Chinatown
Chinatown's residential stock is predominantly pre-war tenement and small elevator buildings, with a modest layer of newer condominium construction along its southern and eastern edges. Apartments run small, buildings run walk-up, and the commercial life is denser and more continuous than anywhere else below Canal Street. Buyers are typically first-purchase or value-driven. Expect a high share of cash purchases: lenders treat small walk-up buildings with few units and thin reserves cautiously, which quietly narrows the buyer pool.
What the index shows for Chinatown
Median condominium price per square foot and cooperative price per room, with the change over the past year and since 2022 and 2016. Condos are measured by the foot, co-ops by the room.
Medians of recorded, index-eligible sales — each figure carries the mix of what happened to trade, not the like-for-like change of a single apartment. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from public records. Figures are indicative, not an appraisal.
Buildings in Chinatown
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