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686 Second Avenue (303 East 37th Street)Recorded sales & closing prices

686 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016

76 recorded transfers, 2003–2026. Sortable and searchable below.

Co-ops are normally measured by price per room, since square footage is not officially recorded for them. This building is shown in price per square foot because most of its sales carry documented footage, which makes the sharper measure the honest one here.

Recorded transfers
76
Date range
2003–2026
Median $/sf
$632
2026 · adjusted
Listing discount
3.6%
median, from last ask
Monthly carry/sf
$1.83
≈ $1,924/mo · recent
Price range
$265K – $860K
Price shift · median $/sf · floor-adjusted
Since 2004
▲ +18.9%
10-Year
▼ -11.8%
Since 2022
▼ -5.2%
1-Year
▼ -0.8%

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 686 Second Avenue (303 East 37th Street), 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 3.6% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.

Price per square foot over time

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

$396$679$962'04'08'12'16'20'24'265E · $474/sf · 20045B · $530/sf · 20046P · $552/sf · 20041F · $573/sf · 20062P · $644/sf · 20075C · $711/sf · 20074F · $642/sf · 20084C · $431/sf · 20096P · $580/sf · 20114P · $625/sf · 20116K · $607/sf · 20122N · $426/sf · 20122P · $650/sf · 2012PHE · $540/sf · 20133K · $567/sf · 20146B · $600/sf · 20144N · $886/sf · 20175B · $730/sf · 20175L · $813/sf · 20186H · $715/sf · 20184B · $730/sf · 20195G · $600/sf · 20204P · $563/sf · 20201J · $932/sf · 20214D · $625/sf · 20216N · $684/sf · 20225F · $688/sf · 20225D · $575/sf · 20222G · $591/sf · 20226E · $650/sf · 20233FG · $637/sf · 20233C · $659/sf · 20253B · $682/sf · 20261D · $638/sf · 20261F · $513/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.
Building average$632/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 3–6 10 sales
+2%
Floors 1–2 4 sales
-5%

Premium by line

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

Line D 3 sales
-1%

Recent closings

The building’s 10 most recent market sales.

DateUnitApartmentPrice$/sfvs. Ask
Aug 3, 20261F1 BR · 1 BA · 1,000 sf$513,000$513-12.8%
Jul 30, 20263B1 BA · 550 sf$375,000$682-1.1%
Jul 30, 20261D1 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf$510,000$638-5.2%
Jul 10, 20263A1 BA$382,000+1.9%
Jun 30, 20261K2 BR · 1,050 sf$765,000$729—
Nov 18, 20252K2 BR · 1 BA$725,000+3.7%
Aug 25, 20253C1 BR · 1 BA · 850 sf$560,000$659-4.3%
Oct 1, 20243J1 BR · 1 BA$550,000-2.7%
Jul 24, 20244J1 BR · 1 BA$540,000-9.8%
Mar 14, 20241C$370,000—

The retrade record

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

3J+38%
$400,000 2011 → $550,000 2024
5B · 500 sf+38%
$265,000 ($530/sf) 2004 → $365,000 ($730/sf) 2017
2H+31%
$275,000 2011 → $360,000 2018
6C+25%
$425,000 2005 → $459,000 2014 → $530,500 2021
6P · 500 sf+5%
$276,000 ($552/sf) 2004 → $290,000 ($580/sf) 2011
2P · 500 sf+1%
$322,000 ($644/sf) 2007 → $325,000 ($650/sf) 2012
2J+0%
$329,000 2003 → $329,000 2005
1F · 1,000 sf-6%
$544,000 ($573/sf) 2006 → $513,000 ($513/sf) 2026

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.

