the space upstairs. Stair access is part of everyday use throughout the building.
Architecture and unit composition
The building’s masonry shell dates to the early twentieth century. Its apartments have been altered over time, and existing plans include long entrance galleries, separate dining areas, and living rooms with multiple exposures. Two-bedroom residences around 1,000 square feet recur in the building’s trading history.
Selected homes have windows facing north, south and west. Split-bedroom arrangements can place the sleeping rooms at opposite ends of the apartment, with bathrooms off different parts of the circulation route. The elongated layouts make the position of the kitchen and dining space consequential: a central kitchen creates a different route through the home from one tucked beside the living room.
Fireplaces described as decorative are architectural features, without an established right to burn wood. Exposed brick and surviving mantels vary with renovation history; they are not uniform finishes across all ten homes.
Building operations
The cooperative operates across two street addresses and separate tax lots. The Department of Finance identifies the same cooperative owner at both. Shared corporate ownership means that the financial obligations attached to an apartment extend beyond the physical shell at 438.
Basement storage and bicycle storage provide the principal shared facilities. There is no elevator. The reported washer/dryer permission is especially relevant in a walk-up, where carrying laundry between floors adds to the practical effect of the stair access.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2025 | 2A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,149,000 | +0.0% | |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 1B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,094,618 | -0.0% | |
| Jun 22, 2022 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,000 sf | $1,200,000 | $1,200/sf | -2.8% |
| May 4, 2018 | 2A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,050 sf | $1,051,777 | $1,002/sf | +5.7% |
| Jan 31, 2018 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $882,500 | -4.6% | |
| Oct 14, 2016 | 4A | 2 BR | $1,125,000 | -2.2% | |
| Sep 24, 2013 | 4A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $865,000 | -3.8% | |
| May 20, 2013 | 3A | 2 BR | $799,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $1,200/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2009 | 4B | $459,000 |
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 1-01056-0051) 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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Comparable buildings
- The Piano Factory — A larger prewar cooperative for buyers considering converted building layouts in the same part of Hell’s Kitchen.
- The Gaslight — A low-rise prewar cooperative with a larger inventory under one address.
- 415 West 55th Street — A prewar cooperative whose overall scale is closer to this two-building association.
- Loft 55 — A somewhat taller prewar cooperative alternative for buyers seeking larger interior volumes.
- 325 West 52nd Street — Another five-story prewar cooperative, with more apartments across its building.
More Hell's Kitchen buildings
- 422 West 49th Street — 2019 condominium
- 424 West 52nd Street — 2019 condominium
- Stella Tower, 425 West 50th Street — 1927 condominium
- 446 West 47th Street (Townhouse 47) — 1900 condop
- 447 West 45th Street — 1986 condominium
- The Piano Factory (454 West 46th Street) — 1900
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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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