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title: "159 West 53rd Street #14F, New York City, NY 10019"
description: "159 West 53rd Street #14F, New York City, NY 10019 — Midtown, New York City, NY. Listing Price $865,000. 1 bed, 1 bath, 755 sqft Illustrative Buyer Commission Share of $12,975 at closing, based on a 3% buyer-broker commission."
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source: "Real Estate Rebate Team"
dateModified: "2026-08-26T18:07:23.254Z"
status: "Active"
---

# 159 West 53rd Street #14F, New York City, NY 10019

Midtown, New York City, NY

Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Last updated: August 26, 2026, 2:07 PM

## At a Glance

- **Listing Price**: $865,000
- **Beds**: 1
- **Baths**: 1
- **Sqft**: 755
- **Common Charges**: $810 / mo
- **Price per Sqft**: $1,146
- **Brokerage Fee**: Share Eligible

## The Private Brokerage Advantage

As an independent luxury buyer representative, Régis shares 50% of the buyer-side commission he actually receives on your purchase. Eligible buyers receive that Buyer Commission Share directly at closing to offset closing costs, down payments, or renovations. The figures below are illustrative, based on a **3% buyer-broker commission**; your share follows the commission offered on the transaction.

- **Contract Purchase Price**: $865,000
- **Illustrative Buyer Commission Share**: -$12,975*
- **Illustrative Net Cost**: $852,025

*Illustrative Buyer Savings of $12,975 — 50% of a 3% buyer-broker commission, shared at closing.*

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## Photos (1)

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## Property Overview

Welcome to residence 14F at 159 West 53rd Street, a high-floor one-bedroom, one-bathroom home where style and convenience converge.

    A spacious foyer leads you into the living room and features large west-facing windows with classic city views. The kitchen is outfitted with stainless steel appliances and ample cabinetry.

    Sleeping quarters are conveniently separated for privacy. The bedroom is light-filled and features oversized windows. Five closets and a full bathroom complete this home.

    This full-service, pet-friendly condominium offers a full-time doorman and concierge, live-in superintendent, laundry, on-site parking (for a fee), and a landscaped roof deck with sweeping city views. Moments from Central Park, Broadway, premier shopping, dining, and major subway lines. No pets over 35 lbs are permitted.

    Contact us to schedule a private showing.

    Monthly Fuel Assessment $173.92

  Electric and Gas Utilities all Included

## Property Details

- **Property Type**: Condominium
- **Beds**: 1
- **Baths**: 1
- **Rooms**: 3
- **Sqft**: 755 sqft
- **Stories**: 37
- **Year Built**: 1968
- **Price per Sqft**: $1,146
- **Common Charges**: $810 / Monthly
- **Listed On**: Jul 21, 2026
- **Days on Market**: 48 Days

### Residence Features

- Wall Unit(s)
- Building Other
- Building Roof Deck
- Dining Area
- City

## Sales Evidence

### Recent closed sales

37 apartments at Tower 53 have recorded sales since September 2021, the most recent for $1,125,000 in April 2026. Prices are the figures recorded with the City, not asking prices.

