551 West 21st StreetRecorded sales & closing prices

551 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10011

70 recorded closings, 2012–2026. Sortable and searchable below.

Recorded closings
70
Date range
2012–2026
Median $/sf
$1,976
2026 · adjusted
Listing discount
3.7%
median, from last ask
Price range
$761K – $38.1M
Price shift · median $/sf
Since 2016
-19.2%
10-Year
-19.2%
Since 2022
+0.6%
1-Year
+3.2%

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

The complete recorded-sale history for 551 West 21st Street, 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 3.7% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.

Price per square foot over time

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

$1,210$3,703$6,195'16'18'20'22'24'264D · $2,405/sf · 20164C · $1,878/sf · 20163D · $2,014/sf · 20167A · $2,537/sf · 20164A · $1,801/sf · 20166A · $2,414/sf · 20164E · $2,044/sf · 20163A · $1,784/sf · 20167B · $2,521/sf · 20163F · $2,060/sf · 20168B · $2,546/sf · 20163C · $1,855/sf · 20168C · $2,631/sf · 20166B · $2,416/sf · 20169A · $3,100/sf · 201616A · $3,958/sf · 20168A · $2,414/sf · 201610A · $3,146/sf · 201611B · $2,837/sf · 201612B · $3,113/sf · 20169B · $2,718/sf · 201614A · $3,720/sf · 201611A · $3,410/sf · 201610B · $2,623/sf · 201612A · $3,545/sf · 201615B · $3,324/sf · 201616B · $3,483/sf · 201615A · $3,855/sf · 20165C · $2,867/sf · 20165B · $3,005/sf · 201617B · $3,492/sf · 201617A · $4,170/sf · 2016PH18 · $5,614/sf · 20165A · $2,696/sf · 2016PHC · $5,540/sf · 2016PH19 · $5,449/sf · 201714B · $2,995/sf · 2017PHB · $5,377/sf · 20173E · $1,876/sf · 20173B · $2,248/sf · 20173G · $1,975/sf · 20174B · $2,248/sf · 20174F · $1,821/sf · 201716A · $3,980/sf · 2017PH20 · $5,928/sf · 20177C · $2,631/sf · 20176C · $2,497/sf · 20185B · $2,229/sf · 20184B · $1,708/sf · 202117AB · $1,599/sf · 202117B · $2,589/sf · 20215B · $2,273/sf · 20214B · $1,669/sf · 20217C · $1,873/sf · 20214A · $1,493/sf · 20217B · $2,367/sf · 202211B · $3,705/sf · 202212A · $3,667/sf · 20223B · $1,708/sf · 20226C · $1,625/sf · 202215A · $3,401/sf · 202415B · $2,513/sf · 20246A · $2,005/sf · 202414A · $3,395/sf · 20243A · $1,477/sf · 20249B · $2,073/sf · 20253D · $1,613/sf · 20254A · $1,822/sf · 20254B · $1,486/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 constant-quality (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.
Building average$1,976/sfevery bar sits above or below this · 0%

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.

Floors 16–20 2 sales
$3,352/sf+70%
Floors 11–15 5 sales
$3,352/sf+70%
Floors 6–10 5 sales
$2,043/sf+3%
Floors 1–5 9 sales
$1,820/sf-8%

Premium by line

What each line’s exposure is worth — its light, outlook, and orientation — measured against the building’s average sale.

Line B 10 sales
$2,477/sf+25%
Line A 7 sales
$1,976/sf+0%

Recent closings

The building’s 10 most recent market sales.

DateUnitApartmentPrice$/sfvs. Ask
Jun 11, 20264B2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,228 sf$1,825,000$1,486-8.5%
Sep 26, 20254A2 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,113 sf$3,850,000$1,822-7.2%
Jul 18, 20253D1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,237 sf$1,995,000$1,613
Jul 7, 20259B3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,860 sf$8,000,000$2,073-20.0%
Oct 1, 20243A2 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,133 sf$3,150,000$1,477-1.6%
Sep 20, 202414A4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,271 sf$14,500,000$3,395
Jul 24, 20246A3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,469 sf$4,950,000$2,005-17.4%
Jun 5, 202415B3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,860 sf$9,700,000$2,513-29.5%
Apr 17, 202415A4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,264 sf$14,500,000$3,401-4.9%
Jun 1, 20226C3 BR · 3 BA · 3,016 sf$4,900,000$1,625-12.4%

