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53 West 53rd Street (MoMA Tower)Recorded sales & closing prices

53 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

117 recorded closings, 2020–2026. Sortable and searchable below.

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Recorded closings
117
Date range
2020–2026
Median $/sf
$2,313
2026 to date · adjusted · 10 sales
Listing discount
11.0%
median, from last ask
Monthly carry/sf
$4.96
≈ $11,882/mo · last 6 mo
Price range
$1M – $29.5M
Price shift · median $/sf · floor-adjusted
Since 2020
▼ -5.1%
10-Year
not enough data
Since 2022
▲ +1.4%
1-Year
▲ +0.5%

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. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.

53W53 is in mid-correction. High-floor resales that closed in early 2026 landed well below their asking prices, and the 2025 resales show the same picture. That is the operative negotiating reality at 53W53 today.

The trophy PH inventory has not cleared. Penthouse-tier listings, including the half-floor PH74 and PH75 inventory, have either failed to find a buyer at advertised pricing or transacted well below ask. The supertall PH ceiling at 53W53 is being tested and rejected by the market.

The 2020 sponsor wave — roughly 25 closings in January–February 2020 just before the COVID lockdown — was the building's foundational pricing event. Many of those original contracts were signed in 2017–2019 at offering-plan numbers; the actual closings landed below those original asks even in 2020, indicating sponsor pricing strategy was already softening before the broader correction set in.

What this means for transactions today:

  • Buyers: The ask-to-close negotiating room at 53W53 is wide, and it is structural, not anomalous.
  • Sellers: Pricing matters enormously. Listings posted at original sponsor numbers do not transact. Set entry pricing against current comparable sales.
  • Both sides should expect: meaningful days-on-market for high-floor inventory, off-market and pre-listing activity for the most consequential trades, and ongoing price discovery in the PH-tier inventory.

Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.

The complete recorded-sale history for 53W53, 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 11.0% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.

Price per square foot over time

112 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.

$1,530$3,593$5,656'20'21'22'23'24'25'2625D · $2,578/sf · 202021E · $2,398/sf · 202048B · $2,425/sf · 202020F · $2,188/sf · 202019E · $2,330/sf · 202021F · $2,243/sf · 202018E · $2,197/sf · 202024C · $1,977/sf · 202051B · $3,276/sf · 202049B · $3,206/sf · 202021B · $2,464/sf · 202026D · $2,394/sf · 202059B · $3,947/sf · 202020C · $2,204/sf · 202055B · $3,485/sf · 202025F · $2,488/sf · 202024E · $2,866/sf · 202022E · $2,599/sf · 202021C · $2,109/sf · 202018C · $2,126/sf · 202019C · $2,141/sf · 202025E · $2,689/sf · 202022C · $2,092/sf · 202053B · $3,527/sf · 202023E · $2,521/sf · 202023F · $2,359/sf · 202035B · $2,987/sf · 202052B · $3,252/sf · 202022F · $2,311/sf · 202020E · $2,328/sf · 202019F · $2,135/sf · 202028C · $3,041/sf · 202030A · $2,357/sf · 202028A · $3,184/sf · 202037B · $2,770/sf · 202040B · $3,568/sf · 202032A · $2,481/sf · 202033A · $2,622/sf · 202038A · $2,788/sf · 202024A · $2,316/sf · 202039B · $2,711/sf · 202023A · $2,246/sf · 202017F · $2,090/sf · 202016B · $2,885/sf · 202037A · $2,777/sf · 202015I · $2,121/sf · 202016D · $2,666/sf · 202036B · $2,746/sf · 202036BC · $3,116/sf · 202036C · $2,633/sf · 202016C · $2,493/sf · 202018F · $2,247/sf · 202150B · $2,626/sf · 202123C · $1,805/sf · 202117D · $2,849/sf · 2021PH74 · $5,276/sf · 202158B · $3,455/sf · 202116A · $2,602/sf · 202256B · $3,246/sf · 202248B · $1,923/sf · 202239A · $2,542/sf · 202227A · $2,343/sf · 2022PH75 · $5,435/sf · 202214F · $2,037/sf · 202254B · $3,160/sf · 202215B · $2,202/sf · 202228D · $2,183/sf · 202337C · $2,366/sf · 202322A · $2,116/sf · 202348A · $3,282/sf · 202323D · $2,105/sf · 202357B · $3,269/sf · 202320A · $2,398/sf · 202329D · $2,231/sf · 202335C · $2,512/sf · 202327D · $2,086/sf · 202326A · $2,284/sf · 202335A · $2,365/sf · 202318B · $2,090/sf · 202321F · $2,096/sf · 202317E · $2,032/sf · 202419B · $2,173/sf · 202438B · $2,582/sf · 202436A · $2,417/sf · 202425A · $2,122/sf · 202525C · $1,806/sf · 202517A · $2,132/sf · 202515E · $2,443/sf · 202522D · $2,081/sf · 202531A · $2,136/sf · 202532B · $2,304/sf · 202518A · $2,205/sf · 202515D · $2,414/sf · 202515G · $2,080/sf · 202515A · $2,176/sf · 202515B · $2,250/sf · 202532C · $2,202/sf · 202515H · $2,812/sf · 202533C · $2,234/sf · 202560B · $3,305/sf · 202559B · $4,334/sf · 202554A · $3,705/sf · 202665 · $4,575/sf · 202661A · $4,169/sf · 202633B · $2,346/sf · 202619A · $2,174/sf · 202649A · $3,400/sf · 202614E · $2,034/sf · 202634C · $2,265/sf · 202640C · $2,442/sf · 202621D · $2,050/sf · 202620C · $1,751/sf · 2026
Each dot is one recorded sale with a known interior square footage, plotted by closing date against price per square foot. The line is the median $/sf each year, adjusted to a floor-standardized (average-floor) unit — so it reflects price movement, not which floors happened to sell that year. Individual sale prices in the table below are unadjusted — and you can click any dot to jump straight to that sale.
Median, 2026 to date (floor-adjusted)$2,313/sfevery bar sits above or below this · 0%

