500 West 25th Street (The Emerson)Recorded sales & closing prices
500 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10001
10 recorded closings, 2021–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 10
- Date range
- 2021–2026
- Median $/sf
- $1,779
- Listing discount
- 4.1%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $3.05
- Price range
- $4M – $12.2M
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.
The Emerson closed its sellout in a tight window. The seven floor-through residences and the penthouse recorded their first deeds between October 2021 and February 2022, and the commercial unit transferred separately in December 2022 and again in 2024. Resale activity since has been light, which is the expected pattern for a building with eight homes.
That scarcity cuts both ways for pricing. There is almost no same-building comparable set, so valuation has to be built from the small group of boutique West Chelsea condominiums along the High Line rather than from a building average. On a per-square-foot basis the building prices in the upper band for boutique West Chelsea inventory, and the absence of any tax abatement is the single largest variable separating a headline price from the true monthly number — a distinction that matters here because several nearby buildings of similar vintage were delivered with abatements and are not directly comparable on carrying cost.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Emerson, 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 4.1% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,375 sf | $4,225,000 | $1,779 | -1.7% |
| Feb 2, 2022 | 201 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,375 sf | $4,000,000 | $1,684 | — |
| Dec 30, 2021 | 3 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,375 sf | $4,000,000 | $1,684 | -2.4% |
| Dec 29, 2021 | 5 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,375 sf | $4,300,000 | $1,811 | -21.7% |
| Dec 17, 2021 | 6 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,375 sf | $4,500,000 | $1,895 | +0.0% |
| Dec 13, 2021 | 4 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,375 sf | $4,100,000 | $1,726 | -24.0% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 7 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,375 sf | $4,500,000 | $1,895 | +0.0% |
| Oct 12, 2021 | 701 | 2,375 sf | $4,400,000 | $1,853 | — |
| Oct 5, 2021 | PH | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,352 sf | $12,200,000 | $2,803 | -5.8% |
| Oct 4, 2021 | 8 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,375 sf | $4,400,000 | $1,853 | -26.6% |
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 31, 2026 | 8 | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,375 | $4,225,000 | $1,779 | -1.7% |
| Feb 2, 2022 | 201Sponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,375 | $4,000,000 | $1,684 | — |
| Dec 30, 2021 | 3Sponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,375 | $4,000,000 | $1,684 | -2.4% |
| Dec 29, 2021 | 5Sponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,375 | $4,300,000 | $1,811 | -21.7% |
| Dec 17, 2021 | 6Sponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,375 | $4,500,000 | $1,895 | +0.0% |
| Dec 13, 2021 | 4Sponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,375 | $4,100,000 | $1,726 | -24.0% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 7Sponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,375 | $4,500,000 | $1,895 | +0.0% |
| Oct 12, 2021 | 701Sponsor Sale | 2,375 | $4,400,000 | $1,853 | — | |
| Oct 5, 2021 | PHSponsor Sale | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | 4,352 | $12,200,000 | $2,803 | -5.8% |
| Oct 4, 2021 | 8Sponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,375 | $4,400,000 | $1,853 | -26.6% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00696-7504) 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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