- Year built
- 2005
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 180
- Floors
- 10
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- 24-hour attended lobby, resident superintendent, courtyard, fitness room, laundry, bicycle storage and on-site garage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2007–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $850
- Listing discount
- 2.7%
- Recorded sales
- 295
- On record
- 2007–2026
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The Langston is a substantial condominium development at the southern edge of Jackie Robinson Park, occupying a sloping block between West 145th and West 146th Streets. Gotham Organization and The Richman Group developed the property with GreenbergFarrow, which designed its residential and commercial components. Upper-floor setbacks create terraces, while the base accommodates retail and parking alongside residential common facilities.
The project was built through the city's Cornerstone Program, with both restricted and unrestricted apartments. Resale eligibility and restrictions depend on the individual apartment — confirm with the managing agent.
The tax benefits remain a defining ownership feature. The residential 421-a program and separate commercial ICIP/ICAP benefit both began in 2008 and remain active on the 2027 roll. The residential program has a stated 25-year term, making the phaseout schedule relevant to any long ownership horizon.
Architecture and unit composition
GreenbergFarrow's design responds to a steeply sloping street network. Retail occupies two levels, and the upper two floors step back to create terraced penthouse homes. A landscaped courtyard provides shared exterior space within the development. The grade change is part of the building's organization, with different street elevations around the block.
The residential inventory includes one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, together with duplex penthouses. Some duplexes have double-height window walls, internal stairs and access on more than one floor. Those layouts offer a different division of living and sleeping space from the single-level homes below.
Private terraces are concentrated in selected configurations, particularly around the setbacks. The common courtyard and residents' outdoor facilities are separate from those private areas. A terrace should be described as part of the particular home's exterior rights, while the shared courtyard remains a condominium amenity.
Interiors have been altered since the original development. Single-level apartments include relatively compact one-bedroom homes and larger multi-bedroom plans, while the duplex inventory adds a distinct upper-end category. A purchaser comparing the two should account for the area devoted to stairs and double-height space as well as the stated bedroom count.
Building operations
The Langston has a continuously attended lobby and a resident superintendent. Shared facilities include a gym, building laundry, bicycle storage and a courtyard. The garage is on site, with parking arrangements separate from an apartment's interior accommodations.
Residential and commercial properties have separate tax classifications. The apartments fall within class 2, which has no statutory cap on assessment growth. Commercial lots are class 4 and have a separate commercial benefit. The commercial incentive should not be used to describe the tax treatment of an apartment.
The 421-a benefit has a 25-year term beginning in 2008. An active benefit does not mean the exemption remains at its original level for every remaining year. For a purchase here, the apartment's remaining benefit schedule is a specific carrying-cost variable as ownership approaches the later years of the program.
No single owner dominates the residential inventory on the DOF roll: the largest ownership shown is two of 180 residential units. That indicates widely distributed title ownership, though it does not by itself establish the share of apartments occupied by owners or leased to tenants.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | 1V | 2 BR · 2 BA · 850 sf | $890,000 | $1,047/sf | -8.7% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | PHL | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,327 sf | $1,350,000 | $1,017/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 9L | 1,327 sf | $1,350,000 | $1,017/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 8R | 2 BR · 2 BA · 967 sf | $800,000 | $827/sf | +0.0% |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 6V | 2 BR · 2 BA · 831 sf | $705,000 | $848/sf | -16.6% |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 7G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 663 sf | $570,000 | $860/sf | -4.8% |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 7F | 2 BR · 2 BA · 890 sf | $810,000 | $910/sf | -2.3% |
| Nov 18, 2024 | PHM | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,321 sf | $1,320,000 | $999/sf | -11.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $850/sf across 4 sales. Median listing discount 2.7% 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 1-02045-7501) 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.
At the recent median sale of $890K (10 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $32,946 to close, or 3.7% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- Mortgage recording tax: $12,849
- Title insurance: $4,005
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $16,092
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- The Lenox — Another established Harlem condominium from the same development era, with a smaller overall residential inventory.
- 2280 Frederick Douglass Boulevard — A later condominium alternative along Frederick Douglass Boulevard with a more contained scale.
- 300 West 122nd Street — A newer Harlem condominium of broadly comparable inventory size for weighing a different amenity generation.
- Eleven Hancock — A smaller contemporary condominium with a more recent architectural and interior design program.
- Colonial Parkway Apartments — A nearby prewar architectural comparison with cooperative tenure and separate purchase restrictions.
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- Kalahari, 40 West 116th Street — 2006 condominium
- 45 West 131st Street (West 131 Plaza Condominium) — 1880 condominium
- Parc Vues, 61–63 Lenox Avenue at West 113th Street · Harlem — 1900 condominium
- The Walden, 69 East 130th Street — 2004 condominium
- 77 Condominiums, 77 East 110th Street — 2013 condominium
- 88 Morningside Avenue — 2012 condop
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Harlem — read The Roebling Team Guide to Harlem.
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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