459 West 18th StreetRecorded sales & closing prices
459 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011
24 recorded closings, 2009–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 24
- Date range
- 2009–2026
- Median $/sf
- $1,206
- Listing discount
- 6.8%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $5.09
- Price range
- $1.75M – $7.9M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, from the raw yearly medians — too few standardized single-line units here to adjust to an average-floor basis, so which apartments happened to trade moves these alongside price. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
Ten residences will never generate a statistically meaningful in-building comparable set, so pricing has to be argued from a unit's own attributes — floor, exposure, ceiling height, outdoor space, and the condition of finishes now nearly two decades old — against the wider West Chelsea condominium market.
Two structural facts should be modeled explicitly before an offer. The 421-a benefit is fully expired, so the monthly carry starts where it stays. And the unit sizes here are large relative to the neighborhood's condominium stock, which pulls the dollar figure up while the price per square foot may sit below smaller, newer product nearby. Comparables are best drawn from small West Chelsea condominiums of similar vintage and scale rather than from the large Special West Chelsea District towers along the High Line, whose air-rights economics, amenity load and buyer pool are all different. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for 459 West 18th Street, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records and verified listing data, then enriched apartment-by-apartment by The Roebling Team research desk. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 6.8% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
21 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2025 | 2 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,451 sf | $1,745,000 | $1,203 | -6.1% |
| Oct 2, 2025 | 3 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,451 sf | $1,753,725 | $1,209 | — |
| Aug 15, 2024 | PH | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,871 sf | $3,400,000 | $1,817 | -2.7% |
| Dec 1, 2023 | PH2 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,447 sf | $7,500,000 | $2,176 | -11.8% |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 6 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,117 sf | $2,825,000 | $1,334 | -21.5% |
| Oct 1, 2019 | PH2 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,447 sf | $7,900,000 | $2,292 | -20.6% |
| Sep 24, 2015 | 6 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,177 sf | $3,900,000 | $1,791 | -2.4% |
| May 30, 2013 | 5 | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,177 sf | $3,550,000 | $1,631 | -8.4% |
| May 4, 2011 | 7 | 3 BR · 2,177 sf | $2,036,500 | $935 | — |
| Apr 8, 2011 | PH2 | 3 BR · 3,447 sf | $6,300,000 | $1,828 | -3.1% |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | 1 | 2 BR · 1.5 BAnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 1,693 | $884,500 | — | — |
| Oct 6, 2025 | 2 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,451 | $1,745,000 | $1,203 | -6.1% |
| Oct 2, 2025 | 3 | 3 BR · 3 BA | 1,451 | $1,753,725 | $1,209 | — |
| Aug 15, 2024 | PH | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,871 | $3,400,000 | $1,817 | -2.7% |
| Dec 1, 2023 | PH2 | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,447 | $7,500,000 | $2,176 | -11.8% |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 6 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 2,117 | $2,825,000 | $1,334 | -21.5% |
| Oct 1, 2019 | PH2 | 4 BR · 4 BA | 3,447 | $7,900,000 | $2,292 | -20.6% |
| Sep 24, 2015 | 6 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 2,177 | $3,900,000 | $1,791 | -2.4% |
| May 30, 2013 | 5 | 3 BR · 2 BA | 2,177 | $3,550,000 | $1,631 | -8.4% |
| May 4, 2011 | 7 | 3 BR | 2,177 | $2,036,500 | $935 | — |
| Apr 8, 2011 | PH2 | 3 BR | 3,447 | $6,300,000 | $1,828 | -3.1% |
| Nov 24, 2010 | 3 | 3 BR⚑ Flagged for review — recorded 2,177 sf disagrees with this line's 1,451 sf across other sales — the square footage looks mis-recorded; pending manual review | 2,177 | $2,352,158 | $1,080 | -7.8% |
| Nov 12, 2010 | 5 | 3 BR | 2,177 | $2,250,000 | $1,034 | — |
| Sep 15, 2010 | 6Sponsor Sale | 3 BR | 2,177 | $2,602,500 | $1,195 | -14.5% |
| Dec 4, 2009 | PH1Sponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,871 | $3,250,000 | $1,737 | -9.1% |
| Aug 5, 2009 | 4Sponsor Sale | 3 BR | 2,177 | $2,875,000 | $1,321 | +0.0% |
| Jul 17, 2009 | 5Sponsor Sale | 3 BR | 2,177 | $2,575,000 | $1,183 | — |
| Apr 22, 2009 | GDNSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,693 | $1,925,000 | $1,137 | +0.0% |
| Apr 20, 2009 | 3Sponsor Sale | 3 BR | 1,451 | $1,807,393 | $1,246 | — |
| Apr 20, 2009 | 2 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,693 | $1,883,763 | $1,113 | — |
| Apr 20, 2009 | 2Sponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,693 | $1,883,762 | $1,113 | — |
| Apr 20, 2009 | 3 | 3 BR | 1,451 | $1,807,394 | $1,246 | — |
| Mar 24, 2009 | 9Sponsor Sale | 2,177 | $3,182,031 | $1,462 | — | |
| Mar 4, 2009 | COMSponsor Sale | — | $2,189,281 | — | +3.0% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00716-7504) 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 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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