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459 Washington Street (The John Watts)Recorded sales & closing prices
459 Washington Street, New York, NY 10013
17 recorded closings, 2003–2025. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 17
- Date range
- 2003–2025
- Median $/sf
- $1,635
- Listing discount
- 3.9%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $1.60
- Price range
- $1.6M – $4.75M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, on a floor-adjusted basis — standardized to the building’s average floor, so it reflects price rather than which floors happened to sell. This is a different method from The Roebling Index, which publishes plain medians and applies no floor adjustment; the two are not interchangeable. Floor adjustment standardizes for floor only. It does not control for condition, size, exposure, renovation or the mix of what happened to trade. This standardized trend is a separate series from the latest median above, which is the raw recorded sales. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
The complete recorded-sale history for The John Watts, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 3.9% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
14 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Premium by line
Time-adjusted price per square foot by line, against the recent median. Line groups are not floor-controlled and do not isolate the value of light, outlook, layout or condition.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 | PH7S | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,783 sf | $4,550,000 | $1,635 | -8.9% |
| Jul 28, 2023 | 2S | 1 BR · 2 BA · 2,097 sf | $3,500,000 | $1,669 | -4.1% |
| Jan 4, 2022 | 4S | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,409 sf | $4,200,000 | $1,743 | +5.1% |
| Nov 18, 2021 | 5S | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,420 sf | $4,750,000 | $1,963 | +0.0% |
| May 28, 2019 | 6S | 2,097 sf | $3,460,000 | $1,650 | — |
| Jul 23, 2018 | 2S | 1 BR · 2,420 sf | $3,625,000 | $1,498 | -1.9% |
| Jul 11, 2018 | 6N | 3 BR · 1,945 sf | $3,700,000 | $1,902 | -1.3% |
| Mar 8, 2017 | 5S | 3 BR · 2,420 sf | $3,625,000 | $1,498 | -8.2% |
| Jan 10, 2011 | 4N | 2 BR · 1,934 sf | $2,200,000 | $1,138 | -6.4% |
| Jul 28, 2010 | 4S | 3 BR · 2,081 sf | $2,600,000 | $1,249 | -5.5% |
The retrade record
Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Every recorded sale
Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance. Every sale sits in one of three states: counted in the building’s medians and trend; shown but excluded as a non-arms-length or nominal transfer; or shown and ⚑ flagged for review — a possible duplicate filing or an extreme $/sf outlier, held out of the statistics pending manual verification rather than allowed to move them.
| Apartment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 | PH7S | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | 2,783 | $4,550,000 | $1,635 | -8.9% |
| Jul 28, 2023 | 2S | 1 BR · 2 BA | 2,097 | $3,500,000 | $1,669 | -4.1% |
| Jan 4, 2022 | 4S | 3 BR · 2 BA | 2,409 | $4,200,000 | $1,743 | +5.1% |
| Nov 18, 2021 | 5S | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | 2,420 | $4,750,000 | $1,963 | +0.0% |
| May 28, 2019 | 6S | 2,097 | $3,460,000 | $1,650 | — | |
| Jul 23, 2018 | 2S | 1 BR | 2,420 | $3,625,000 | $1,498 | -1.9% |
| Jul 11, 2018 | 6N | 3 BR | 1,945 | $3,700,000 | $1,902 | -1.3% |
| Mar 8, 2017 | 5S | 3 BR | 2,420 | $3,625,000 | $1,498 | -8.2% |
| Oct 22, 2012 | 6N | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $2,650,000 | — | -3.6% |
| Jan 10, 2011 | 4N | 2 BR | 1,934 | $2,200,000 | $1,138 | -6.4% |
| Jul 28, 2010 | 4S | 3 BR | 2,081 | $2,600,000 | $1,249 | -5.5% |
| Apr 8, 2010 | 3S | 2 BR | 2,100 | $1,945,500 | $926 | -2.5% |
| Aug 19, 2009 | 3N | 2 BR | 2,200 | $1,775,000 | $807 | -11.0% |
| Apr 3, 2006 | 7N | 2 BR | 1,650 | $2,000,000 | $1,212 | -14.9% |
| Oct 21, 2005 | 4N | 2 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | — | $481,946 | — | — |
| Oct 21, 2005 | 4S | 3 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 2,097 | $751,836 | — | — |
| Nov 6, 2003 | 5S | 3 BR · 2 BA | 2,420 | $1,600,000 | $661 | -1.5% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00595-7503; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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. Storage, parking, and commercial units are excluded from all figures. Floor- and line-level $/sf are time-controlled (each sale measured against the building’s going rate at the time of sale) and expressed at today’s pricing, so they isolate the floor or line premium rather than blend two decades of market movement.
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