100 West 12th Street (The Mark Twain)
100 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011
West Village
BBL 1006070038 · BIN 1010577
- Year built
- 1956
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 82
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Central laundry, private basement storage, bike room; renovated lobby and hallways per listing records
- Pets
- Pet-friendly per listing records
- Financing
- 75 percent maximum (25 percent minimum down) per listing records — verify current terms
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Studio median
- $590K
- Recent range
- $480K – $999K
- Listing discount
- 3.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 111
The Mark Twain is one of the structural oddities of the Greenwich Village market: a small post-war co-op — six stories, 82 apartments — sitting inside a historic district whose housing stock is otherwise dominated by townhouses, pre-war walk-ups, and a handful of very large full-service co-ops. That in-between scale is the product: elevator-building convenience and a staffed lobby at entry-tier Village pricing, without the 400-unit anonymity of the big Sixth Avenue post-wars or the fifth-floor-walk-up tax of the brownstone blocks.
The 1956 construction date matters more than it first appears. The building went up after the pre-war period ended but before the white-brick formula hardened, and it shows in the apartments: ceiling heights over nine feet — unusual for post-war stock — solid red-brick massing rather than glazed white brick, and floor plans with defined foyers and real proportions. Architectural records do not firmly document the architect, and we decline to guess; what the market prices is the envelope, the corner, and the district.
The name is real Village history. The building is named for Mark Twain, who lived in the immediate neighborhood in the early 1900s — at 14 West 10th Street and later in the celebrated house at 21 Fifth Avenue, both a short walk east. The corner itself is as central as Village living gets: the Sixth Avenue retail spine downstairs, the 12th Street townhouse blocks westward, and nearly every subway line in Manhattan — the F/M/L/1/2/3 at 14th Street, the A/C/E/B/D at West 4th, the 4/5/6/N/Q/R at Union Square — within a five-block radius, plus PATH.
For buyers, the building's position inside the Greenwich Village Historic District (designated 1969) is a structural guarantee: the low-rise streetscape on West 12th Street cannot be replaced with towers, and the corner's light and outlook are durable in a way that unprotected corners are not.
Architecture and unit composition
The building holds the corner with a six-story red-brick massing over a Sixth Avenue retail base of roughly 12,800 square feet per city records — a commercial income stream worth understanding during financial diligence. The residential entrance sits mid-block on West 12th Street under a canopy, deliberately apart from the avenue, leading to a renovated lobby. Above, the 82 apartments run from studios through two-bedrooms, with combinations appearing over the years; the over-nine-foot ceilings and 1950s proportions renovate well, and the spread between estate-condition and renovated units is visible in the building's closed sales. Two elevators serve six floors — a high elevator-to-floor ratio that keeps the building feeling boutique.
Building operations
This is a modestly staffed, efficiently run house: part-time doorman, live-in superintendent, and full-time maintenance staff per listing records, with central laundry, private basement storage, and a bike room. Buyers comparing monthly carry against full-service Village co-ops should price the part-time lobby honestly — it is the main trade against the John Adams tier of service across the avenue, and it is also why the maintenance math here tends to work for entry-tier buyers. The retail base contributes commercial income to the cooperative; your attorney should review the leases and the co-op's financial statements during diligence. A building diligence file is held in The Roebling Research Library.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $47,625/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $48
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- $7 per share
- Sublet policy
- Allowed; sublet fee 20% of annual maintenance yr1, 22.5% yr2, 25% yr3
- Pied-à-terre
- Not allowed
- Notable fees
- Transfer fee $800 (individual seller) / $950 (estate); move-in & move-out $400 each plus $1,500 refundable deposits; guarantors not allowed
Recent sales
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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2025 | 6T | 1 BA | $745,000 | -3.1% |
| Jun 11, 2025 | 5G | 1 BA | $480,000 | -3.8% |
| Apr 15, 2025 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $950,000 | -1.6% |
| Jan 10, 2025 | 4M | 1 BR · 1 BA | $820,000 | -3.5% |
| Nov 25, 2024 | 4L | 1 BA | $607,000 | -6.5% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | 6E | 1 BA | $505,000 | -3.8% |
| Sep 23, 2024 | 2T | 1 BA | $575,000 | +0.0% |
| Aug 16, 2024 | 5F | 1 BA | $650,000 | -9.1% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $1,140/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 1.5% 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.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00607-0038) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
The corner is the asset. Every Manhattan trunk subway line within five blocks, the Village's restaurant and retail core at the door, and a protected townhouse streetscape west of the lobby. Buyers cross-shopping Chelsea and the East Village should price the transit math — few corners in the city beat it.
Calibrate service expectations. A part-time doorman and live-in super is the staffing model. If full-time lobby coverage is non-negotiable, the John Adams across Sixth Avenue is the alternative; if value per square foot in the district is the priority, the Mark Twain wins.
The financing framework is conventional. Listing records indicate 75 percent financing permitted — more accommodating than the 50 percent regimes of old-guard Village co-ops. Run the Co-op Board Qualification Calculator before offering, and verify current terms with the managing agent.
Verify the policy stack. Sublet terms, pied-à-terre posture, co-purchase, and any flip tax are thinly documented publicly. We verify against current management documents during diligence — do not assume.
Renovation runs through two gates. Interior alterations need board approval as in any co-op; anything touching windows or the facade also involves Landmarks review given the historic district. Budget timeline accordingly and run the Renovation Cost Calculator on estate-condition units.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the location math, not adjectives. The buyer pool here is value-driven and Village-committed: name the subway radius, the district protection, and the ceiling heights. These are verifiable facts that survive a buyer's diligence.
Position against the avenue's big co-ops. Your competition is the John Adams and Butterfield House tier on one side and walk-up stock on the other. The Mark Twain's pitch is the middle: elevator, staff, storage, and boutique scale at a lower price per foot than the full-service houses.
Condition pricing is honest here. With high studio and one-bedroom turnover, same-building comparables are plentiful and buyers know them. Renovated units clear at premiums; estate units clear when priced to the renovation spread.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 100 West 12th Street, also evaluate:
- The John Adams (101 West 12th Street) — the 1963 full-service co-op directly across Sixth Avenue; the scale and service step-up
- Butterfield House (37 West 12th Street) — the celebrated 1962 modernist co-op on the same block; the design step-up
- 59 West 12th Street — Emery Roth's 1931 building down the block, now a condominium; the pre-war alternative
- 2 Fifth Avenue — the post-war co-op that rose on the site of Twain's 21 Fifth Avenue house; the lower-Fifth alternative
- 24 Fifth Avenue and 39 Fifth Avenue — the Village's pre-war Gold Coast co-ops; the prestige step-up
- 45 Fifth Avenue — pre-war co-op on lower Fifth; another character alternative
- 100 West 15th Street — boutique loft co-op three blocks north on the same avenue; the loft alternative at a similar scale
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Greenwich Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenwich Village.
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