Market Notebook · Central Harlem
What Came to Market in Central Harlem This Week
3 new sale listings reached the Central Harlem market this week. Homes here typically take about 94 days to reach a signed contract, so this week's arrivals are genuinely fresh.
None of these are my listings. I track new inventory across Central Harlem every week because the first read on a building, how a unit prices against its own past sales, is the part a search portal will not assemble for you.
Central Harlem over the last 12 months
Median recorded sale prices from closings across the neighborhood.
- Co-ops · $460,000 · $534/sqft · 97% of ask · -4% YoY (33 sales)
- Condos · $831,000 · $901/sqft · 95% of ask · +1% YoY (95 sales)
- Houses · $2,268,750 · $578/sqft · 90% of ask · +2% YoY (22 sales)
Priced at the Median
1 listing came in within a few percent of the neighborhood median.
171 W 131ST Street #607, a 2-bedroom condo, a short walk from the 2 and 3 trains, asks $865,000. That is effectively the neighborhood's $872,500 2-bedroom condo median. The last 2-bedroom to close in the building, #407, sold for $890,000.
Below the Benchmark
1 arrival priced below the neighborhood median.
140 Edgecombe Avenue #1, a 2-bedroom condo, a short walk from the A, B, C and D trains, asks $799,000. That runs below the neighborhood's $872,500 2-bedroom condo median.
Where Size and Light Set the Price
1 listing priced above the median, where square footage, floor, or exposure account for the number.
252 W 136TH Street, a multi-family building, a short walk from the 2 and 3 trains, asks $2,320,000. At 3,515 square feet, it is one of the larger 5-bedroom layouts on the market this week.
Also This Week: Into Contract
3 listings in Central Harlem went into contract this week, a read on how fast the market is absorbing inventory.
- 171 W 131ST Street #619 · $649,000 Listing courtesy of ALTA Real Estate
- 108 W 138TH Street #2C · $699,000 Listing courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales LLC
- 167 W 136TH Street #1 · $495,000 Listing courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales LLC
Questions buyers ask this week
How many homes came to market in Central Harlem this week?
3 sale listings came to market in Central Harlem in the last 7 days, with asking prices from $799,000 to $2,320,000.
How fast is Central Harlem selling right now?
3 listings in Central Harlem went into contract this week, a sign of active demand.
Are there open houses for new Central Harlem listings?
None of this week's new Central Harlem listings have a public open house scheduled yet; most are shown by appointment.
How often is this Central Harlem new-listings page updated?
It refreshes from the REBNY RLS feed every 15 minutes. This view was generated August 21, 2026.
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Milton Coste, Licensed Real Estate Associate Broker at Keller Williams NYC, has worked across all five boroughs for 25+ years.
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