The retrade record

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

11B · 3,860 sf+31%
$10,948,938 ($2,837/sf) 2016$14,300,000 ($3,705/sf) 2022
12A · 4,271 sf+3%
$15,139,625 ($3,545/sf) 2016$15,660,813 ($3,667/sf) 2022
4A · 2,113 sf+1%
$3,805,405 ($1,801/sf) 2016$3,155,000 ($1,493/sf) 2021$3,850,000 ($1,822/sf) 2025
16A · 4,271 sf+1%
$16,905,700 ($3,958/sf) 2016$17,000,000 ($3,980/sf) 2017
7B · 2,425 sf-6%
$6,112,250 ($2,521/sf) 2016$5,740,000 ($2,367/sf) 2022
14A · 4,271 sf-9%
$15,887,450 ($3,720/sf) 2016$14,500,000 ($3,395/sf) 2024
15A · 4,271 sf-12%
$16,466,145 ($3,855/sf) 2016$14,500,000 ($3,395/sf) 2024
3A · 2,113 sf-16%
$3,770,275 ($1,784/sf) 2016$3,150,000 ($1,491/sf) 2024
3D · 1,229 sf-19%
$2,475,350 ($2,014/sf) 2016$1,995,000 ($1,623/sf) 2025
9B · 3,860 sf-24%
$10,490,725 ($2,718/sf) 2016$8,000,000 ($2,073/sf) 2025
15B · 3,860 sf-24%
$12,829,363 ($3,324/sf) 2016$9,700,000 ($2,513/sf) 2024
17B · 3,860 sf-26%
$13,478,450 ($3,492/sf) 2016$9,995,000 ($2,589/sf) 2021
7C · 2,984 sf-28%
$7,850,000 ($2,631/sf) 2017$5,650,000 ($1,893/sf) 2021
6C · 2,984 sf-34%
$7,450,000 ($2,497/sf) 2018$4,900,000 ($1,642/sf) 2022

