- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Part-time doorman
568 Avenue of the Americas sales history: 82 recorded transfers
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median, 2023–2026
- $820K
- 7 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $705K – $2.9M
- Listing discount
- 2.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 82
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568 Avenue of the Americas is regarded as a cooperative on this stretch of the lower Sixth Avenue corridor — a substantial corner building at West 16th Street, set just off the Gold Coast of lower Fifth Avenue where Chelsea, Flatiron, and Greenwich Village meet. It is a full-service co-op in one of downtown's most convenient and architecturally storied precincts, a few blocks from Union Square, the western edge of the Flatiron District, and the historic Ladies' Mile shopping corridor.
The building's appeal is a central cooperative location and full-time service, with condition, daylight, layout and actual prices to assess apartment by apartment. For a buyer who wants a central location on the Chelsea–Flatiron line, it is an established, well-located choice with a strong reputation in the neighborhood.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is a substantial masonry apartment house — the kind of dignified corner structure that gives lower Sixth Avenue its scale — with ground-floor retail at the base and residences above served by elevator. Confirm the apartment's actual wall construction and room dimensions; sound separation and current condition vary by apartment.
The 119 residences have apartment-specific layouts and finishes; confirm the flooring, kitchen windows and closet dimensions for the home under review. Assess actual light and outlook at each floor and exposure, accounting for surrounding buildings. The unit mix suits a broad range of primary-residence buyers within the cooperative.
Building operations
568 Avenue of the Americas runs as a full-service elevator cooperative, with an attended lobby, elevators, and central laundry, and ground-floor retail tenancy supporting the building's economics. As a cooperative, purchases are subject to board review; confirm the building's current financing, liquidity and occupancy requirements from its governing documents and application instructions.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $482 per room a monthMedian of 5 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Part-time doormanSource: recent listing records
- Attended lobby
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Laundry roomSource: 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. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $38,742/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $27
- Modeled exposure split equally across 119 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 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 October 2026.
Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | 6F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $935,000 | +0.0% | |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 2G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $840,000 | -1.1% | |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 6A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $775,000 | -6.1% | |
| Oct 16, 2024 | 7BC | 4 BR · 3 BA | $2,900,000 | -10.6% | |
| Oct 4, 2024 | 16D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 850 sf | $995,000 | $1,171/sf | -0.4% |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 9G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $705,000 | -1.4% | |
| Aug 16, 2023 | 5F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $820,000 | -3.4% | |
| Mar 24, 2023 | 3C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $727,500 | -2.9% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $1,261/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.1% 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 1-00817-0085). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so a purchase runs through a board package and interview; confirm the building's current financing and residency policies from its application instructions.
The case for the building is character and position: a cooperative on a Sixth Avenue corner just off lower Fifth Avenue's Gold Coast, walkable to Union Square, the Flatiron District, and the Ladies' Mile, with the subway lines along Sixth Avenue and 14th Street close at hand. The most important on-site distinctions are floor, exposure, and layout — compare actual daylight, layout, condition and dated prices without assuming superior value retention. Comparable analysis belongs against relevant cooperatives in Chelsea, Flatiron and lower Fifth Avenue, adjusting for construction era and apartment features.
What to know if you’re selling
Documented building features and location are the marketing core. Describe the cooperative's lower Fifth Avenue location and actual apartment features without implying a prewar construction date or a proven effect on sale price.
Benchmark within the building and against relevant Chelsea–Flatiron cooperatives. Review actual dated in-building sales as one reference point; floor, light, exposure, layout, and renovation status determine where a unit lands.
Light, proportion, and renovation are the on-site differentiators. Document each home's actual floor, daylight, dimensions, kitchen and bath condition rather than infer its finishes or proportions from construction era.
Prepare the board package early. A clean, complete package and a well-qualified, primary-residence buyer move a co-op sale through the board efficiently — we manage that process end to end.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 568 Avenue of the Americas, also evaluate nearby Chelsea, Flatiron, and lower Fifth Avenue cooperatives:
- 40 Fifth Avenue — pre-war lower Fifth Avenue cooperative
- 43 Fifth Avenue — Greenwich Village–Flatiron pre-war cooperative
- 51 Fifth Avenue — lower Fifth Avenue cooperative
- 100 West 15th Street — Chelsea–Flatiron cooperative
- 225 Fifth Avenue — Flatiron full-service building
More Flatiron buildings
- 260 Park Avenue South — 1911 condominium
- 278 Park Avenue South (Gramercy Place) — 1894 condominium by Philip Birnbaum & Associates
- Förena, 540 Sixth Avenue — 2020 condominium by Morris Adjmi Architects
- The Cammeyer, 650 Avenue of the Americas — 1892 condominium
- 874 Broadway (The McIntyre Building) — 1890 co-op
- 889 Broadway (The Gorham Building) — 1883 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Flatiron — read The Roebling Team Guide to Flatiron.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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