120 Second Avenue
120 Second Avenue, between East 7th Street and St. Marks Place · East Village
East Village
BBL 1004490002 · BIN 1006308
- Year built
- 1920
- Type
- Cooperative
- 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
- $886
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 21
- On record
- 2003–2026
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120 Second Avenue is a small cooperative on one of the East Village's principal commercial avenues. Twelve apartments occupy a five-story walk-up with commercial space at street level. Its cooperative offering was accepted in June 1987 and became effective that August. The resale inventory spans compact one-bedrooms and larger two-bedroom homes. Its address puts the everyday activity of Second Avenue immediately outside the residential entrance.
Architecture and unit composition
The apartments include homes of roughly 600 to 800 square feet and larger layouts around 940 to 1,000 square feet. High ceilings and wood floors recur across the inventory. Some larger plans have sufficient room for a separate work area, though any additional legal bedroom depends on the actual plan and approved use.
In-unit washers and dryers appear in several apartments. Interior renovations vary by owner, including kitchen arrangements and window replacements. The building's five-story height means the top apartments involve a substantial stair approach, while the larger layouts do not all occur on the same floor.
Building operations
The ground-floor commercial use is part of the building's operating context. DOB has recorded alterations to that space independently of the twelve residential apartments above. The cooperative's maintenance structure therefore incorporates a property with both street-level business use and upstairs residences.
The building carries no recorded tax abatement. Its existing floor area exceeds the current residential FAR shown for the parcel.
Policy framework
Financing: Confirm the maximum permitted financing with the managing agent.
Co-purchasing and gifts: Allowed — confirm with the managing agent.
Pets: Allowed — confirm current restrictions with the managing agent.
Subletting: Permitted subject to the cooperative's current terms — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | 5A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $999,000 | +0.0% | |
| Oct 12, 2021 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 801 sf | $710,000 | $886/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 5, 2021 | 5B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $670,000 | -4.1% | |
| Jun 18, 2021 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $925,000 | -2.6% | |
| Jul 31, 2018 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 801 sf | $557,000 | $695/sf | +0.0% |
| May 29, 2015 | 5B | 1 BR | $520,000 | -8.0% | |
| Apr 13, 2015 | 4A | 2 BR · 1,000 sf | $1,051,574 | $1,052/sf | +5.7% |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 5A | 2 BR · 1,000 sf | $1,046,924 | $1,047/sf | +4.9% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $886/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. 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 1-00449-0002) 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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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Comparable buildings
- 83 First Avenue — A nearby prewar cooperative on another East Village commercial avenue.
- 232 East 6th Street — A larger cooperative association in a side-street prewar setting.
- Onyx Court — A similarly small cooperative farther north on Second Avenue.
- 205 East 10th Street — A larger prewar cooperative within the same neighborhood market.
- 103 East 10th Street — Another older-building cooperative offering a side-street alternative to avenue frontage.
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- 115 East 9th Street (The St. Mark) — 1965 co-op
- 118 East 1st Street — 2021 condominium
- 121 Mercer Street — 1879 co-op
- 123 Third Avenue — 2009 condominium by Perkins Eastman
- 130 East 12th Street (First Village) — 1905 condominium
The neighborhood
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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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