The Brevoort (11 Fifth Avenue)
11 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003
BBL 1005660001 · BIN 1009222
- Year built
- 1954
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 296
- Floors
- 19
- Landmark
- In a historic district
- Pets
- Permitted under cooperative rules (verify at offer stage)
- Flip tax
- None stated
- Financing
- No maximum financeable percentage is stated
- Subletting
- Permitted only with the Apartment Corporation's prior written consent
- Land
- Ground lease
- Tax status
- No tax abatement
- Right of first refusal
- No right of first refusal found
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 1968). Reported and subject to confirmation. Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2002–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $1.6M
- Recent range
- $675K – $3.9M
- Listing discount
- 3.9%
- Recorded transfers
- 290
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The Brevoort is the most consequential mid-century postwar cooperative on Lower Fifth Avenue and one of the defining full-block residential buildings of the postwar era in Greenwich Village. The building was developed by Sam Minskoff & Sons in 1954–55 on the site of the demolished Hotel Brevoort and named in deliberate reference to the historic institution that previously occupied the address. The Hotel Brevoort had been one of the most consequential hotel-era addresses in downtown Manhattan — the site where Charles Lindbergh received the $25,000 Orteig Prize on June 17, 1927, for his solo transatlantic flight; the residential and dining destination for an entire stratum of literary, artistic, and political New York from the late 19th century through the 1940s.
Boak & Raad's 1954–55 design produced a structurally distinct architectural object: a 19–20 story mid-century tower in glazed light-toned brick, with twin wings flanking a private semi-circular driveway off Fifth Avenue — a configuration that today produces both the building's defining streetscape presence and the operational infrastructure (driveway, doorman station, garage entry) that supports its full-service amenity program.
The Brevoort's cultural significance is anchored by Buddy Holly's residency in 1958–59. Holly leased Apartment 4H — a corner unit with a wraparound terrace — at approximately $1,000 per month and recorded the final tracks of his career there before his death in a February 1959 plane crash. The "Apartment Tapes" Holly produced at 11 Fifth Avenue, including "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" and "Peggy Sue Got Married," remain among the most listened-to recordings in early rock-and-roll history.
For buyers, The Brevoort represents a particular position in the Lower Fifth Avenue market: full-block mid-century scale, deep amenity infrastructure, the historical and cultural register of the site, and pricing materially more accessible than the trophy prewar inventory of comparable architectural significance.
Architecture and unit composition
The 296 cooperative apartments distribute across the building's 19–20 stories in configurations ranging from studios through 4-bedrooms. The building's most distinctive apartment idiom is the corner unit with wraparound terrace — the configuration that Buddy Holly leased and that remains among the building's most consequential apartment types.
The mid-century facade is glazed beige/light brick — a material specification consistent with the broader white-brick mid-century cooperative idiom that defined the postwar Manhattan residential building cycle. The semi-circular driveway off Fifth Avenue is a signature operational and architectural feature.
Building operations
The Brevoort operates as a full-service cooperative with 24-hour doorman and concierge, on-site resident manager, fitness center, parking garage, bike room, storage facilities, on-site laundry, planted rooftop terrace, and recently modernized co-generator emergency power infrastructure. The amenity package is among the most substantial on Lower Fifth Avenue.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $212,917/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $66
- Modeled exposure split equally across 267 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- Yes
- Sublet policy
- Allowed
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
- Notable fees
- Min Down Payment: 40%
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | 17N | 1 BR · 1 BA · 850 sf | $1,965,000 | $2,312/sf | -12.7% |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 2W | 1 BA | $730,000 | -5.8% | |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 4K | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,495,000 | +0.0% | |
| Apr 24, 2026 | 8AB | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,695,000 | -6.9% | |
| Apr 6, 2026 | 2V | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,175,000 | -2.1% | |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 11E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,126 sf | $2,225,000 | $1,976/sf | -7.1% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | 3O | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,330,000 | -2.7% | |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 3R | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,190,000 | -2.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,996/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 4.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2004 | 16A | $995,000 |
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 1-00566-0001). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. 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.
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At the recent median sale of $1.64M (30 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $30,900 to close, or 1.9% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $16,350
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,550
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
The full-block scale and the amenity program are the value proposition. The Brevoort offers a depth of building services — driveway, garage, fitness, doorman / concierge / resident manager — materially exceeding the typical Lower Fifth Avenue prewar cooperative.
The corner-unit terrace configurations are the building's defining apartment idiom. Buyers prioritizing outdoor space should focus on the corner units with wraparound terraces.
The cooperative is structurally distinct from the prewar corridor peers. The Brevoort's mid-century construction, full-block scale, and 296-unit inventory produce a fundamentally different building culture than the smaller boutique prewar cooperatives that define most of Lower Fifth Avenue.
Verify cooperative-conversion specifics at offer stage. Source clarified through public records.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing should emphasize the historic-site context. The Hotel Brevoort, Lindbergh's Orteig Prize ceremony, and Buddy Holly's 1958–59 residency in Apt 4H are publicly documented and verifiable — material that meaningfully differentiates the building in the marketing process.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. Active 296-unit market produces a meaningful comparable inventory; recent closings on the specific apartment line and exposure should anchor positioning.
Closing timelines are cooperative-standard. Plan for 60–90 days from contract through approval to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Brevoort, also evaluate:
- One Fifth Avenue — Corbett 1927; corridor anchor; full-service prewar peer
- 2 Fifth Avenue — Emery Roth & Sons 1951–52; mid-century postwar corridor peer; Washington Square North position
- 45 Fifth Avenue — Sugarman & Berger 1925; boutique prewar peer
- 24 Fifth Avenue — Emery Roth 1926; former Fifth Avenue Hotel; Brodsky-managed prewar peer
More Greenwich Village buildings
- 8 West 13th Street — 1910 condominium
- 10 East 12th Street — 1907 condominium
- 10 East 14th Street — 1930 condominium
- 12 East 13th Street — 1930 condominium by CetraRuddy Architects
- 12 West 9th Street — 1952 condop
- 14 West 11th Street — 1844 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Greenwich Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenwich Village.
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How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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