120 Second Avenue
120 Second Avenue, between East 7th Street and St. Marks Place · East Village
BBL 1004490002 · BIN 1006308
- Year built
- 1920
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted
- Pied-à-terre
- Not permitted
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not stated
- Washer/dryer
- Permitted with conditions
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
- Flip tax
- Tiered or formula; see fees
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, 2021
- $886
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- 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.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of August 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
- Terms
- Equal to 1% of the sales price for the seller shareholders that have owned their apartment for more than 10 years, equal to 2% of the sales price for seller shareholders that have owned their apartment for less than 10 years
- Paid by
- Seller
Source: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
Purchase
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $400 if all cash, $500 if financing | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $50 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Financing FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $250 if applicable | Refundable Not stated |
| Move-In Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $250 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Move-Out Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $250 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Transfer Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $800 | Refundable Not stated |
Sublet
3 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $50 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Moving Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Refinance
1 item
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recognition Agreement Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Ownership transfer
3 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $200 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $50 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Transfer Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $800 | Refundable Not stated |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase priceSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- PermittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not permittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Short-term rentals
- Not permittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not statedBoard approval requiredSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Permitted with conditionsBoard approval/ alteration agreement requiredSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
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Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (floor-adjusted) 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). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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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.
More East Village buildings
- 111 East 10th Street — 1856 co-op
- 111 Third Avenue — 1958 condop by Horace Ginsbern & Associates
- 118 East 1st Street — 2021 condominium
- 121 East 10th Street — 1899 co-op
- 123 Third Avenue — 2009 condominium by Perkins Eastman
- 131 Avenue B — 1940 co-op
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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