- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 24
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Pet-friendly (cats and dogs)
- Subletting
- Permitted on a rotating basis after an initial ownership period; specific terms set by the board — confirm at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2008–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $675K – $675K
- Listing discount
- 3.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 11
1 Minetta Street is a boutique pre-war Greenwich Village cooperative on one of the most atmospheric blocks in Manhattan. The building occupies the wedge-shaped lot at the fork where Minetta Street bends off Bleecker Street, just steps from Sixth Avenue — a triangular "flatiron" footprint dictated by the crooked path of the street itself. That path is not an accident of planning: Minetta Street traces the course of the buried Minetta Brook, the old Village creek covered over in the 1820s, and the street's characteristic bend follows the bend of the vanished stream.
For the buyer who wants genuine downtown history with the cost discipline of a co-op rather than a condo, the building is a clean proposition: a small, pre-war, walk-up cooperative on a landmark block, at price points well below the trophy market and well below the neighboring loft-condo tier.
Building operations
The cooperative is run lean and characteristically pre-war: a live-in superintendent, in-unit laundry permitted with approval, and ground-floor retail. There is no elevator — this is a classic pre-war walk-up — and no doorman, both typical and appropriate for a 24-unit Village co-op of this scale, and meaningful factors in keeping maintenance charges contained.
As a cooperative, ownership is by shares rather than deed: purchases require board approval and a board interview, financing is capped at a board-set percentage, and pied-à-terre, gifting, guarantor, and co-purchase arrangements are evaluated case by case — the building has historically accommodated parents purchasing for children. Subletting is permitted on a rotating basis after an initial ownership period. The building is pet-friendly. The exact financing maximum, any flip tax, and current sublet rules vary by board policy and should be confirmed at offer stage.
Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 1 Minetta Street trades as a boutique pre-war cooperative — modest units, pre-war layouts, and contained carrying costs. With only 24 residences, resale volume is thin: a small number of closings in an active year, running from studios and one-bedrooms through occasional two-bedroom combinations. Demand here is driven by the landmark block, the Minetta character, and the value a co-op structure offers relative to the neighboring loft condominiums. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the floor, the exposure, and the renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average.
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2021 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $700,000 | $1,167/sf | +3.7% |
| May 20, 2021 | 4A | 1 BR | $630,000 | -6.7% | |
| Nov 30, 2018 | 5B | 1 BR · 450 sf | $669,000 | $1,487/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 26, 2018 | 3A | 1 BR · 600 sf | $930,000 | $1,550/sf | -6.5% |
| Aug 20, 2008 | 2A | 1 BR | $790,000 | -0.6% | |
| May 26, 2008 | 5B | 1 BR · 450 sf | $550,000 | $1,222/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $1,167/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.6% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | RES | $570,000 |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 4C | $675,000 |
| Mar 16, 2023 | 4E | $1,196,444 |
| May 22, 2008 | RES | $630,000 |
| Mar 27, 2008 | RES | $821,931 |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00542-7501) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so the path is a board package and interview, a financing cap set by the board, and underwriting of the building's financials and house rules. Note the operational realities up front: this is a walk-up building with no elevator, which suits some buyers and rules out others. The building is pet-friendly and has historically allowed rotating sublets after an initial ownership period. Review the co-op's financials, reserve, and any planned capital work, particularly given the building's age and its position within a landmark district, which can affect the cost and timeline of exterior work.
The reasons to buy are the block and the value: a protected historic-district address on the Village's most storied crooked street, pre-war scale, and a cooperative cost structure that keeps the entry point and carrying costs below the condominium peers nearby.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the location and the character. The South Village Historic District address, the 1920s Colonial Revival architecture, the triangular flatiron footprint, and the Minetta Brook history are the differentiators — and they sell to a specific buyer who wants downtown history and is comfortable with a walk-up co-op. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, floor, light, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the Minetta narrative, prepare the buyer for the co-op process and the walk-up reality, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of pre-war Village cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 1 Minetta Street, also look at these Village and South Village boutique and pre-war buildings:
- 10 Sullivan Street — nearby South Village building
- 136 Sullivan Street — boutique South Village cooperative nearby
- 131 Thompson Street — nearby Village building
- 2 Cornelia Street — boutique Village building steps away
- 350 Bleecker Street — nearby Village cooperative
- 45 Christopher Street — Village pre-war cooperative
The Roebling Team at 1 Minetta Street
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Greenwich Village and the broader downtown cooperative and condominium market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of pre-war cooperatives deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture and landmark context, the cooperative structure, the staffing and amenity reality, and where pricing sits against the right comparable tier.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 1 Minetta Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
The neighborhood
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