12 West 9th Street
12 West 9th Street, New York, NY 10011
BBL 1005727501 · BIN 1009425
- Year built
- 1952
- Type
- Condop
- Units
- 22
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- In a historic district
- Pets
- Pet-friendly
- Subletting
- Permitted — confirm terms at offer stage
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2023
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,173
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 17
- On record
- 2004–2023
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 12 West 9th Street would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
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.
Architecture and residences
Built in 1952, 12 West 9th Street is a post-war red-brick mid-rise — an unassuming six-story apartment house rather than a landmarked architectural specimen, its value tied to the block and the deeded ownership rather than to ornament. The original architect is not established in the public record.
The residences are compact and efficient — the building runs to studios and one-bedroom, one-bath homes of roughly five hundred to six hundred square feet, several with private outdoor space or garden views. Many have been renovated over the years. The building is smoke-free.
Because the building sits within the Greenwich Village Historic District, exterior changes are subject to landmark review — a constraint that protects the streetscape and the block's character over time.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Management & transfer contacts
- Sublet policy
- Allowed
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
- Notable fees
- Min Down Payment: 20%
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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $625,000 | +25.0% | ||
| Apr 3, 2013 | 5B | 1 BR | $667,000 | +11.4% | |
| Mar 24, 2011 | 5C | 1 BR | $490,000 | -1.8% | |
| Sep 15, 2008 | PH6D | 400 sf | $469,000 | $1,173/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2008): a median $1,173/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2023. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
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 1-00572-7501). 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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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
More Greenwich Village buildings
- 10 East 14th Street — 1930 condominium
- The Brevoort (11 Fifth Avenue) — 1954 co-op by Boak & Paris
- 12 East 13th Street — 1930 condominium by CetraRuddy Architects
- 14 West 11th Street — 1844 co-op
- 14 West 14th Street — 2008 condominium
- 15 East 10th Street (The Mayfield) — 1910 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Greenwich Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenwich Village.
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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