The vertical premium

Time-adjusted price per square foot by floor group, against the recent median. These figures reflect the apartments that traded and do not isolate the value of light, views, layout or condition.

Floors 56–65 7 sales
+45%
Floors 51–55 6 sales
+37%
Floors 46–50 6 sales
+16%
Floors 36–40 13 sales
+10%
Floors 31–35 11 sales
+2%
Floors 26–30 9 sales
-4%
Floors 11–25 57 sales
-4%

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.

Line B 29 sales
+16%
Line A 26 sales
+1%
Line E 11 sales
-4%
Line D 11 sales
-5%
Line C 18 sales
-7%
Line F 10 sales
-10%

Recent closings

The building’s 10 most recent market sales.

DateUnitApartmentPrice$/sfvs. Ask
Sep 15, 202620C1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,428 sf$2,500,000$1,751-2.0%
Jul 28, 202621D2 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,610 sf$5,350,000$2,050-5.3%
May 18, 202640C3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,396 sf$5,850,000$2,442-25.0%
May 8, 202614E1 BA · 494 sf$1,005,000$2,034-32.1%
May 8, 202614E1 BA$6,680,000—
May 8, 202634C3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,506 sf$5,675,000$2,265-12.7%
Mar 23, 202649A4 BR · 4.5 BA · 3,765 sf$12,800,000$3,400-16.6%
Feb 9, 202619A2 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,370 sf$5,153,125$2,174-27.3%
Feb 6, 202633B2 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,046 sf$4,800,000$2,346-15.0%
Jan 29, 202661A3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,670 sf$15,300,000$4,169-34.3%

The retrade record

Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.

14E+565%
$1,005,000 ($2,034/sf) 2026 → $6,680,000 2026
59B · 3,230 sf+10%
$12,750,000 ($3,947/sf) 2020 → $14,000,000 ($4,334/sf) 2025
15B · 649 sf+2%
$1,428,800 ($2,202/sf) 2022 → $1,460,000 ($2,250/sf) 2025
21F · 1,336 sf-7%
$2,996,655 ($2,243/sf) 2020 → $2,800,000 ($2,096/sf) 2023
20C · 1,428 sf-21%
$3,147,356 ($2,204/sf) 2020 → $2,500,000 ($1,751/sf) 2026
48B · 3,484 sf-21%
$8,450,000 ($2,425/sf) 2020 → $6,700,000 ($1,923/sf) 2022

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.

