- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 83
- Floors
- 9
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet-friendly
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration; confirm current terms at offer stage
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,590
- Listing discount
- 2.1%
- Recorded sales
- 75
- On record
- 2003–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at Chatham in Chelsea would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
Chatham in Chelsea is a boutique red-brick condominium on a quiet, tree-lined block of West 19th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues — squarely inside the High Line corridor, but a generation older and quieter than the glass towers around it. The nine-story building was converted to condominium ownership in 1989, and it has operated since as a well-maintained, value-oriented condo in one of Chelsea's most desirable pockets.
The appeal is straightforward: condominium flexibility and a West Chelsea location — steps from the High Line, the galleries, and the Hudson River waterfront — at a price meaningfully below the neighborhood's luxury new development. The building is owner-friendly, pet-friendly, and carries a recently renovated lobby and common areas.
For buyers, that combination of location, flexibility, and relative value is the story. It prices as a boutique condo rather than a trophy address.
Architecture and unit composition
The 83 residences distribute across nine stories in a red-brick post-war envelope with a canopied entrance and no ground-floor retail on this stretch. The building sits on a residential block that keeps its character distinct from the busier High Line frontage a few doors west.
The unit mix runs from alcove studios — some with Murphy-bed layouts convertible to junior one-bedrooms — through one- and two-bedrooms, with some duplexes offering private patios and penthouses with terraces. Interiors feature hardwood floors, pass-through kitchens with stainless appliances, and many private balconies and terraces across north and south exposures. The lobby and hallways have been recently renovated. Renovation quality within individual apartments varies and drives much of the pricing spread.
Building operations
Chatham in Chelsea operates as a boutique condominium with an elevator, a live-in resident superintendent, a landscaped common roof deck with a grill and southern city views, a central laundry room, covered bike storage in the rear yard, and video intercom security. It is a video-intercom-and-super building rather than a doorman building, and there is no on-site parking garage — both typical for a converted boutique condo of this vintage and price.
The building has recently carried a modest special assessment; buyers should confirm the current common-charge schedule, any active or planned assessments, the reserve position, and recent capital work during due diligence. As with any condominium, review current financial statements and board minutes.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $8,578/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $10
- Modeled exposure split equally across 71 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
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 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 record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
445 West 19th Street prices as a boutique West Chelsea condominium, read on a price-per-square-foot basis, with larger units and penthouses at the top of the building and smaller studios and one-bedrooms below them. As a condo, the unit-level variables — floor, exposure, private outdoor space, and finish condition — drive most of the pricing spread, and the building positions as a relative-value option against the adjacent luxury High Line towers. Pricing is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2026 | 3G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 582 sf | $960,000 | $1,649/sf | -2.5% |
| Jan 6, 2026 | 1G | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,200 sf | $1,850,000 | $1,542/sf | -2.4% |
| Dec 30, 2024 | 5B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $985,000 | $1,642/sf | -1.0% |
| Aug 15, 2024 | 4A | 1 BA · 489 sf | $895,000 | $1,830/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 25, 2024 | 3G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 582 sf | $925,000 | $1,589/sf | +0.0% |
| Jul 28, 2023 | PHB | 1 BA · 412 sf | $725,000 | $1,760/sf | +3.7% |
| Nov 10, 2022 | 2G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $845,000 | $1,408/sf | -0.5% |
| Aug 16, 2022 | PHC | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,400 sf | $2,520,000 | $1,800/sf | -2.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,590/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. 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 2.1% 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 1-00717-7501). 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 Chatham in Chelsea, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 8 | $4,750 |
| 3 bedroom | 2 | $11,225 |
12 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease April 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 $985K (3 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $35,443 to close, or 3.6% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- Mortgage recording tax: $14,221
- Title insurance: $4,433
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $16,790
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 High Line location at a value price. Buyers get the West Chelsea address and flexibility without the trophy-tower premium. Understand what you're trading — services and finishes — for that value.
Outdoor space is a real differentiator. Balconies, terraces, and duplex patios vary line to line. Confirm exactly what a given unit offers.
Watch the assessments. The building has carried special assessments; model the full carry and confirm the current common-charge and assessment picture.
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 this 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 block and the High Line. The quiet tree-lined setting inside the High Line corridor is the headline — a rare combination of calm and location.
Outdoor units are their own market. Terrace, balcony, and patio residences should be marketed distinctly from interior-only lines.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. 30–45 days from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 445 West 19th Street, also evaluate:
- 515 West 18th Street — West Chelsea condominium nearby
- 520 West 28th Street — Dame Zaha Hadid's only Manhattan residential project, completed posthumously in 2017. An 11-story boutique condominium
- One High Line (76 Eleventh Avenue) — West Chelsea / High Line condominium
- Chelsea — the broader corridor and its condominium market
More Chelsea buildings
- 442 West 23rd Street — 1855 co-op
- 443 West 24th Street — co-op
- 444 West 19th Street — condominium
- 445 West 20th Street — 1836 condominium
- Chelsea Modern, 447 West 18th Street — 2009 condominium
- 450 West 17th Street (The Caledonia) — 2008 condominium by Handel Architects
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Chelsea — read The Roebling Team Guide to Chelsea.
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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