111 Jane Street

The 1875 building read, in the preservation survey's own assessment, as a typical loft building of its era and has been significantly altered since — first in the 1920 warehouse conversion, then in the residential work of the late 1980s and early 1990s. What remains legible is the industrial section: a narrow, deep, six-story masonry block on the Belgian-block stretch of Jane Street, with balconies at the third through sixth floors and a 2009 facade program of stucco patching, exterior modifications and related finishes.

Residences occupy one full floor each, lettered A through F from the ground up, in roughly 11,970 gross square feet total. Unit A extends down into the cellar and up from the first floor, per a 2013 alteration filing; unit F, the penthouse, occupies the sixth floor and the levels above it and was renovated across the sixth, seventh and penthouse levels in 2012. Listing records describe multiple private outdoor spaces at the top of the building and river views from the upper floors. Because the plates are full-floor and were never marketed as a standardized mix, square footage and layout differ materially between units and should be verified per residence.

There is no doorman and no amenity program. Listing records describe a private keyed elevator opening directly into each residence, a video intercom system, a laundry room and basement storage. A building-wide automatic smoke and carbon-monoxide detection and sprinkler alarm system was installed under a 2014 Department of Buildings filing. The recent capital record is short and legible: facade and stucco work in 2008-09 under sidewalk shed and scaffold, roof membrane replacement with associated structural and waterproofing work in 2012, the 2014 life-safety system, and balcony repairs at the third through sixth floors in 2018, filed to cure a Department of Buildings violation. That last item deserves attention — not because it is alarming, but because balconies on a nineteenth-century masonry building are a recurring obligation and this work was remedial rather than elective. Ask for the current Local Law 11 cycle status, the engineer's report and the reserve position.

No offering-plan policy stack is reproduced here because the amendments on file address financial disclosure, pricing and the J-51 disclosure rather than house rules. Pet policy, pied-à-terre, subletting and any minimum lease term, financing limits, and any flip tax or transfer fee are not documented in the records reviewed and should be obtained in writing from the managing agent. One point is established by the public record: several units are or have been held in family trusts, so the condominium has accommodated trust ownership. In a six-unit condominium, the board's right of first refusal and any house rules operate within the declaration and bylaws; obtain all three and have counsel confirm which provisions govern a given question.

Recent sales

Recent closings 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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,951/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 7.5% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00642-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.

The building is not landmarked, and its neighbors are. Verify this yourself against LPC's building database by tax lot — then price the flexibility. No Certificate of Appropriateness is required for exterior work on this building. That is a real and underappreciated advantage on a block where nothing else has it.

The J-51 has run out. Initial year 1994, abatement exhausted by 1998, exemption run out around 2007-08. There is no J-51 step-up remaining. Confirm the current tax bill for your specific unit lot; future bills still change with assessments, rates and other benefits.

Correct the construction date in your own file. PLUTO says 1900. The documentary record says 1875, as part of the Devoe paint works, to a design attributed to Samuel A. Warner. Appraisers and lenders work from PLUTO; know the difference before it surfaces.

Ask about the balconies and the facade cycle. The 2018 balcony repairs were filed to cure a violation. Get the current Local Law 11 filing status, the engineer's report, the reserve position and any assessment history before contract.

Underwrite six-unit governance. Six owners, no commercial income, no staff. Read the last two audits and the minutes, and understand who pays for the next facade cycle.

Lead with the history, and lead with it accurately. The last Jane Street remnant of the Devoe paint works, 1875, Samuel A. Warner. That is documented in a preservation submission to the Landmarks Preservation Commission and it holds up under buyer diligence in a way that "historic building from 1875" on a listing sheet does not.

Sell the absence of designation as an asset. Buyers on this block assume everything is landmarked. Showing that this building is not — by tax lot, from LPC's database — reframes what a purchaser can do with the property. Pair it with the tax position: the J-51 has run out and the roll shows no exemption, though each unit's bill should be checked.

Do not let buyers conflate the building with its neighbors. 99 Jane Street is a separate, much larger 1997 condominium on the same block; 17 Jane and 130 Jane are on different blocks entirely; and 113 Jane next door is the landmarked Sailors' Home.

Have the facade and balcony file assembled before you list. In a six-unit building with no staff, the facade and balcony file, including the record of the 2018 violation cure, is a document a buyer's attorney is likely to request early, so have it ready.

If you're considering 111 Jane Street, also evaluate:

• 99 Jane Street — the large 1997 condominium on the same block with a landscaped courtyard; the amenity alternative a few doors east, and the building most often confused with this one
• 130 Jane Street — West Village building on the Jane Street corridor west of Washington
• 17 Jane Street — Jane Street condominium at the eastern, Greenwich Village end of the street
• 31 Jane Street — small Jane Street building in the historic district
• 61 Jane Street — mid-block Jane Street building
• 822 Greenwich Street — Greenwich Street building on the adjoining block, inside the Greenwich Village Historic District; the designated-lot comparison
• 14 Horatio Street — Horatio Street building one block north
• 2 Horatio Street — Horatio Street co-op at the Greenwich Avenue end
• 720 Greenwich Street — converted-warehouse cooperative (157 residences, converted 1974–76) in the Far West Village; an industrial-conversion alternative at much larger scale, under cooperative rather than condominium ownership
• 100 Bank Street — a much larger 1956 residential building one block south