117 recorded sales
Apartment
Sep 15, 202620C1 BR · 1.5 BA1,428$2,500,000$1,751-2.0%
Jul 28, 202621D2 BR · 2.5 BA2,610$5,350,000$2,050-5.3%
May 18, 202640C3 BR · 3.5 BA2,396$5,850,000$2,442-25.0%
May 8, 202614E1 BA494$1,005,000$2,034-32.1%
May 8, 202614ESponsor Sale1 BA—$6,680,000—ask unverified
May 8, 202634C3 BR · 3.5 BA2,506$5,675,000$2,265-12.7%
Mar 23, 202649A4 BR · 4.5 BA3,765$12,800,000$3,400-16.6%
Feb 9, 202619A2 BR · 2.5 BA2,370$5,153,125$2,174-27.3%
Feb 6, 202633B2 BR · 2.5 BA2,046$4,800,000$2,346-15.0%
Jan 29, 202661A3 BR · 3.5 BA3,670$15,300,000$4,169-34.3%
Jan 23, 2026654 BR · 4.5 BA6,448$29,500,000$4,575-36.8%
Jan 15, 202654A3 BR · 3.5 BA3,846$14,250,000$3,705-26.7%
Dec 23, 202559B3 BR · 3.5 BA3,230$14,000,000$4,334—
Dec 18, 202560B3 BR · 3.5 BA3,132$10,350,000$3,305-20.4%
Oct 8, 202533C3 BR · 3.5 BA2,518$5,625,000$2,234-24.1%
Sep 11, 202515HSponsor Sale1,386$3,897,661$2,812—
Aug 18, 202532C3 BR · 3.5 BA2,543$5,600,000$2,202-13.8%
Aug 14, 202515B1 BA649$1,460,000$2,250-8.8%
Jul 9, 202515A1 BR · 1 BA1,080$2,350,000$2,176-27.2%
Jul 2, 202515G1 BA673$1,400,000$2,080-19.8%
Jun 20, 202515D1 BA457$1,103,000$2,414-20.6%
Jun 18, 202518A2 BR · 2.5 BA2,426$5,350,000$2,205-10.1%
Jun 6, 202532B2 BR · 2.5 BA2,051$4,725,000$2,304-15.6%
May 16, 202531A3 BR · 3.5 BA3,558$7,600,000$2,136-14.6%
May 2, 202522D2 BR · 2.5 BA2,607$5,425,000$2,081-15.4%
Mar 31, 202515E1 BA442$1,080,000$2,443-20.0%
Jan 17, 202517A2 BR · 2.5 BA2,603$5,550,000$2,132+2.8%
Jan 16, 202525C1 BR · 1.5 BA1,550$2,800,000$1,806-21.2%
Jan 8, 202525A2 BR · 2.5 BA3,110$6,600,000$2,122-25.6%
Oct 1, 202436A2 BR · 2.5 BA3,020$7,300,000$2,417-25.1%
Apr 25, 202438BSponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,033$5,250,000$2,582+0.0%
Apr 17, 202419B2 BR · 2.5 BA2,359$5,125,000$2,173-3.1%
Feb 8, 202417E1 BR · 1.5 BA1,550$3,150,000$2,032-18.2%
Nov 21, 202321F1 BR · 1 BA1,336$2,800,000$2,096-18.8%
Nov 7, 202318B2 BR · 2.5 BA2,584$5,400,000$2,090-9.9%
Oct 16, 202335ASponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA3,065$7,250,000$2,365+0.0%
Aug 21, 202326ASponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,817$4,150,000$2,284+0.0%
Aug 16, 202327DSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA2,756$5,750,000$2,086+0.0%
Aug 14, 202335C3 BR · 3.5 BA2,488$6,250,000$2,512-6.7%
Aug 11, 202329DSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA2,611$5,825,000$2,231+0.0%
Jul 17, 202320A2 BR · 2.5 BA2,312$5,545,000$2,398-25.9%
May 22, 202357B3 BR · 3 BA3,273$10,700,000$3,269-24.3%
Apr 3, 202348A4 BR · 4.5 BA3,809$12,500,000$3,282-18.0%
Apr 3, 202323D2 BR · 2.5 BA2,530$5,325,000$2,105-7.4%
Mar 31, 202322A3 BR · 3.5 BA3,663$7,750,000$2,116-26.7%
Jan 20, 202337C3 BR · 3.5 BA2,451$5,800,000$2,366-23.9%
Jan 11, 202328D3 BR · 3.5 BA2,691$5,875,000$2,183-17.9%
Oct 27, 202215BSponsor Sale1 BA649$1,428,800$2,202—
Sep 29, 202254B3 BR · 3.5 BA3,339$10,550,000$3,160-20.3%
Sep 13, 202214F1 BA648$1,320,000$2,037-28.8%
May 27, 2022PH75Sponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA4,599$24,995,000$5,435+0.0%
May 13, 202256A3 BR · 3.5 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen)3,825$16,000,000$4,183-9.9%
May 4, 202227ASponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,771$4,150,000$2,343+0.0%
Apr 1, 202239ASponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,884$7,330,000$2,542+0.0%
Mar 4, 202248B3 BR · 3.5 BA3,484$6,700,000$1,923-9.4%
Mar 2, 202256B3 BR · 3.5 BA3,296$10,700,000$3,246-22.6%
Jan 5, 202216ASponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,694$4,407,181$2,602—
Nov 16, 202158BSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,251$11,231,500$3,455-22.5%
Sep 29, 2021PH74Sponsor Sale2 BR · 2 BA4,928$26,000,000$5,276-26.7%
Jul 7, 202155ASponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen)3,846$15,650,000$4,069+0.0%
May 11, 202117DSponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,770$7,890,710$2,849-21.1%
Apr 8, 202123CSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,619$2,923,000$1,805-19.6%
Mar 30, 202150BSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,427$9,000,000$2,626-19.1%
Jan 7, 202118FSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,423$3,197,947$2,247+0.4%
Dec 2, 202016CSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,464$3,650,000$2,493+0.0%
Nov 20, 202036BSponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,039$5,600,000$2,746-13.5%
Nov 20, 202036BCSponsor Sale5 BR · 6 BA4,508$14,045,000$3,116+0.0%
Nov 20, 202036CSponsor Sale3 BR · 1.5 BA2,469$6,500,000$2,633-14.1%
Nov 18, 202016DSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,107$2,950,833$2,666+0.0%
Nov 12, 202015ISponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,485$3,150,000$2,121+0.0%