Every recorded sale

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70 recorded sales
Apartment
Jun 11, 20264B2 BR · 1.5 BA1,228$1,825,000$1,486-8.5%
Sep 26, 20254A2 BR · 2.5 BA2,113$3,850,000$1,822-7.2%
Jul 18, 20253D1 BR · 1.5 BA1,237$1,995,000$1,613
Jul 7, 20259B3 BR · 3.5 BA3,860$8,000,000$2,073-20.0%
Oct 1, 20243A2 BR · 2.5 BA2,133$3,150,000$1,477-1.6%
Sep 20, 202414A4 BR · 4.5 BA4,271$14,500,000$3,395
Jul 24, 20246A3 BR · 2.5 BA2,469$4,950,000$2,005-17.4%
Jun 5, 202415B3 BR · 3.5 BA3,860$9,700,000$2,513-29.5%
Apr 17, 202415A4 BR · 4.5 BA4,264$14,500,000$3,401-4.9%
Jun 1, 20226C3 BR · 3 BA3,016$4,900,000$1,625-12.4%
Mar 10, 20223B2 BR · 1.5 BA1,200$2,050,000$1,708-6.6%
Feb 1, 202212A4 BR · 4.5 BA4,271$15,660,813$3,667-1.3%
Jan 10, 20227B2 BR · 2.5 BA2,425$5,740,000$2,367-5.9%
Jan 10, 202211B3 BR3,860$14,300,000$3,705-15.9%
Oct 6, 20214A2 BR · 2.5 BA2,113$3,155,000$1,493-2.9%
Sep 17, 20217C3 BR · 3 BA3,016$5,650,000$1,873-8.8%
Jul 20, 20214B2 BR · 1.5 BA1,228$2,050,000$1,669
Jul 7, 20215B3 BR · 3 BA2,288$5,200,000$2,273-5.0%
Jul 1, 202117AB7 BR · 7 BA8,131$13,005,000$1,599
Jul 1, 202117B3 BR · 3.5 BA3,860$9,995,000$2,589
Mar 17, 20214B2 BR · 1.5 BA1,200$2,050,000$1,708-18.0%
Mar 20, 20185B2 BR2,288$5,100,000$2,229
Jan 19, 20186C3 BR2,984$7,450,000$2,497+2.8%
Dec 18, 20177C3 BR2,984$7,850,000$2,631+4.0%
Oct 31, 2017PH206,419$38,053,728$5,928
Oct 6, 201716A4 BR4,271$17,000,000$3,980-12.8%
Sep 15, 20174F1 BR1,064$1,937,425$1,821-9.9%
Jun 19, 20174B1 BR1,228$2,760,000$2,248-6.4%
Jun 16, 20173G1,316$2,599,288$1,975
Jun 2, 20173B1 BR1,228$2,760,000$2,248-3.2%
May 24, 20173E1 BR1,521$2,853,850$1,876-18.5%
Jan 12, 201714B3 BR3,860$11,560,349$2,995-0.3%
Jan 12, 2017PHB3 BR6,137$33,000,000$5,377-5.7%
Jan 9, 2017PH194 BR · 4.5 BA6,167$33,605,000$5,449
Dec 8, 2016PHC3 BR6,137$34,000,000$5,540-15.0%
Dec 6, 20165A2 BR2,343$6,315,900$2,696-0.5%
Nov 22, 2016PH186,167$34,623,250$5,614
Nov 10, 201617B3 BR3,860$13,478,450$3,492-3.7%
Nov 10, 201617A4 BR4,271$17,809,926$4,170-3.7%
Nov 8, 20165B2 BR2,288$6,875,938$3,005+1.9%
Oct 31, 20165C3 BR2,773$7,950,000$2,867
Oct 7, 201615B3 BR3,860$12,829,363$3,324+0.2%
Oct 7, 201616B3 BR3,860$13,443,650$3,483-7.3%
Oct 7, 201615A4 BR4,271$16,466,145$3,855+1.6%
Oct 5, 201612A4 BR4,271$15,139,625$3,545+0.9%
Sep 27, 201610B3 BR3,860$10,126,701$2,623-1.2%
Sep 14, 20169B3 BR3,860$10,490,725$2,718-1.0%
Sep 14, 201614A4 BR4,271$15,887,450$3,720+1.8%
Sep 14, 201611A4 BR4,271$14,563,725$3,410+1.8%
Sep 12, 201612B3 BR3,860$12,018,100$3,113
Sep 9, 201611B3 BR3,860$10,948,938$2,837+1.9%
Sep 7, 20168A2 BR2,469$5,959,513$2,414-6.1%
Sep 7, 201610A4 BR4,271$13,435,504$3,146-6.0%
Sep 1, 201616A4 BR4,271$16,905,700$3,958-14.4%
Aug 19, 20169A4 BR4,271$13,240,000$3,100-0.1%
Aug 18, 20166B2 BR2,425$5,857,688$2,416+1.9%
Aug 11, 20168C2 BR2,984$7,850,000$2,631
Aug 9, 20163C1,895$3,515,713$1,855
Aug 5, 20168B2 BR2,425$6,173,141$2,546-1.2%
Aug 3, 20163F1 BR · 1.5 BA1,064$2,191,988$2,060
Jul 18, 20167B2 BR2,425$6,112,250$2,521+1.9%
Jul 14, 20163A2 BR2,113$3,770,275$1,784-23.4%
Jul 13, 20164E1,521$3,108,413$2,044
Jun 30, 20164A2 BR2,113$3,805,405$1,801-25.7%
Jun 30, 20166A2 BR2,469$5,959,513$2,414+1.9%
Jun 20, 20167A2 BR2,469$6,264,988$2,537+1.9%
Jun 16, 20163D1 BR · 1.5 BA1,229$2,475,350$2,014
Jun 13, 20164C2 BR · 2.5 BA1,895$3,558,479$1,878
Jun 10, 20164D1 BR1,229$2,955,675$2,405-1.5%
May 18, 2012$761,344

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00693-7502) 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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