The Centennial
455–457 West 43rd Street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, Manhattan · Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen
BBL 1010530007 · BIN 1083749
- Year built
- 1939
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Common laundry, bicycle storage and storage lockers
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $615K
- Recent range
- $460K – $770K
- Listing discount
- 2.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 25
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The Centennial is a five-story cooperative whose apartment inventory includes lofted homes and duplexes with internal stairs. Exposed brick, tall living spaces and split-level plans give portions of the building a loft character. It occupies the middle of the West 43rd Street block between Ninth and Tenth avenues, with residences associated with both the 455 and 457 addresses.
The building's smaller apartments can contain several distinct levels. A living room may occupy the principal floor, with a sleeping loft above and a kitchen reached by a short flight below. Other homes are larger combinations. That range makes circulation and ceiling height particularly important to understanding what a bedroom description represents here.
The cooperative also offers a comparatively limited set of shared facilities: laundry, bicycle storage and storage lockers. Its walk-up form is a meaningful part of the purchase decision, especially for upper-floor homes that also have stairs inside the apartment. Buyers should count both the common flights to the entrance and the internal changes of level when evaluating a specific plan.
Architecture and unit composition
The exterior is a low-rise masonry apartment-building envelope. Interior layouts are more varied than the street elevation alone would suggest. Documented homes include double-height living areas, exposed brick walls, wood floors and decorative fireplace surrounds. A fireplace surround does not by itself establish a working fireplace.
A duplex described in 2019 occupied about 800 square feet and used a spiral staircase to reach an upper sleeping area. Its principal living room, lower kitchen level and loft each served a different function, with a skylight admitting light from above. That vertical organization remains relevant to similar plans in the building even where finishes have since changed.
Smaller transferred homes have measured around 500 to 700 square feet, while larger residences and combinations have exceeded 1,000 square feet. A three-bedroom combination appears among the recorded transactions. The inventory consequently spans compact homes with a loft component and apartments with a more extensive set of enclosed rooms.
Loft area requires a careful reading of ceiling height and access. An open upper platform reached by a spiral stair serves a different purpose from an enclosed bedroom on the main level. At this building, an effective floor-plan comparison should show where a person can stand at full height and how the sleeping area receives light and ventilation. Decorative finishes do not resolve those layout questions.
Building operations
Common laundry provides a shared facility, and in-unit laundry exists in some residences. A particular installation should be distinguished from a general right to add equipment. Bicycle storage and lockers supplement storage within the apartments, with availability to be established for the specific purchase.
The cooperative is taxed as Class 2 and has no building-wide abatement. Its property falls within the Special Clinton District. The gap between built floor area and the underlying R8 allowance isn't a straightforward expansion opportunity, since special-district provisions and other building requirements also apply.
Ownership transfers involve cooperative shares associated with an apartment. The building's two street numbers occur in property descriptions, so the contract and share allocation should identify the particular residence precisely. A combined apartment also needs to be evaluated as the combined premises being transferred, including its allocation of maintenance and any ongoing assessment.
Policy framework
Pets: Cats are permitted; dogs are not — confirm with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Co-purchasing: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2026 | 5A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $770,000 | -1.9% | |
| Mar 14, 2025 | 3F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $460,000 | -7.1% | |
| Jun 28, 2022 | 5A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $810,000 | +1.3% | |
| Jun 28, 2022 | 3C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $690,000 | -4.8% | |
| Apr 8, 2022 | 5F | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,250,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jul 30, 2020 | 5C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $740,000 | -1.3% | |
| Aug 12, 2019 | 3BD | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,100 sf | $990,000 | $900/sf | -0.9% |
| Jun 6, 2019 | 5F | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 950 sf | $990,000 | $1,042/sf | -0.9% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2019): a median $971/sf across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. 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 1-01053-0007) 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 comparing loft character and unconventional apartment plans nearby.
- The Gaslight: A low-rise prewar cooperative within the same broader neighborhood.
- 325 West 52nd Street: A similarly low-rise cooperative with a somewhat larger apartment inventory.
- 348 West 38th Street: A cooperative of similar ownership scale in a taller prewar building.
- Loft 55: A prewar cooperative for comparing loft-oriented space farther north.
More Hell's Kitchen buildings
- 446 West 47th Street (Townhouse 47) — 1900 condop
- 447 West 45th Street — 1986 condominium
- The Piano Factory (454 West 46th Street) — 1900
- 500 West 45th Street (Bloom on Forty Fifth) — 2020 condominium
- 505 West 43rd Street — 2017 condominium
- 529 West 42nd Street — co-op
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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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