CONDOMINIUM · MIDTOWN · BUILT 2019
53 West 53rd Street
Jean Nouvel's tapering tower beside the Museum of Modern Art.
WHY THIS BUILDING MATTERS
53 West 53 brings Jean Nouvel's diagonal structural frame together with interiors by Thierry Despont. Beside the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown, the tower's tapering form and floor-to-ceiling windows give it a distinct presence on the skyline. The architecture also shapes the experience inside: buyers should compare the position of the bracing, room proportions and outlook in each residence, rather than assume one floor plan represents the building. Its setting puts MoMA, Fifth Avenue and Rockefeller Center close at hand.
REALPLUS / RLS INVENTORY
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REFERENCE FILE
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DAILY EXPERIENCE
What the building provides—and what those services mean for staffing, operations and monthly carry.
NYC PUBLIC RECORDS
Explore city facts and recorded deed amounts. These records are a research starting point—not a valuation, title report, or substitute for due diligence.
Why the numbers differ: 77 profile floors vs. 73 city-record floors; 139 profile residences vs. 161 residential units on the tax lot. ELIKA’s building-profile figures can come from architectural, offering-plan or building source material. City records use tax-lot definitions and may reflect different completion dates, floor counts, unit combinations or filing conventions. Confirm current offering documents and building records for a purchase.
City match: 53 WEST 53RD STREET · Borough / block / lot: 1 / 1269 / 7502
ACRIS DEED RECORDS
16 records in this saved city-data snapshot.
Based only on available city records, not a verified all-time building record. Year and dates follow the sale/document-date column; recording dates may differ. Where a document date was unavailable, the saved record may use its recording date. Figures summarize the saved snapshot and do not change with the table search.
| Sale date | Recorded | Recorded consideration | Apartment | City-recorded sq ft | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-24 | $2,500,000 | 20C | 1,428 sq ft | DEED · 2026092400204002 ↗ |
| 2026-07-28 | 2026-08-18 | $5,350,000 | 21D | 2,610 sq ft | DEED · 2026081300958001 ↗ |
| 2026-05-18 | 2026-06-03 | $5,850,000 | 40C | 2,396 sq ft | DEED · 2026052900142003 ↗ |
| 2026-05-08 | 2026-05-27 | $6,680,000 | 34C, 14E | — | DEED · 2026052100270001 ↗ |
| 2026-03-23 | 2026-03-26 | $12,800,000 | 49A | 3,765 sq ft | DEED · 2026032400579001 ↗ |
| 2026-02-09 | 2026-02-26 | $5,153,125 | 19A | 2,370 sq ft | DEED · 2026022500769001 ↗ |
| 2026-02-06 | 2026-03-13 | $4,800,000 | 33B | 2,046 sq ft | DEED · 2026030600302002 ↗ |
| 2026-01-29 | 2026-02-05 | $15,300,000 | 61A | 3,670 sq ft | DEED · 2026020400617001 ↗ |
| 2026-01-23 | 2026-02-02 | $29,500,000 | 65 | 6,448 sq ft | DEED · 2026020200649001 ↗ |
| 2026-01-15 | 2026-01-29 | $14,250,000 | 54A | 3,867 sq ft | DEED · 2026012200624001 ↗ |
| 2025-12-23 | 2026-01-09 | $14,000,000 | 59B | 3,230 sq ft | DEED · 2026010701131001 ↗ |
| 2025-12-18 | 2026-01-09 | $10,350,000 | 60B | 3,132 sq ft | DEED · 2025122900785003 ↗ |
| 2025-10-08 | 2025-10-22 | $5,625,000 | 33C | 2,518 sq ft | DEED · 2025102100284004 ↗ |
| 2025-09-11 | 2025-09-22 | $3,897,661 | 15H | 1,386 sq ft | DEED · 2025091601081001 ↗ |
| 2025-08-18 | 2025-11-03 | $5,600,000 | 32C | — | DEED · 2025082800520001 ↗ |
| 2025-08-14 | 2025-08-21 | $1,460,000 | 15B | 649 sq ft | DEED · 2025082000483002 ↗ |
No matching recorded deeds.
Square footage is the City’s condominium unit record, matched by tax lot and apartment. It may differ from listing measurements or the layout at the sale date. A dash means no unambiguous unit-area match is available. Source record year: 2022. Area records last retrieved Oct 30, 2026. NYC Property Information Portal ↗
BUYING & RENTING
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Discuss your applicationTHE BLOCK AROUND IT
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Subway | E, M at 5 Av–53 St; B, D, F, M at 47–50 Sts–Rockefeller Center
Park | Central Park at Grand Army Plaza
Culture | The Museum of Modern Art, immediately adjacent
Everyday | Fifth Avenue retail, Rockefeller Center
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COMPLIMENTARY DIGITAL EDITION
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