838 Fifth AvenueRecorded sales & closing prices
838 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10065
12 recorded closings, 2005–2025. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 12
- Date range
- 2005–2025
- Median $/sf
- $4,008
- Listing discount
- 8.2%
- Price range
- $1.14M – $31.9M
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.
The complete recorded-sale history for 838 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 8.2% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
10 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2025 | 6 | 4 BR · 5.5 BA · 5,427 sf | $21,750,000 | $4,008 | -11.2% |
| Apr 28, 2021 | 10 | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 4,522 sf | $11,273,163 | $2,493 | — |
| Jul 10, 2014 | 1C | 300 sf | $1,138,500 | $3,795 | — |
| Jul 10, 2014 | 8 | 3 BR · 5,416 sf | $31,861,500 | $5,883 | — |
| Nov 24, 2009 | 9 | 3 BR · 4,552 sf | $22,500,000 | $4,943 | -8.2% |
| Jan 30, 2007 | 9 | 3 BR · 4,524 sf | $15,800,000 | $3,492 | — |
| Mar 3, 2006 | 10 | 3 BR · 4,522 sf | $13,500,000 | $2,985 | — |
| Mar 3, 2006 | 1E | 4,541 sf | $13,470,000 | $2,966 | — |
| Apr 21, 2005 | 8 | 3 BR · 5,423 sf | $21,000,000 | $3,872 | -2.3% |
| Jan 18, 2005 | 9 | 3 BR · 4,524 sf | $13,600,000 | $3,006 | — |
The retrade record
Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
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.
| Apartment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2025 | 6 | 4 BR · 5.5 BA | 5,427 | $21,750,000 | $4,008 | -11.2% |
| Apr 28, 2021 | 10 | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 4,522 | $11,273,163 | $2,493 | — |
| Jul 10, 2014 | 1C | 300 | $1,138,500 | $3,795 | — | |
| Jul 10, 2014 | 8 | 3 BR | 5,416 | $31,861,500 | $5,883 | — |
| Nov 24, 2009 | 9 | 3 BR | 4,552 | $22,500,000 | $4,943 | -8.2% |
| Jan 30, 2007 | 9 | 3 BR | 4,524 | $15,800,000 | $3,492 | — |
| Mar 3, 2006 | 10 | 3 BR | 4,522 | $13,500,000 | $2,985 | — |
| Mar 3, 2006 | 1E | 4,541 | $13,470,000 | $2,966 | — | |
| Aug 12, 2005 | S12 | non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 514 | $500,000 | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2005 | 8 | 3 BR | 5,423 | $21,000,000 | $3,872 | -2.3% |
| Apr 21, 2005 | 1C | non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 300 | $500,000 | — | — |
| Jan 18, 2005 | 9 | 3 BR | 4,524 | $13,600,000 | $3,006 | — |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01379-7504) 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. 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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