The Zachary (125 East 12th Street)
125 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10003
Greenwich Village
BBL 1005587503 · BIN 1009014
- Year built
- 1888
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 44
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pets permitted under the condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,388
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 71
- On record
- 2004–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at The Zachary 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.
The Zachary is a true loft conversion at the crossroads of the East Village, Greenwich Village, and Union Square. Built in 1888 by the prolific nineteenth-century firm of David & John Jardine and converted to condominiums in the late 1980s, it is the kind of building that gives downtown its character: a Romanesque Revival masonry loft house with a cast-iron base, arched windows, and the volumes that only a structure designed for industry — not for apartments — can offer.
For a buyer, the appeal is the combination of loft-scale interiors, a full-service condominium structure, and a quiet block one step from one of the city's best transit hubs and the Union Square Greenmarket. It is downtown character without a co-op board.
Building operations
The Zachary runs as a full-service condominium. Residents have a full-time doorman, an elevator, a roof deck, a landscaped courtyard, and private storage. There is no gym, garage, or pool — the amenity set is focused on staffing and shared outdoor space rather than recreation, which is consistent with a boutique downtown loft conversion.
As a condominium, ownership is structurally flexible: purchases clear through a board's right of first refusal rather than a co-op admissions process, financing is not capped the way it is at cooperatives, and pied-à-terre, LLC, trust, and investment purchases are customary. Subletting is materially freer than at a co-op. Specific financial terms a board may set should be confirmed at offer stage.
Architecture and residences
David & John Jardine's design is full-blooded late-nineteenth-century commercial architecture: red brick above a cast-iron storefront base, arched window openings, brick piers, and the large upper-floor arches that mark the building as a loft house rather than a tenement. The late-1980s conversion turned those industrial volumes into condominium homes — open layouts, oversized windows, and the kind of light and scale that new construction rarely matches.
Residences range from studios through larger homes and penthouses, with the wide variation in size that comes from converting a loft building floor by floor. In-unit washer/dryers are standard.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $15,321/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $29
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 filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- Yes
- Sublet policy
- Allowed
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Recent sales
The Zachary trades as a boutique loft condominium, priced on $/sf. Inventory ranges widely — from compact studios to two-thousand-plus-square-foot lofts and penthouses — so pricing varies dramatically by unit. Recent closings have spanned roughly the mid-seven figures for smaller homes up toward the high single-digit millions for the top penthouse line, with typical one- and two-bedroom lofts in between. Turnover is low — a handful of closings in an active year — and well-renovated units in this building have tended to trade at or near asking. Capture the exact square footage, ceiling height, floor, and condition of any specific unit when underwriting; per-foot averages mean little across a unit mix this varied.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | 1E | 1 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,200 sf | $2,805,000 | $1,275/sf | +0.4% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 2G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,100 sf | $1,650,000 | $1,500/sf | -6.5% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 2 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,100 sf | $1,650,000 | $1,500/sf | -2.1% |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 4C | 2 BR · 1 BA · 866 sf | $1,400,000 | $1,617/sf | -3.4% |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 2H | 1 BR · 1 BA · 895 sf | $1,450,000 | $1,620/sf | +0.0% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 5H | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,474 sf | $2,195,000 | $1,489/sf | +0.0% |
| Sep 16, 2024 | 4C | 2 BR · 1 BA · 866 sf | $1,228,693 | $1,419/sf | off-mkt |
| Jun 26, 2023 | 1B | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,229 sf | $3,100,000 | $1,391/sf | -1.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,388/sf across 2 sales. 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 1-00558-7503) 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 condominium, so the path is lighter than a co-op: a right-of-first-refusal process rather than a board interview, uncapped financing, and broad latitude for pied-à-terre and investment ownership. The diligence is building- and apartment-specific. Because this is a conversion of an 1888 structure, review the financials, reserve, and any planned capital work on the masonry facade and building systems, and read the offering plan for the specifics of each loft's volume and layout — homes differ widely.
The reasons to buy are the lofts and the location: genuine loft scale and light, a full-time doorman, a roof deck and courtyard, and a position a short walk from Union Square, the Greenmarket, the Strand, and one of Manhattan's deepest transit interchanges.
What to know if you’re selling
The building sells on character, but it has to be priced precisely. The Jardine architecture, the loft volumes, and the full-service profile are the differentiators that separate a home here from a conventional East Village condominium. Because the residences vary so much, pricing is an apartment-specific exercise rather than a per-foot average. We position the loft narrative, photograph the volume and light, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of downtown loft conversions. A condominium resale clears on a faster, more predictable timeline than a co-op — itself a selling point to the flexibility-minded buyer this building attracts.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Zachary, also look at these nearby downtown condominiums and conversions:
- 18 East 12th Street — condominium on the same block
- 21 East 12th Street — nearby condominium near Union Square
- 438 East 12th Street — S9 Architecture's 2017 Manhattan condominium
- 1 Astor Place — nearby downtown condominium near Astor Place
- 40 Bleecker Street — nearby NoHo condominium
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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