5 East 44th StreetRecorded sales & closing prices
5 East 44th Street, New York, NY 10017
38 recorded closings, 2009–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 38
- Date range
- 2009–2026
- Median $/sf
- $1,374
- Listing discount
- 11.6%
- Price range
- $550K – $4.5M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, adjusted to a constant-quality (average-floor) unit so it reflects price — not which floors happened to sell. 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.
Condominium pricing is read on a per-square-foot basis, and 5 East 44th Street trades as a design-forward boutique Midtown condominium — full-floor layouts, architect-designed interiors, and the flexibility premium that deeded ownership commands. With only 20 residences, resale volume is thin: a small number of closings in an active year. Pricing is driven by floor, exposure, layout, ceiling height, and renovation condition rather than by any neighborhood average, and the Philip Johnson-office pedigree and full-floor privacy are part of the value story. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the specific unit's square footage, floor, light, and finish level rather than leaning on a Midtown headline number.
The complete recorded-sale history for Number 5, 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 11.6% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | 7 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,419 sf | $1,950,000 | $1,374 | -18.1% |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 6A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 876 sf | $1,100,000 | $1,256 | -7.9% |
| Jun 1, 2022 | 3A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 876 sf | $1,038,000 | $1,185 | -1.1% |
| Nov 4, 2021 | 2B | 1 BA | $699,000 | — | |
| Feb 10, 2020 | 7 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,416 sf | $1,450,000 | $1,024 | -26.6% |
| Feb 21, 2019 | 18 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,277 sf | $1,580,000 | $1,237 | -12.2% |
| Jul 16, 2018 | 3B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 629 sf | $840,000 | $1,335 | -4.3% |
| Mar 1, 2017 | COM | 1 BA · 2,836 sf | $4,500,000 | $1,587 | -7.2% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 2A | 1 BR · 876 sf | $999,999 | $1,142 | +0.2% |
| Apr 5, 2016 | 6B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 629 sf | $812,000 | $1,291 | -9.3% |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | 7 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,419 | $1,950,000 | $1,374 | -18.1% |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 6A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | 876 | $1,100,000 | $1,256 | -7.9% |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 8 | 2 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 1,416 | $893,000 | — | — |
| Jun 1, 2022 | 3A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | 876 | $1,038,000 | $1,185 | -1.1% |
| Nov 4, 2021 | 2B | 1 BA | — | $699,000 | — | — |
| Feb 10, 2020 | 7 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,416 | $1,450,000 | $1,024 | -26.6% |
| Feb 21, 2019 | 18 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,277 | $1,580,000 | $1,237 | -12.2% |
| Jul 16, 2018 | 3B | 1 BR · 1 BA | 629 | $840,000 | $1,335 | -4.3% |
| Mar 1, 2017 | COM | 1 BA | 2,836 | $4,500,000 | $1,587 | -7.2% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 2A | 1 BR | 876 | $999,999 | $1,142 | +0.2% |
| Apr 5, 2016 | 6B | 1 BR · 1 BA | 629 | $812,000 | $1,291 | -9.3% |
| Sep 29, 2015 | 5A | 1 BR · 1 BA | 876 | $995,000 | $1,136 | -11.6% |
| Aug 11, 2015 | 4A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | 876 | $995,000 | $1,136 | — |
| Aug 10, 2015 | 4 | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | 876 | $995,000 | $1,136 | -13.5% |
| May 11, 2012 | 2B | 519 | $550,000 | $1,060 | -3.3% | |
| Apr 5, 2011 | 3B | 1 BR | 629 | $626,224 | $996 | -3.5% |
| Dec 6, 2010 | 6B | 1 BR · 1 BA | 629 | $661,863 | $1,052 | — |
| Oct 26, 2010 | 18 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,277 | $1,323,725 | $1,037 | -14.3% |
| Sep 7, 2010 | 17 | 2 BR | 1,277 | $1,298,269 | $1,017 | -31.5% |
| Jul 29, 2010 | 4B | 1 BR | 629 | $641,498 | $1,020 | +22.2% |
| Jul 28, 2010 | 19 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,277 | $1,359,364 | $1,064 | -13.4% |
| Jul 26, 2010 | 16 | 2 BR | 1,277 | $1,260,000 | $987 | -22.5% |
| Jul 14, 2010 | 15 | 2 BR | 1,283 | $1,261,406 | $983 | -15.6% |
| Jul 9, 2010 | 2A | 1 BR | 878 | $914,000 | $1,041 | — |
| May 27, 2010 | 8 | 2 BR | 1,416 | $1,352,228 | $955 | -11.3% |
| May 19, 2010 | PH | 2 BR | 2,708 | $2,674,630 | $988 | -31.4% |
| Apr 29, 2010 | 5B | 1 BR | 629 | $645,840 | $1,027 | +17.4% |
| Apr 13, 2010 | 3A | 1 BR | 876 | $948,578 | $1,083 | -18.9% |
| Mar 18, 2010 | 2B | 519 | $575,311 | $1,108 | -3.3% | |
| Feb 8, 2010 | 14 | 2 BR | 1,416 | $1,425,550 | $1,007 | -13.6% |
| Sep 15, 2009 | 4A | 1 BR | 876 | $1,004,494 | $1,147 | -15.9% |
| Sep 15, 2009 | 5A | 1 BR | 876 | $1,133,275 | $1,294 | — |
| Sep 11, 2009 | 6A | 1 BR | 876 | $983,897 | $1,123 | -8.5% |
| Aug 20, 2009 | 9 | 2 BR | 1,416 | $1,360,000 | $960 | -13.4% |
| Jul 31, 2009 | 11 | 2 BR | 1,416 | $1,412,775 | $998 | -23.2% |
| Jul 1, 2009 | 10 | 1,416 | $1,380,000 | $975 | — | |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 7 | 2 BR⚑ Flagged for review — recorded 1,687 sf disagrees with this line's 1,418 sf across other sales — the square footage looks mis-recorded; pending manual review | 1,687 | $2,000,000 | $1,186 | -11.1% |
| Jun 24, 2009 | 12 | 1 BR | 876 | $1,680,113 | $1,918 | +0.3% |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01279-7501) 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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