Oct 28, 202037ASponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,975$8,261,007$2,777-22.2%
Oct 27, 202016BSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,208$3,484,481$2,885+1.0%
Oct 22, 202017FSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,451$3,032,293$2,090-4.5%
Oct 16, 202023ASponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA3,345$7,512,593$2,246-11.1%
Oct 6, 202039BSponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,029$5,500,000$2,711-13.4%
Sep 9, 202024ASponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA3,131$7,250,325$2,316-24.1%
Sep 8, 202038ASponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,930$8,169,000$2,788-23.3%
Aug 31, 202072ASponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen)4,362$29,939,550$6,864-10.8%
Aug 28, 202033ASponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,139$8,230,000$2,622-21.8%
Aug 7, 202032ASponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,204$7,950,000$2,481-24.3%
Jul 10, 202040BSponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,027$7,232,575$3,568+1.9%
Jun 16, 202037BSponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,036$5,640,000$2,770-13.4%
Mar 5, 202028ASponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,083$6,631,807$3,184-5.3%
Mar 3, 202030ASponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,628$8,550,000$2,357-21.6%
Feb 28, 202028CSponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,094$6,367,062$3,041-3.3%
Feb 27, 202019FSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,394$2,976,290$2,135-6.8%
Feb 21, 202020ESponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,436$3,342,860$2,328-9.2%
Feb 19, 202022FSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,334$3,083,206$2,311-4.4%
Feb 14, 202052BSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,383$11,000,000$3,252-19.0%
Feb 13, 202035BSponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,042$6,100,000$2,987-10.9%
Feb 11, 202023ESponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,322$3,332,677$2,521-9.2%
Feb 11, 202023FSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,279$3,017,020$2,359-6.7%
Feb 4, 202053BSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,360$11,850,000$3,527-14.3%
Feb 3, 202019CSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,428$3,057,750$2,141-3.5%
Feb 3, 202025ESponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,247$3,353,042$2,689-9.1%
Feb 3, 202022CSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,591$3,327,586$2,092-4.4%
Jan 31, 202018CSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,429$3,037,385$2,126-3.9%
Jan 30, 202021CSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,546$3,260,000$2,109-7.8%
Jan 28, 202022ESponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,360$3,534,937$2,599-4.5%
Jan 27, 202025FSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,221$3,037,385$2,488-6.7%
Jan 27, 202024ESponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,284$3,680,000$2,866+0.0%
Jan 24, 202026DSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA2,825$6,763,161$2,394-11.3%
Jan 24, 202059BSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,230$12,750,000$3,947-20.9%
Jan 24, 202020CSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,428$3,147,356$2,204-1.0%
Jan 24, 202055BSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,317$11,560,137$3,485-19.9%
Jan 23, 202049BSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,439$11,025,556$3,206+1.9%
Jan 23, 202021BSponsor Sale1 BR · 2 BA1,770$4,360,600$2,464-3.1%
Jan 22, 202024CSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,619$3,200,000$1,977-12.2%
Jan 22, 202051BSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,404$11,151,565$3,276-3.2%
Jan 21, 202018ESponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,512$3,322,495$2,197-9.2%
Jan 16, 202021FSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,336$2,996,655$2,243-6.8%
Jan 15, 202019ESponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,474$3,434,502$2,330-6.4%
Jan 14, 202020FSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,365$2,986,472$2,188-6.8%
Jan 10, 202048BSponsor Sale3 BR · 3.5 BA3,484$8,450,000$2,425-20.5%
Jan 9, 202025DSponsor Sale2 BR · 2.5 BA2,450$6,316,150$2,578-6.7%
Jan 9, 202021ESponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BA1,398$3,353,042$2,398-9.1%
Jan 7, 202024FSponsor Sale1 BR · 1.5 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen)—$3,027,202—-6.7%
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01269-7502; 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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