- Year built
- 1920
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 20
- Floors
- 5
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Generally pet-friendly; confirm specifics at offer stage
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium bylaws
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2006–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,394
- Listing discount
- 3.5%
- Recorded sales
- 32
- On record
- 2006–2024
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 452 West 19th Street 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.
452 West 19th Street is an established, well-run pre-war boutique condominium in West Chelsea, on a residential block between Ninth and Tenth Avenues. Built in 1920, the five-story elevator building holds 20 residences and operates as a low-key, efficiently managed condominium — a full-time superintendent, a central laundry room, a common roof deck, and building-wide camera surveillance — in one of downtown-adjacent Manhattan's most sought-after corridors, moments from the High Line and Hudson River Park.
The appeal is a rare thing in West Chelsea: pre-war scale and condominium ownership at a genuinely accessible entry point for the corridor. Where much of the surrounding new construction sits at the top of the market, 452 West 19th Street offers deeded, fee-simple ownership — with the financing flexibility, light closing process, and resale and rental latitude that condominiums provide — in a small, walk-up-scaled pre-war building steps from the neighborhood's cultural draws.
Building operations
452 West 19th Street operates as an established, well-run condominium: a full-time superintendent maintains the building, with a central laundry room, common roof deck, video intercom, and 24-hour camera surveillance, all supported through the common charges. Staffing is scaled to a 20-home building — a superintendent supported by a virtual-doorman entry system rather than a full-time attended lobby. As a condominium, the building offers deeded, fee-simple ownership. There is no co-op board interview; a purchase clears through the condominium's right of first refusal, and financing is arranged directly between the buyer and lender without co-op-style caps. Pied-à-terre use, investment ownership, and subletting are permitted under the bylaws, and the building is generally pet-friendly. Any transfer fee and the specific sublet terms should be confirmed at offer stage.
Architecture and residences
452 West 19th Street is a 1920 pre-war low-rise: five stories of masonry on a residential Chelsea block, with an elevator serving 20 residences. The building's original architect is not established in public records; what defines it is its pre-war character and boutique scale rather than a marquee design pedigree.
Inside, the homes carry the traits of a small pre-war building — practical layouts, the proportions and detail of the period, and light and floor plans that vary from unit to unit. Because the building is small and each floor holds only a handful of homes, pricing tracks the specifics of the individual residence — floor, exposure, condition, and layout — more than any single building-wide figure.
The West Chelsea block
452 West 19th Street sits between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, on one of West Chelsea's quieter residential blocks and within easy reach of the High Line, Hudson River Park, and the galleries and design showrooms that define the corridor. The block itself is calm and low-rise, a counterpoint to the taller new construction nearby, and puts the neighborhood's cultural life, the Ninth Avenue corridor, and cross-town transit all within a short walk.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Condominium pricing at 452 West 19th Street is read on a per-square-foot basis, not against a neighborhood average. With only 20 residences, resale volume is inherently thin, and pricing is driven by the specifics of each home — floor, exposure, condition, and layout — rather than a single building-wide figure. Underwrite a residence on its own footage and condition against the right comparable tier of pre-war boutique West Chelsea condominiums, not on the broad neighborhood average.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2024 | 5D | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,022 sf | $1,425,000 | $1,394/sf | +0.0% |
| Dec 14, 2021 | 2A | 2 BR · 1,027 sf | $999,000 | $973/sf | -16.8% |
| Aug 26, 2021 | 4C | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,100 sf | $1,665,000 | $1,514/sf | -4.9% |
| Jun 2, 2021 | 4A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,027 sf | $997,885 | $972/sf | -8.9% |
| Mar 16, 2021 | 4C | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,100 sf | $1,720,000 | $1,564/sf | +0.0% |
| Apr 28, 2020 | 1D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,916 sf | $1,925,000 | $1,005/sf | -3.5% |
| Apr 27, 2020 | D1 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,916 sf | $1,925,000 | $1,005/sf | -3.5% |
| Jul 24, 2018 | 4C | 1 BR · 1,006 sf | $1,280,000 | $1,272/sf | -1.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,394/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 3.5% 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 1-00716-7502). 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 452 West 19th Street, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 2 | $6,900 |
3 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease August 2026. Based on few leases. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
The buying path is a condominium path: no board interview, a right-of-first-refusal clearance, and financing arranged directly with your lender. Diligence centers on the offering plan and any amendments, the building's financial statements and reserve position, and the bylaws and house rules — with attention, given the building's 1920 vintage, to the age and condition of the systems and any capital plans. Within the building, floor, exposure, layout, and condition drive value.
The reasons to buy are pre-war character and condominium flexibility at an accessible entry point for West Chelsea, in a small, established, well-run building steps from the High Line, the river, and the corridor's galleries.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is value and setting: an established, well-run pre-war condominium in West Chelsea, offering fee-simple ownership at a more accessible entry point than the surrounding new construction. Pricing is apartment-specific — footage, floor, condition, and light — so the right approach is to position the individual home's narrative and benchmark it against the correct comparable tier of pre-war boutique condominiums, rather than the broad neighborhood number. With only 20 homes, comparable supply is limited, which favors a well-prepared seller.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 452 West 19th Street, also look at these nearby West Chelsea boutique buildings:
- 456 West 19th Street — pre-war boutique condominium next door
- 445 West 19th Street — West Chelsea condominium nearby
- 444 West 19th Street — High Line-corridor condominium
- 435 West 19th Street — boutique conversion condominium nearby
- 428 West 19th Street — a 32-residence BKSK-designed West Chelsea condominium
- 210 West 19th Street — Chelsea condominium for comparison
More Chelsea buildings
- Chelsea Modern, 447 West 18th Street — 2009 condominium
- 450 West 17th Street (The Caledonia) — 2008 condominium by Handel Architects
- 450 West 23rd Street — 1856 co-op
- 455 West 19th Street (ABI Chelsea) — 1900 condominium
- 456 West 19th Street — 2008 condominium
- 458 West 20th Street — 1845 co-op
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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