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Chelsea
Row-house blocks, pre-war co-ops and new condominiums along the High Line, from 14th to 30th Street west of Sixth Avenue.
- $1.60MMedian sale price, last 12 months
- 612Recorded sales, last 12 months
- 46%Of homes in pre-war buildings
- 6Subway lines with stations in the area
About Chelsea
Chelsea, as covered here, runs from 14th Street to 30th Street, west of Sixth Avenue to the Hudson River. It includes West Chelsea along the High Line but stops short of Hudson Yards, which has a very different, mostly new-construction market.
The neighborhood has two distinct halves. The blocks between Eighth and Tenth Avenues in the low 20s hold Chelsea’s 19th-century row houses, many inside the Chelsea Historic District, around the General Theological Seminary’s block at Chelsea Square. Further west, former warehouses and factories along the High Line, which opened in stages from 2009, now house galleries, offices and new condominiums.
Some of the neighborhood’s best-known buildings are large apartment complexes: London Terrace, completed in 1930 and filling the block between 23rd and 24th Streets and Ninth and Tenth Avenues, and Penn South, a limited-equity co-op from 1962 between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. Chelsea Market occupies the former Nabisco factory on Ninth Avenue.
Landmarks Preservation Commission historic districts in the neighborhood include the Chelsea Historic District, the Chelsea Historic District Extension, the West Chelsea Historic District, the Lamartine Place Historic District and the Ladies’ Mile Historic District. Exterior changes to buildings inside a historic district need Commission approval, which is worth knowing before buying a townhouse or planning a renovation. Check any address on the LPC designations map.
Chelsea market report
From October 2025 through September 2026, NYC Department of Finance records show 612 home sales in Chelsea, with a median price of $1.60M. Half of those sales fell between $825K and $2.95M.
The total breaks down as 276 co-op sales, 322 condo sales and 14 sales of 1–3 family houses.
The overall median is up 6.5% on the previous 12 months, and the number of sales is down 12.2%.
The co-op median rose 21.6% year on year, on 276 sales. A swing that size usually reflects which apartments sold, not a change in what comparable apartments are worth.
| Type | Sales | Median | Middle half of sales | Median vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-ops | 276 | $845K | $550K – $1.50M | +21.6%* |
| Condos | 322 | $2.35M | $1.50M – $3.69M | -3.1% |
| 1–3 family houses | 14 | $6.17M | $5.28M – $11.9M | — |
* Large change on a limited number of sales; see the note above.
Source: NYC Department of Finance rolling and annualized sales, October 2025 – September 2026, compared with October 2024 – September 2025. Residential sales of $100,000 or more; bulk and duplicate records removed. Recent months may be incomplete because sales appear as deeds are recorded. Area covered: NYC Planning area MN0401 south of 30th Street (excludes Hudson Yards). Updated quarterly.
Homes in Chelsea
Chelsea’s sales split between co-ops in pre-war and post-war buildings and condos, a large share of them built since 2000; 29% of the neighborhood’s homes are in buildings from 2000 or later. Condo sales outnumbered co-op sales in the last 12 months. Limited-equity co-op sales, such as those at Penn South, are recorded at below-market prices and pull the co-op median down. Townhouse sales are rare: 14 in the year.
- HomesAbout 34,700 residential units
- Age46% of units are in buildings from before 1940; 29% are in buildings from 2000 or later
- Building types52% in elevator apartment buildings, 24% in condominiums, 21% in walk-up apartment buildings
- Co-op buildings207
- Condo buildings182
- Townhouses and small buildings229 (1–4 units)
Building data from NYC Department of City Planning PLUTO. Counts are approximate.
Getting around
The 1 train stops at 18th, 23rd and 28th Streets on Seventh Avenue. The C and E stop at 23rd Street on Eighth Avenue, the A, C and E at 14th Street, and the L runs across 14th Street with stops at Eighth and Sixth Avenues. The F and M stop along Sixth Avenue, and the PATH to New Jersey stops at 14th and 23rd Streets.
Stations in the neighborhood
- 23 StCE
- 14 StACE Accessible
- 14 StFM Accessible
- 18 St1
- 23 St1
Stations from the MTA’s station list. Plan a specific trip with the MTA trip planner.
Parks
The High Line runs through West Chelsea from Gansevoort Street up to 34th Street. Hudson River Park and Chelsea Piers line the waterfront. Chelsea Park, on Ninth Avenue at 27th Street, has fields and courts, and there are smaller playgrounds throughout.
- The High Line6.7 acres
- Chelsea Park3.9 acres
- Penn South Playgroundunder 1 acre
- Clement Clarke Moore Parkunder 1 acre
- Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playgroundunder 1 acre
- Chelsea Greenunder 1 acre
NYC Parks properties in or next to the neighborhood. Areas from NYC Parks.
School district
Chelsea is in NYC Community School District 2. Public school zoning is set address by address and can change from year to year, so check any specific address with the Department of Education before you rely on it.
The Garson Team in Chelsea
The Garson Team’s Chelsea sales include a walk-up co-op at 228 West 16th Street, a pre-war elevator co-op at 250 West 15th Street, and a condominium at 515 West 18th Street, a building from 2018 beside the High Line.
Nearby neighborhoods
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