- Year built
- 1952
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 22
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Pet-friendly
- Subletting
- Permitted — confirm terms at offer stage
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2023
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Listing discount
- -3.7%
- Recorded sales
- 7
- On record
- 2005–2023
12 West 9th Street is a boutique post-war condominium on one of Greenwich Village's most desirable blocks — the "Gold Coast" stretch of West 9th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, a short walk from Washington Square Park. Built in 1952, the building is a modest six-story red-brick mid-rise, structured for individual deeded ownership, on a landmark block inside the Greenwich Village Historic District.
For the buyer who wants a foothold on a premier Village block — a pied-à-terre, an investment, or a first home — with the deeded flexibility of a condominium and an accessible price point, 12 West 9th Street is a clean proposition: a small, elevator building of studios and one-bedrooms, on a protected historic-district street steps from Washington Square.
Building operations
The condominium runs lean: a virtual (video) doorman rather than a staffed one, a part-time superintendent, an elevator, and a laundry room, with private outdoor space at select units. The lean staffing model is typical and appropriate for a 22-unit building of this scale, and a meaningful factor in keeping common charges contained. Note that two of the residences are legacy rent-stabilized units — an artifact of the building's history, not a feature of the ownership structure.
The building is structured as a condominium — individually deeded units, often described as a condop — so ownership avoids the share-loan structure of a traditional cooperative; financing is a matter between buyer and lender; and pied-à-terre, investment, and subletting uses are permitted. The building is pet-friendly. Any transfer fee and specific sublet terms should be confirmed against the governing documents at offer stage.
Recent sales
12 West 9th Street trades as a small-unit Village building — studios and one-bedrooms on a premier block, valued for the address and the deeded flexibility as much as for the square footage. With 22 residences, resale volume is modest: a small number of closings in an active year, running to the studio and one-bedroom tier. Pricing is driven by floor, exposure, outdoor space, and renovation condition rather than by any neighborhood average. The building draws pied-à-terre, investor, and first-home buyers who want a Washington Square-adjacent Village address at an accessible entry point. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the specific unit's square footage, light, and outdoor space rather than leaning on a Greenwich Village headline number.
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2023 | 1C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $950,000 | -4.9% |
| Aug 15, 2017 | 2A | 1 BA | $700,000 | +3.7% |
| Aug 4, 2016 | 5D | $610,000 | -2.4% | |
| Jul 24, 2014 | 6C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,200,000 | -4.0% |
| Jul 9, 2014 | 5A | 5 BR | $625,000 | +25.0% |
| Apr 3, 2013 | 5B | 1 BR | $667,000 | +11.4% |
| Jun 8, 2005 | 5B | 1 BR | $576,000 | +15.4% |
Market read. Median listing discount -3.7% over ask.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00572-7501) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
Ownership here is deeded rather than by shares, so the path avoids the board-interview process of a traditional cooperative: financing is set by your lender, and diligence runs to the building's financials, reserve, and governing documents. Read the documents on pet rules, any transfer fee, and sublet terms, and confirm them at offer stage. Note the lean staffing — a virtual doorman and part-time super rather than full-time coverage — and the presence of a small number of legacy rent-stabilized units, and review the building's financials and reserve given its age and its position within a landmark district.
The reasons to buy are the block and the flexibility: a premier Greenwich Village Gold Coast address steps from Washington Square, deeded ownership with pied-à-terre and investment latitude, and an accessible entry point in a protected historic district.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the block. A studio or one-bedroom on West 9th Street between Fifth and Sixth, inside the Greenwich Village Historic District and a short walk from Washington Square, is a specific, marketable proposition — it sells to pied-à-terre, investor, and first-home buyers who want the Village address with deeded flexibility. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: floor, light, outdoor space, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the Gold Coast narrative, prepare the buyer for the ownership structure, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of small-unit Village buildings.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 12 West 9th Street, also look at these Greenwich Village buildings nearby:
- 35 West 9th Street — Greenwich Village building on the same block
- 24 Fifth Avenue — pre-war Greenwich Village building steps away
- 39 Fifth Avenue — pre-war Greenwich Village cooperative nearby
- 41 Fifth Avenue — pre-war Greenwich Village building nearby
- 11 Fifth Avenue (The Brevoort) — Greenwich Village building nearby
- 60 University Place — nearby Greenwich Village building
The Roebling Team at 12 West 9th Street
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Greenwich Village and the broader downtown condominium and cooperative market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of boutique Village buildings deserve building-specific intelligence — the block context, the ownership structure, the staffing and amenity reality, and where pricing sits against the right comparable tier.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 12 West 9th Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
The neighborhood
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