76 recorded sales
Apartment
Aug 3, 20261F1 BR · 1 BA1,000$513,000$513-12.8%
Jul 30, 20263B1 BA550$375,000$682-1.1%
Jul 30, 20261D1 BR · 1 BA800$510,000$638-5.2%
Jul 10, 20263A1 BA—$382,000—+1.9%
Jun 30, 20261K2 BR1,050$765,000$729—
Nov 18, 20252K2 BR · 1 BA—$725,000—+3.7%
Aug 25, 20253C1 BR · 1 BA850$560,000$659-4.3%
Oct 1, 20243J1 BR · 1 BA—$550,000—-2.7%
Jul 24, 20244J1 BR · 1 BA—$540,000—-9.8%
Mar 14, 20241C—$370,000——
Oct 30, 20233FG2 BR · 2 BA1,350$860,000$637-3.9%
Feb 7, 20236E2 BR · 2 BA1,250$812,500$650-4.4%
Sep 15, 20222G550$325,000$591-9.5%
Sep 9, 20224A—$350,000——
Aug 22, 20225D1 BR · 1 BA800$460,000$575-3.2%
Aug 10, 20225F1 BR · 1 BA800$550,000$688-9.8%
Jul 27, 20226N1 BR · 1 BA800$547,000$684-3.0%
Sep 15, 20214F1 BR950$560,000$589—
Jul 15, 20216C1 BR · 1 BA—$530,500—-3.5%
Jul 12, 20214D1 BR · 1 BA800$500,000$625-2.9%
Jan 27, 20211J2 BR · 1 BA730$680,000$932-5.6%
Dec 11, 20204P1 BA600$338,000$563-6.1%
Feb 7, 20202D—$505,000——
Jan 23, 20205G1 BA550$330,000$600-4.3%
Aug 20, 20194B1 BA500$365,000$730-8.5%
Jul 18, 20186H550$393,000$715-1.3%
Apr 23, 20182H—$360,000—-8.9%
Mar 6, 20185L2 BR · 1 BA800$650,000$813-10.3%
Dec 28, 20172L—$585,362——
Nov 30, 20175H—$355,000——
Sep 14, 20175B500$365,000$730—
Jun 5, 20174N1 BR775$686,700$886+9.9%
Jan 9, 20172E2 BR—$770,000—-3.6%
Mar 5, 20146B500$300,000$600+0.3%
Feb 25, 20146C1 BR · 1 BA—$459,000—-4.2%
Jan 9, 20143K2 BR · 1 BA1,200$680,000$567-2.7%
Oct 29, 2013PHE2 BR · 2 BA1,250$675,000$540-3.6%
Sep 25, 20132ECo-op Sponsor Transfer2 BR—$680,000—-9.2%
Aug 12, 20133HCo-op Sponsor Transfer1 BR—$290,000—-10.8%
May 21, 20132B—$285,000——
Aug 28, 20122P1 BR500$325,000$650-4.1%
Jul 31, 20122N1 BR800$341,000$426+3.6%
May 21, 20126K2 BR1,100$667,500$607-1.8%
Dec 6, 20114P500$312,500$625-0.8%
Nov 29, 20113J1 BR—$400,000—-4.5%
Sep 6, 20112H—$275,000—-4.8%
Aug 18, 20116P500$290,000$580-3.3%
Jun 2, 20091G—$694,514——
May 14, 20094C1 BR950$409,468$431-9.0%
Oct 2, 20084F1 BR · 1 BA950$610,000$642—
May 26, 20084F1 BR · 1 BA950$610,000$642-3.0%
Dec 4, 20075C1 BR900$640,000$711-5.7%
Jul 11, 20071J1 BR900$840,000$933—
Jun 26, 20071K2 BR1,150$720,000$626—
Apr 19, 20073K2 BR1,200$747,000$623—
Jan 10, 20072P1 BR500$322,000$644-2.1%
Jan 3, 20071L—$435,152——
Jun 6, 20063L—$416,289——
Jun 6, 20063M—$417,422——
May 5, 200623—$725,171——
Jan 31, 20061F1 BR950$544,000$573-1.1%
Jan 27, 20064G—$288,910——
Oct 18, 20054L—$416,691——
Sep 29, 20054M—$411,582——
Sep 8, 20053P—$277,662——
Aug 23, 20054D1 BR800$460,000$575—
Aug 23, 20055K—$627,436——
Aug 4, 20053D—$450,000——
Mar 29, 20052J1 BR—$329,000—-8.4%
Feb 18, 20056C1 BR—$425,000—-5.6%
Dec 29, 20046E2 BR1,250$657,000$526—
Sep 29, 20046P500$276,000$552-1.1%
Aug 12, 20045B500$265,000$530+0.0%
Jul 22, 20045E2 BR1,200$569,000$474+0.0%
Mar 19, 20041J1 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)900$295,000——
Oct 22, 20032J1 BR—$329,000—+0.0%
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00943-0001). 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. 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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