| Unit | Beds | Sq Ft | Sold Price | $/ft² | Sold | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15B (Apartment) | 2 | 863 | $1,125,000 | $1,304/ft² | April 30, 2026 | City record · MLS |
| 27H (Apartment) | 2 | 900 | $1,050,000 | $1,167/ft² | November 26, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 28H (Apartment) | 2 | 900 | $1,050,000 | $1,167/ft² | July 14, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 14C (Apartment) | 1 | 589 | $695,000 | $1,180/ft² | June 13, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 11D (Apartment) | 1 | 798 | $870,000 | $1,090/ft² | June 4, 2025 | City record |
| 16E (Apartment) | 2 | 1,213 | $1,500,000 | $1,237/ft² | April 25, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 15H (Apartment) | 2 | 900 | $980,000 | $1,089/ft² | March 21, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 28E (Apartment) | 2 | 1,213 | $1,625,000 | $1,340/ft² | January 30, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 35A (Apartment) | 1 | 500 | $585,000 | $1,170/ft² | November 20, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 21F (Apartment) | 1 | 739 | $900,000 | $1,218/ft² | September 26, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 28F (Apartment) | 1 | 739 | $720,000 | $974/ft² | September 19, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 36B (Apartment) | 2 | 1,050 | $1,180,000 | $1,124/ft² | June 17, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 22A (Apartment) | 1 | 498 | $500,000 | $1,004/ft² | May 7, 2024 | City record |
| 17D (Apartment) | 1 | 779 | $875,000 | $1,123/ft² | May 2, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 24D (Apartment) | 1 | 800 | $837,500 | $1,047/ft² | April 24, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 24F (Apartment) | 1 | 739 | $740,000 | $1,001/ft² | February 27, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 31B (Apartment) | 2 | 1,003 | $1,265,000 | $1,261/ft² | June 27, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 21-C (Apartment) | 1 | 526 | $710,000 | $1,350/ft² | May 15, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 21F (Apartment) | 1 | — | $865,000 | — | April 20, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 18C (Apartment) | 1 | — | $680,000 | — | April 6, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 31-F (Apartment) | 1 | 739 | $900,000 | $1,218/ft² | March 13, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 30-A (Apartment) | 1 | — | $635,000 | — | March 10, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 30C (Apartment) | 1 | 660 | $695,000 | $1,053/ft² | January 5, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 35B (Apartment) | 2 | 1,050 | $1,295,000 | $1,233/ft² | December 19, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 11E (Apartment) | 2 | 1,213 | $1,620,000 | $1,336/ft² | December 14, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 27-C (Apartment) | Studio | 526 | $705,000 | $1,340/ft² | October 11, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 22E (Apartment) | 2 | 1,213 | $1,450,000 | $1,195/ft² | September 21, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 27-E (Apartment) | 2 | 1,213 | $1,433,000 | $1,181/ft² | July 15, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 33B (Apartment) | 2 | — | $1,025,000 | — | May 19, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 27D (Apartment) | 1 | — | $950,000 | — | April 29, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 15D (Apartment) | — | 798 | $915,000 | $1,147/ft² | February 15, 2022 | City record |
| 22B (Apartment) | 1 | 950 | $915,000 | $963/ft² | January 11, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 28D (Apartment) | 1 | 800 | $770,000 | $963/ft² | January 6, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 16C (Apartment) | — | 526 | $635,000 | $1,207/ft² | January 3, 2022 | City record |
| 20B (Apartment) | 1 | 1,080 | $900,000 | $833/ft² | December 27, 2021 | City record · MLS |
| 29-B (Apartment) | 1 | 1,050 | $931,971 | $888/ft² | November 15, 2021 | City record · MLS |
| 19A (Apartment) | 1 | 500 | $580,000 | $1,160/ft² | September 15, 2021 | City record · MLS |

Every row is a recorded transaction, including ancillary spaces such as storage and staff rooms where they were sold separately. Those are excluded from the benchmark below.

### How this price compares

The median closed price for comparable one-bedroom sales at Tower 53 is $755,000, based on 18 sales between September 2021 and June 2025. This home is asking $865,000, $110,000 above that median. The middle half of those sales closed between $695,000 and $873,750.

- **Median closed price**: $755,000
- **Middle half**: $695,000 – $873,750
- **Based on**: 18 one-bedroom sales at Tower 53
- **Period**: September 2021 – June 2025
- **Median $/ft²**: $1,090/ft²

Across the 12 of these sales with a published asking price, the median closed at 98.2% of what it originally asked. 67% of them closed below the original ask.

### How these sales were negotiated

- **Sold vs original ask**: 98.2% of the original ask
- **Closed below ask**: 67% of 12 sales
- **Listed → in contract**: 51 days (about 7 weeks)
- **In contract → closed**: 78 days (about 11 weeks)

Across the 12 of these sales with a published asking price, the median closed at 98.2% of what it originally asked. 67% of them closed below the original ask.

Half of these homes were in contract within 51 days (about 7 weeks) of coming to market, based on the 15 with a recorded listing date.

Once a deal was agreed, closing took a further 78 days (about 11 weeks), based on the 15 with both dates recorded.

These are two separate periods measured on different clocks — time to find a buyer, and time from agreed deal to closing. They are medians of different sets of sales and do not add together into a single "days on market" figure.

Based on 18 one-bedroom sales at Tower 53, September 2021 – June 2025. Each figure counts only the sales that recorded the dates it needs, which is why the denominators differ.

### Price trend

Median price per square foot for sales at Tower 53, 2016 to 2025. Price per square foot is used rather than sale price so the line follows the market rather than whichever apartments happened to change hands that year.

| Year | Median $/ft² | Sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | $1,348/ft² | 5 |
| 2017 | $1,362/ft² | 11 |
| 2018 | $1,303/ft² | 7 |
| 2019 | $1,140/ft² | 10 |
| 2020 | $1,128/ft² | 5 |
| 2021 | $1,023/ft² | 13 |
| 2022 | $1,195/ft² | 11 |
| 2024 | $1,085/ft² | 8 |
| 2025 | $1,167/ft² | 7 |

Sale prices are the consideration recorded with the City in ACRIS, and each sale is dated by the day the City recorded it. A closing date reported to the MLS typically falls one to two weeks earlier. Recorded sales describe what has already happened and are not an appraisal, a valuation, or an estimate of what this home will sell for.

