538 Union AvenueRecorded sales & closing prices
538 Union Avenue, near Withers Street · Williamsburg
24 recorded closings, 2016–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 24
- Date range
- 2016–2026
- Median $/sf
- $1,949
- Listing discount
- 1.2%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $1.27
- Price range
- $662K – $1.7M
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.
The complete recorded-sale history for 538 Union Avenue, 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 1.2% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
24 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
The vertical premium
The climb in price per square foot as you rise through the building — light and views included, time-adjusted to today’s market.
Premium by line
What each line’s exposure is worth — its light, outlook, and orientation — measured against the building’s average sale.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | 3B | 1 BR · 508 sf | $990,000 | $1,949 | — |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 2B | 1 BR · 508 sf | $1,008,067 | $1,984 | — |
| Oct 10, 2024 | 4A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 712 sf | $1,030,000 | $1,447 | -1.9% |
| May 4, 2023 | PHC | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,039 sf | $1,575,000 | $1,516 | -1.3% |
| Jan 18, 2023 | PHA | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,180 sf | $1,675,000 | $1,419 | -1.2% |
| Jul 8, 2022 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $999,000 | $1,427 | +5.3% |
| May 18, 2021 | 5B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,180 sf | $1,700,000 | $1,441 | +0.3% |
| Dec 30, 2020 | 1A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $675,000 | $1,125 | -3.4% |
| Nov 24, 2020 | 3A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 712 sf | $875,000 | $1,229 | +0.0% |
| Nov 18, 2020 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 712 sf | $849,000 | $1,192 | +0.0% |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | 3B | 1 BR | 508 | $990,000 | $1,949 | — |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 2B | 1 BR | 508 | $1,008,067 | $1,984 | — |
| Oct 10, 2024 | 4A | 1 BR · 1 BA | 712 | $1,030,000 | $1,447 | -1.9% |
| May 4, 2023 | PHC | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,039 | $1,575,000 | $1,516 | -1.3% |
| Jan 18, 2023 | PHA | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,180 | $1,675,000 | $1,419 | -1.2% |
| Jul 8, 2022 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA | 700 | $999,000 | $1,427 | +5.3% |
| May 18, 2021 | 5B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,180 | $1,700,000 | $1,441 | +0.3% |
| Dec 30, 2020 | 1A | 1 BR · 1 BA | 600 | $675,000 | $1,125 | -3.4% |
| Nov 24, 2020 | 3A | 1 BR · 1 BA | 712 | $875,000 | $1,229 | +0.0% |
| Nov 18, 2020 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA | 712 | $849,000 | $1,192 | +0.0% |
| May 8, 2019 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA | 712 | $829,000 | $1,164 | +0.0% |
| Aug 29, 2016 | 2CSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,080 | $1,230,046 | $1,139 | -5.3% |
| Jun 24, 2016 | 5ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,179 | $1,526,356 | $1,295 | -4.5% |
| May 6, 2016 | 1ASponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA | 535 | $661,862 | $1,237 | -10.0% |
| Apr 25, 2016 | 3BSponsor Sale | 1 BR | 699 | $845,000 | $1,209 | +0.0% |
| Apr 7, 2016 | 4BSponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA | 699 | $865,512 | $1,238 | -0.4% |
| Mar 21, 2016 | 4CSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,080 | $1,428,604 | $1,323 | +3.1% |
| Mar 18, 2016 | 3ASponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA | 712 | $819,691 | $1,151 | -4.6% |
| Mar 16, 2016 | 3CSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,080 | $1,338,998 | $1,240 | +1.1% |
| Mar 16, 2016 | 2ASponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA | 712 | $800,000 | $1,124 | -4.6% |
| Mar 15, 2016 | 5CSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,039 | $1,476,462 | $1,421 | +5.5% |
| Mar 14, 2016 | 2BSponsor Sale | 1 BR | 702 | $850,238 | $1,211 | -1.7% |
| Mar 11, 2016 | 4ASponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA | 508 | $865,512 | $1,704 | — |
| Feb 26, 2016 | 5BSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,180 | $1,654,656 | $1,402 | -4.4% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-02741-7501). 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. 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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