- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Keyed elevators, video-security entry and full-time superintendent
Every recorded sale at this building, 2008–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $2,098
- Listing discount
- 1.6%
- Recorded sales
- 28
- On record
- 2008–2026
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7 East 17th Street is a through-block commercial-loft building with another entrance at 10 East 18th Street. Moore & Landsiedel designed the eight-story structure for Thomas H. Bell in 1900–1902. Its brown brick, stone and terra-cotta ornament belong to the later commercial development of the Ladies' Mile district.
The building's two street frontages are different widths. The East 17th Street side extends approximately thirty-seven and a half feet, while the East 18th Street frontage is about twenty-four and a half feet. The resulting north and south loft arrangements occupy the same condominium but have different orientations and floor-plate proportions.
Architecture and unit composition
LPC describes the East 17th Street façade's rusticated stone pilasters, ornamental terra-cotta bands and arched window surrounds. Broad windows served the original commercial floors, which housed manufacturers and merchants. The residential conversion retained the large loft volumes and introduced individual apartment layouts behind the historic façades.
The condominium includes expansive homes commonly approaching 2,700–3,000 square feet, smaller loft configurations and a substantially larger combined floor. Ceiling heights commonly reach eleven to thirteen feet. Columns, exposed brick and oversized windows remain features of documented interiors, although later renovations have altered the room divisions.
The penthouse category includes private roof space. Other homes have large open living areas within the original commercial footprint. Keyed elevator access serves the residences, and north- and south-facing apartments form separate layout groups within the same building.
Building operations
The condominium has a full-time superintendent and video-security entry. Its lobby and protected exterior have undergone restoration. Fourteen residential tax lots sit alongside two commercial lots within the ownership structure.
Residential conversion required specific land-use approvals in the manufacturing district. A 2007 City Planning application addressed conversion of commercial areas to apartments; the DOB alteration job, filed by Peter Farinella, was permitted that September and signed off in November 2011. The base zoning's zero residential FAR entry consequently does not describe the building's established residential conversion on its own.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | 8S | 2,820 sf | $6,750,000 | $2,394/sf | off-mkt |
| May 26, 2026 | PHS | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,820 sf | $6,750,000 | $2,394/sf | -2.1% |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 4S | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,950 sf | $4,250,000 | $1,441/sf | +6.4% |
| Oct 22, 2021 | 2 | 5,681 sf | $5,500,000 | $968/sf | -8.3% |
| Jun 18, 2021 | 8S | 2,820 sf | $5,850,000 | $2,074/sf | off-mkt |
| Jun 15, 2021 | PHA | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,820 sf | $5,850,000 | $2,074/sf | -11.0% |
| Jul 20, 2015 | 3 | 1 BR · 2 BA · 2,670 sf | $3,525,000 | $1,320/sf | -4.7% |
| Jan 26, 2015 | 7S | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,952 sf | $2,950,000 | $1,511/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $2,098/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 1.6% 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 1-00846-7502) 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.
At the recent median sale of $6.75M (3 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $319,553 to close, or 4.7% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $151,875
- Mortgage recording tax: $97,453
- Title insurance: $30,375
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $39,850
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 Randolph: A nearby prewar condominium of matching residential scale.
- 7 East 20th Street: Another small condominium in a taller early-twentieth-century building.
- 15 West 17th Street: A smaller prewar condominium on the same street corridor.
- Altair 18: A larger loft condominium conversion for comparing building services and residential inventory.
- Altair 20: A similarly scaled prewar conversion farther north in Flatiron.
More Flatiron buildings
- 4 West 16th Street — co-op
- 4W21, 4 West 21st Street — 2005 condop
- Madison Green (5 East 22nd Street) — 1985 condominium by Philip Birnbaum & Associates
- 7 East 20th Street — 1907 condominium
- 7 West 14th Street (7 West 14th Street) — 1964 co-op
- The Victoria (7 East 14th Street) — 1964 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Flatiron — read The Roebling Team Guide to Flatiron.
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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