[See every recorded sale at Tower 53](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/tower-53)

## Property Tax History

Taxes at 159 West 53rd Street #14F were $11,593 in 2026, up 5.3% from 2025.

| Year | Tax Assessment | Land | Additions | Billable Value | Property Tax | Tax Rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 (FY 2026/27) | $104,767 | $20,604 | $84,163 | $92,747 | $11,593 | 12.5% (estimated) |
| 2025 (FY 2025/26) | $95,749 | $20,604 | $75,145 | $88,039 | $11,005 | 12.5% (estimated) |
| 2024 (FY 2024/25) | $94,233 | $20,604 | $73,629 | $87,412 | $10,927 | 12.5% |
| 2023 (FY 2023/24) | $96,748 | $20,604 | $76,144 | $90,556 | $11,321 | 12.502% |
| 2022 (FY 2022/23) | $91,579 | $20,604 | $70,975 | $91,579 | $11,234 | 12.267% |
| 2021 (FY 2021/22) | $93,265 | $20,604 | $72,661 | $90,845 | $11,115 | 12.235% |
| 2020 (FY 2020/21) | $103,301 | $20,604 | $82,697 | $90,435 | $11,094 | 12.267% |
| 2019 (FY 2019/20) | $100,979 | $20,604 | $80,375 | $83,303 | $10,390 | 12.473% |
| 2018 (FY 2018/19) | $94,709 | $20,604 | $74,105 | $77,287 | $9,747 | 12.612% |
| 2017 (FY 2017/18) | $85,045 | $20,604 | $64,441 | $72,532 | $9,225 | 12.719% |
| 2016 (FY 2016/17) | $88,527 | $20,604 | $67,923 | $66,899 | $8,625 | 12.892% |
| 2015 (FY 2015/16) | $72,362 | $20,604 | $51,758 | $60,487 | $7,793 | 12.883% |
| 2014 (FY 2014/15) | $71,361 | $20,603 | $50,758 | $58,121 | $7,471 | 12.855% |
| 2013 (FY 2013/14) | $70,416 | $20,603 | $49,813 | $56,506 | $7,428 | 13.145% |
| 2012 (FY 2012/13) | $68,783 | $20,604 | $48,179 | $55,129 | $7,267 | 13.181% |
| 2011 (FY 2011/12) | $70,731 | $20,603 | $50,128 | $55,093 | $7,401 | 13.433% |
| 2010 (FY 2010/11) | $57,864 | $13,858 | $44,006 | $51,987 | $6,942 | 13.353% |

The City has not published the official FY2026/27 and FY2025/26 tax rates yet. We calculated the tax for those years using the prior year’s rate, so treat them as an estimate rather than a figure the City has adopted. Every rate without the Estimated marker is the published one.

Tax Assessment is the assessed value on the City’s roll, and it is the figure other listing sites publish. It is not what the bill is calculated on. New York phases assessment changes in gradually for some tax classes, so the City bills the Billable Value shown beside it, less any exemption the owner holds. It usually trails the assessment, and it can sit above it for a few years after an assessment falls.

Figures are the New York City Department of Finance assessment roll for tax lot 1010061024. Assessed and billable values are determined by the City for tax purposes and are not an appraisal or an estimate of market value. Tax classes and rates are set annually and can change.

[How we source and calculate NYC property tax data](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/nyc-property-tax-data-methodology)

## About The Building

### Tower 53

Midtown · Condominium

159 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

A building in Midtown, currently featuring 3 active listings.

- **Year Built**: 1968
- **Total Units**: 3
- **Floors**: 37

[View the building page](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/tower-53)

### Available Residences — For Sale (3)

| Unit | Beds | Baths | Size | Price / Ft² | Price | Listing Office | Listed Date | Days on Market |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [14F](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10019/159-west-53rd-street-14f-ny-10019) | 1 | 1 | 755 sqft | $1,146 | $865,000 | Douglas Elliman Real Estate | Jul 21, 2026 | 47 days |
| [34E](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10019/159-west-53rd-street-e-34E-ny-10019) | 2 | 2 | 1,214 sqft | $1,396 | $1,695,000 (-5.6%) | Compass | Mar 27, 2026 | 163 days |
| [25B](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10019/159-west-53rd-street-b-25B-ny-10019) | 2 | 2 | 1,066 sqft | $1,121 | $1,195,000 (-2.4%) | Douglas Elliman Real Estate | Apr 7, 2026 | 152 days |

## Estimated Monthly Payment

**$5,184 / month**, assuming a 20% down payment ($173,000), a 6.5% interest rate and a 30-year term. The page's calculator lets a buyer change all three.

- **Principal & Interest**: $4,374
- **Common Charges**: $810

Estimates only. Actual payments may vary. Confirm terms with your lender.

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