- Year built
- 1988
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 293
- Floors
- 28
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- 24-hour doorman and concierge, rooftop terrace with Hudson River, Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island views, fitness center, swimming pool, on-site laundry, and access to the Battery Park City esplanade and park network — confirm the current amenity roster and any fees with the managing agent
- Pets
- Verify current terms with the managing agent
- Flip tax
- None documented — verify against the by-laws at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $727
- Listing discount
- 6.5%
- Recorded sales
- 43
- On record
- 2003–2025
Liberty View is one of the established full-service condominiums on the southern edge of Battery Park City, delivered in the late 1980s as the master-planned neighborhood was taking shape along the Hudson. Twenty-eight stories on the waterfront, it offers new-to-market buyers something increasingly scarce in Lower Manhattan: individually owned condominium apartments with river and harbor exposures, a doorman-serviced building, and direct access to the Battery Park City esplanade and park system, at a per-foot below the FiDi trophy towers to the east.
The building's thesis is location and outlook. The rooftop terrace looks out over the Hudson River, the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island, and the upper floors carry some of the most direct harbor exposures in the neighborhood. Battery Park City itself is the differentiator — a quiet, low-traffic residential enclave with landscaped waterfront, ballfields, and playgrounds, walled off from the density of the Financial District a few blocks inland. For buyers who want a condominium with real amenity and genuine views without paying new-development pricing, Liberty View sits squarely in that band.
Architecture and unit composition
Liberty View is a masonry high-rise of 28 stories on a Battery Park City waterfront parcel. The residences run through the standard Battery Park City mix of studios through larger family layouts, with the upper and west-facing lines carrying the Hudson and harbor exposures the building is known for. As with any condominium of this vintage, renovation quality and finish level vary line to line and floor to floor — underwrite the specific apartment, not the building average. Architect and developer attribution above is drawn from publicly recorded building data and should be confirmed against the offering plan on file in The Roebling Research Library.
Building operations
Liberty View runs as a full-service condominium: 24-hour doorman and concierge, a rooftop terrace with open harbor views, a fitness center, a swimming pool, and on-site laundry, plus the shared Battery Park City amenity of the waterfront esplanade and park network at the door. Common charges reflect building services, and — because this is a ground-lease building — the ground rent and payments in lieu of taxes flow through the building's carrying costs (see the buying section). The offering plan, current house rules, and recent financial statements are on file in The Roebling Research Library.
Recent sales
Liberty View trades in the middle band of the Battery Park City condominium market, priced per square foot below the newer FiDi and waterfront towers while offering comparable views and a full-service building. Pricing at the apartment level is driven by floor, exposure, and renovation condition — a high-floor, west-facing line with direct harbor views carries a meaningful premium over an interior or lower line. Because Battery Park City is a ground-lease submarket, buyers underwrite the monthly carry — common charges plus the building's ground-rent obligation — more heavily than in a fee-simple building, and that reality is reflected in the per-foot. Apartment-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2025 | 17E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 705 sf | $560,000 | $794/sf | -13.8% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 17B | 588 sf | $600,000 | $1,020/sf | off-mkt |
| May 9, 2023 | 17J | 1 BR · 1 BA · 640 sf | $570,000 | $891/sf | -6.4% |
| May 23, 2022 | 17D | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,342 sf | $1,500,000 | $1,118/sf | -3.2% |
| Oct 22, 2021 | 8C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,097 sf | $1,105,000 | $1,007/sf | -7.8% |
| Aug 3, 2021 | 16A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 624 sf | $635,000 | $1,018/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 14G | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,202 sf | $1,400,000 | $1,165/sf | -25.3% |
| Jul 10, 2019 | 18E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 715 sf | $850,000 | $1,189/sf | -2.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $727/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 6.5% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2022 | 15K | $618,000 |
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 1-00016-7510) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
Understand the ground lease before anything else. Battery Park City land is owned by the Battery Park City Authority, and buildings sit on long-term ground leases rather than fee-simple land. The building pays ground rent and payments in lieu of taxes to the Authority, and those costs flow into your monthly carry. Ground rent is scheduled to escalate over the life of the lease, and the residential ground leases in Battery Park City have historically run toward 2069 — with extensions negotiated for portions of the neighborhood. Confirm the exact lease expiration, the current and scheduled ground-rent figures, and any reset or extension terms directly from the ground lease and the building's financials before you commit. This single item materially affects both your monthly carry and your resale.
Confirm financing early. Ground-lease condominiums require additional lender diligence — not every lender finances them, and the remaining lease term factors into underwriting. Identify which lenders actively finance Liberty View and lock your financing approach before you go to contract.
Model the full carry honestly. Common charges plus the building's ground-rent and PILOT pass-through plus utilities and insurance — the ground-lease structure makes the monthly number the thing to underwrite. Run it completely, and stress-test it against the scheduled ground-rent escalations.
Buy the view and the floor. Exposure is the value driver here. West-facing, high-floor lines with direct Hudson and harbor views carry the premium; confirm the specific apartment's outlook line by line.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the view and the waterfront. The Hudson, the Statue of Liberty, and the Battery Park City esplanade are the marketing story — high-floor, west-facing inventory is what widens the buyer pool.
Get ahead of the ground-lease questions. Serious buyers and their attorneys will ask about ground rent, the lease term, and financing availability on day one. Have the current figures and the lease terms ready — clarity here shortens the diligence cycle and protects your price.
Position against Battery Park City and FiDi condos. Your comparable set is the surrounding Battery Park City condominiums and the nearby Financial District product, not the fee-simple trophy market.
Condition and exposure drive the spread. Renovated, high-floor, view-facing apartments set the top of the building's range; underwrite and price the specific line.
Comparable buildings
- 200 Rector Place — nearby Battery Park City condominium
- 300 Rector Place — nearby Rector Place condominium
- 2 River Terrace — Battery Park City waterfront condominium to the north
- 20 River Terrace — nearby River Terrace condominium
- The Cove Club — Battery Park City waterfront condominium
- 250 South End Avenue — nearby South End Avenue building
The Roebling Team at Liberty View
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Central Park West, the Upper East Side, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market — including the Battery Park City and Lower Manhattan waterfront corridors. We publish this building profile because condominium buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, operational reality, the ground-lease framework, transactional mechanics, and pricing at the apartment level — not generic market commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 99 Battery Place, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires — comparable analysis at the apartment level, ground-lease due diligence, and the pacing strategy that fits your timeline.
The neighborhood
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