817 Fifth AvenueRecorded sales & closing prices

817 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10065

6 recorded transfers, 2005–2023. Sortable and searchable below.

Recorded transfers
6
Date range
2005–2023
Median $/sf
$3,180
2023 · recorded
Listing discount
10.7%
median, from last ask
Price range
$8.6M – $18M
Price shift · median $/sf · raw yearly
Since 2010
-27.3%
10-Year
not enough data
Since 2022
+0%
1-Year
+0%

Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, from the raw yearly medians — too few standardized single-line units here to adjust to a constant-quality (average-floor) basis, so which apartments happened to trade moves these alongside price. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.

As a cooperative, 817 Fifth Avenue prices on a price-per-room basis rather than strictly per square foot, with floor, Central Park frontage, layout, ceiling height, and condition driving value. Turnover is exceptionally light — full-floor Fifth Avenue apartments in a 16-unit building trade rarely, and each sale is an event. Apartment-level context matters far more than any building average, and the George B. Post & Sons pedigree, the full-floor plans, and the Park views support pricing at the top of the market for residences that present well. Buyers should expect a demanding board process to accompany any purchase.

The complete recorded-sale history for 817 Fifth Avenue, 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 10.7% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.

Price per square foot over time

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

$2,490$3,802$5,114'10'13'16'19'22'237 · $4,973/sf · 2010MAIS-12 · $3,273/sf · 20155 · $2,631/sf · 20205 · $2,882/sf · 20239 · $3,478/sf · 2023
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.

Recent closings

The building’s 6 most recent market sales.

DateUnitApartmentPrice$/sfvs. Ask
Jun 15, 202393,450 sf$12,000,000$3,478
Jan 12, 202355 BR · 4.5 BA · 3,800 sf$10,950,000$2,882-12.4%
Oct 16, 202054 BR · 4 BA · 3,800 sf$9,999,000$2,631-28.3%
Apr 13, 2015MAIS-125 BR · 5 BA · 5,500 sf$18,000,000$3,273-9.1%
Oct 6, 201073 BR · 3,450 sf$17,155,125$4,973
Apr 8, 200564 BR$8,600,000-3.4%

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.

6 recorded sales
Apartment
Jun 15, 202393,450$12,000,000$3,478
Jan 12, 202355 BR · 4.5 BA3,800$10,950,000$2,882-12.4%
Oct 16, 202054 BR · 4 BA3,800$9,999,000$2,631-28.3%
Apr 13, 2015MAIS-125 BR · 5 BA5,500$18,000,000$3,273-9.1%
Oct 6, 201073 BR3,450$17,155,125$4,973
Apr 8, 200564 BR$8,600,000-3.4%

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01377-7501) 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 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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