113 Fourth Avenue
113 Fourth Avenue, New York, NY 10003
Greenwich Village
BBL 1005587502 · BIN 1066890
- Year built
- 1905
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,717
- Listing discount
- 3.7%
- Recorded sales
- 83
- On record
- 2003–2026
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The Petersfield is a pre-war loft condominium at the corner of Fourth Avenue and East 12th Street — the seam where Union Square, Greenwich Village, and the East Village meet, on the old "Book Row" stretch of lower Fourth Avenue. The eight-story masonry building dates to 1905 and was converted to seventy condominium apartments in the 1980s, early in the wave that turned the area's commercial loft stock into residential addresses. The conversion kept the building's pre-war character — tall ceilings, large windows, a canopied entrance — while wrapping it in full-service operation.
For buyers, the building offers something specific: loft-scaled, full-service condominium living at one of downtown's best-connected crossroads, steps from Union Square and its subway hub, the greenmarket, and the restaurant-and-retail density of the Village and East Village. As a condominium near Union Square — a corridor where co-op conversions are common — it carries the financing and ownership flexibility that draws buyers who want latitude in a downtown home.
Building operations
The Petersfield runs as a full-service condominium: a 24-hour doorman, a roof deck, and a package room. The building is pet-friendly. As a condominium, governance is light — a right-of-first-refusal rather than a co-op board package and interview, no financing cap, and customary acceptance of pied-à-terre, trust, and LLC ownership. Subletting is materially freer than at the surrounding co-op conversions, which makes The Petersfield attractive to buyers who want flexibility at a Union Square address.
Architecture and residences
The building is a solid pre-war loft structure: a masonry façade scaled to its corner, a canopied entrance, and the large, regularly spaced windows that commercial construction of 1905 provided. The conversion preserved the loft proportions that make these buildings desirable — generous ceiling heights and deep, light-filled floor-plates.
The seventy residences are loft-influenced homes with tall ceilings and big windows, ranging across studio-to-multi-bedroom layouts; corner lines pull double exposure from the Fourth Avenue / 12th Street intersection. As condominiums, the homes give owners renovation latitude, and many have been individually updated over the building's decades — combining loft volume with modern kitchens and baths. The roof deck adds shared outdoor space with open views over the low-rise Village rooftops.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $30,173/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $109,803/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $36 – $131
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 FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2026 | 4J | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,370 sf | $2,300,000 | $1,679/sf | -2.1% |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 7I | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $1,680,000 | $1,292/sf | -6.4% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 2I | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $1,450,000 | $1,115/sf | -6.5% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | 5D | 1 BA · 905 sf | $975,000 | $1,077/sf | -2.0% |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5G | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,200 sf | $1,700,000 | $1,417/sf | -2.9% |
| Jan 25, 2023 | 7B | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,175 sf | $1,775,000 | $1,511/sf | -1.4% |
| Jul 12, 2022 | 5B | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,175 sf | $1,750,000 | $1,489/sf | -5.4% |
| May 31, 2022 | 2G | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,200 sf | $1,775,000 | $1,479/sf | -1.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,717/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 3.7% 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 1-00558-7502) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a Union Square loft condominium with full-service operation. Financing is flexible — no co-op cap. There is no board interview — a right-of-first-refusal clears the purchase. Pied-à-terre, LLC, and trust ownership are customary, the building is pet-friendly, and subletting is far freer than at the area's co-op conversions. The product to study is the line: ceiling height, window count, and corner exposure vary across the floor-plates, and the larger and renovated homes are the premium inventory. The location is the durable asset — atop the Union Square transit hub, in the middle of the Village's retail and dining. We help buyers read the resale history and weigh The Petersfield against the surrounding condominium stock.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the location and the structure. A full-service loft condominium steps from Union Square — with the financing and sublet flexibility a co-op conversion can't match — appeals to a broad downtown buyer pool. Present the loft's strengths — ceiling height, light, corner exposure, any renovation — and benchmark to the Union Square / Village condominium market. The right-of-first-refusal keeps the closing faster and more predictable than a co-op board process, itself a selling point to the flexibility-minded buyer this building attracts. A well-presented corner or renovated home competes against limited comparable supply.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Petersfield, also evaluate the Union Square and Village condominium and loft addresses nearby:
- 111 Fourth Avenue — pre-war loft building on the same block
- 111 Third Avenue — full-service building near Union Square
- 240 Park Avenue South — full-service condominium nearby
- 260 Park Avenue South — pre-war condominium on Park Avenue South
- 205 Third Avenue — full-service building in the Gramercy/Union Square area
- 230 East 20th Street — Gramercy-edge building nearby
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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