- Year built
- 2018
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 26
- Floors
- 11
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Leasing by owners
- Permitted with conditions
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
520 West 19th Street (520 West Chelsea) sales history: 56 recorded sales
- Financing
- No building-imposed financing cap (condominium); financing is subject to lender underwriting.
- Subletting
- Generally permitted (condominium); confirm any rental cap or right of first refusal at the offer stage.
- Tax status
- Association elected to be taxed as a homeowners association (30% flat rate on non-unit-owner income); subject to NYS Franchise Tax and NYC General Corporation Tax (association-level, FY2009)
- Managing agent
- Andrews Building Corporation
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 2026). Reported and subject to confirmation. Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2008–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2024
- $1,641
- floor-adjusted, 2 sales
- Listing discount
- 5.0%
- Recorded sales
- 56
- On record
- 2008–2024
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520 West Chelsea is Annabelle Selldorf's 2018 boutique West Chelsea condominium — a 26-unit configuration with a distinctive dark-blue curved terra-cotta facade between the High Line and Hudson River Park. The Annabelle Selldorf architectural pedigree governs every surface inside and out, the work of the firm later entrusted with the 2025 Frick Collection expansion. Her hand is most visible in the dark-blue curved terra-cotta facade, its glazed bands alternating with floor-to-ceiling glass. Behind it, the 26-unit boutique condominium configuration keeps the building intimate, a typical floor holding just three large apartments with generous vestibules, bedroom/bath/dressing suites, and open public-area plans.
Architecture and building operations
Selldorf Architects designed both interiors and exteriors. The street-level facade features dark blue curved terra-cotta blocks alternating with bands of floor-to-ceiling glass. Typical floor: three large apartments with generous vestibules, bedroom/bath/dressing suites, open public-area plans. Two-to-five-bedroom homes; floor-to-ceiling windows.
Operations: 24-hour attended lobby; storage units on lower level; laundry in every unit.
Policy framework
- Type: Condominium
- Pets: Permitted
- Pied-à-terre: Permitted
- Subletting: Permitted
- Financing: Standard condominium LTV
- LLC/trust/foreign buyers: Permitted
- Right of first refusal: Procedural only
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Leasing by owners
- Permitted with conditionsGenerally permitted (condominium); confirm any rental cap or right of first refusal at the offer stage.Source: The Roebling Research Desk's building record
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: recent listing records
- Attended lobby
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- StorageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $22,334/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $78
- Modeled exposure split equally across 24 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2015–20 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed September 2026.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2024 | 8A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,582 sf | $2,900,000 | $1,833/sf | -3.2% |
| May 21, 2024 | 6A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,582 sf | $2,775,000 | $1,754/sf | -5.9% |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 6B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,041 sf | $3,400,000 | $1,666/sf | -1.4% |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 7A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,582 sf | $3,050,000 | $1,928/sf | -6.2% |
| Mar 15, 2022 | PHA | 5 BR · 5.5 BA · 4,100 sf | $8,250,000 | $2,012/sf | -2.9% |
| Jul 14, 2021 | 4C | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,980 sf | $3,100,000 | $1,566/sf | -21.5% |
| May 24, 2018 | 7B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,041 sf | $3,420,000 | $1,676/sf | -13.4% |
| Aug 1, 2017 | 5B | 3 BR · 2,041 sf | $3,699,000 | $1,812/sf | -2.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,641/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 5.0% 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 1-00690-7501). 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.
Closed rents at 520 West 19th Street (520 West Chelsea), last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 3 bedroom | 3 | $16,000 |
3 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease May 2026. Based on few leases. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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What to know if you’re buying
Architect: Annabelle Selldorf. Same firm as the 2025 Frick Collection expansion.
The dark-blue curved terra-cotta facade is structurally distinguishing. Among the most architecturally distinctive 2018-era West Chelsea condominiums.
The High Line / Hudson River Park double-park adjacency is real urban-design context.
The three-apartments-per-floor typical configuration produces meaningful unit scale.
Comparable buildings
- The Getty Residences (503 W 24th) — Peter Marino 2018; nearby Chelsea trophy peer
- 100 Eleventh Avenue — Nouvel 2010; nearby Chelsea starchitect peer
- 520 W 28th (Zaha Hadid) — Hadid 2017; nearby Chelsea starchitect peer
- 245 Tenth Avenue — Della Valle Bernheimer 2010; nearby High Line peer
- HL23 (515 W 23rd) — Denari 2011; nearby Chelsea High Line peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
More Chelsea buildings
- Lantern House at 515 West 18th Street — condominium by Heatherwick Studio
- 517 West 29th Street (HxH Residences) — 2022 condominium
- 519 West 23rd Street (The Highline 519) — 2005 condominium
- 520 West 28th Street — condominium by Zaha Hadid Architects
- The Marais (520 West 23rd Street) — 2001 condop by SLCE Architects
- 522 West 29th Street — 2014 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Chelsea — read The Roebling Team Guide to Chelsea.
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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