129 Lafayette Street
129 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10013
BBL 1002087501 · BIN 1002673
- Year built
- 1911
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 27
- Pets
- Pets, including dogs, permitted under the condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Generally allowed in condominiums; not confirmed for this building
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
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, 2026 to date
- $2,109
- 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 3.8%
- Recorded sales
- 59
- On record
- 2004–2026
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129 Lafayette Street is a full-floor and large-loft condominium in a 1911 printing-industry building, converted in the mid-2000s, at the NoLita/Little Italy/Chinatown border near Howard Street. It delivers the combination downtown loft buyers prize: prewar industrial bones — high ceilings, big windows, wide column spacing, generous floor plates — paired with the convenience of a 24-hour doorman and a large landscaped roof deck, all in a 27-unit building.
The location is at the crossroads of downtown's most desirable shopping and dining geography: SoHo's cast-iron retail core is steps west, NoLita's boutiques and restaurants are immediately north, and Canal Street's transit puts the rest of the city within reach. For buyers who want loft scale with doorman service in a boutique building, 129 Lafayette is squarely on target.
Architecture and unit composition
The building was erected around 1911 as a printing-trade loft — a masonry-and-limestone industrial structure, reportedly designed by architect Frank H. Quinby — and converted to a 27-unit residential condominium in the mid-2000s. The conversion preserved the building's loft character: open, flexible floor plans, high ceilings, and large windows, with several residences occupying full or near-full floors. The penthouse and upper-floor apartments are the building's marquee units.
129 Lafayette pairs that loft stock with a genuinely full-service operation: a 24-hour doorman, a grand lobby, private on-site storage, and an approximately 2,000-square-foot landscaped roof deck with panoramic downtown views. In-unit washer/dryers are permitted. It is an elevator loft building rather than an amenity-stacked tower — the appeal is space and service, not a gym roster.
Building operations
129 Lafayette operates as a staffed boutique condominium with a 24-hour doorman. With 27 large units carrying a doorman and a sizable common roof deck, common charges reflect the staffing and the scale of the apartments. Pets, including dogs, are permitted under the building rules.
Buyers should review the offering plan, current financials, board minutes, and reserve study during due diligence, and confirm the treatment of the building's retail component within the residential budget.
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.
Purchase
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background Report FeeConditional · Per applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $125 per applicant (additional $75 for criminal check if required by the Board) | Refundable Not stated |
| Processing FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $700 ($750 if there is no broker) | Refundable Not stated |
| Lead Paint Disclosure Fee | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $75 | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Refundable |
| Post Closing Document Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Refundable |
Rental or lease
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Paint Disclosure Fee | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $75 | Refundable Not stated |
| Background Report FeeConditional · Per applicant | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $125 per applicant (additional $75 for criminal check if required by the Board) | Refundable Not stated |
| Processing FeeConditional | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $700 ($750 if there is no broker) | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Lease renewal
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lease Renewal Fee | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $300 | 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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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Concierge
- YesSource: recent listing records
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Roof deckSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $19,647/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $61
- Modeled exposure split equally across 27 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 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 inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. 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 — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- No
- Sublet policy
- Allowed
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Recent sales
129 Lafayette trades as a condominium, so pricing is read on a price-per-square-foot basis — and because the apartments are loft-scale, absolute prices run high. With only 27 units and substantial variation in size, floor, and renovation level, each sale is genuinely apartment-specific; the most reliable pricing evidence is the building's own loft-by-loft trade history rather than neighborhood averages.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2026 | PHA | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,647 sf | $9,800,000 | $2,109/sf | -34.4% |
| May 31, 2022 | 4C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,017 sf | $3,450,000 | $1,710/sf | — |
| May 12, 2022 | 6A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,363 sf | $4,211,000 | $1,782/sf | +5.4% |
| Mar 7, 2022 | 5C | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,017 sf | $3,250,000 | $1,611/sf | +0.0% |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 2A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,363 sf | $3,650,000 | $1,545/sf | -8.7% |
| Feb 25, 2022 | 5A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,363 sf | $3,800,000 | $1,608/sf | -4.9% |
| Oct 6, 2021 | 10A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 3,008 sf | $5,500,000 | $1,828/sf | — |
| Jul 21, 2021 | 7C | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,017 sf | $2,850,000 | $1,413/sf | -17.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $2,109/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 3.8% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 1-00208-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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.
Closed rents at 129 Lafayette Street, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 2 | $9,075 |
3 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease August 2026. Based on few leases. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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What to know if you’re buying
You're buying loft scale with doorman service. Prewar industrial floor plates, high ceilings, and big windows — plus a 24-hour doorman and a large roof deck — in a 27-unit building. That pairing is the value.
Confirm the size and configuration carefully. Full-floor versus partial-floor, renovation level, and exposure drive value here. Walk the apartment and confirm the actual square footage against the offering plan.
Underwrite the conversion and the retail. Review the building's financials and reserves, and understand how the ground-floor retail contributes to or affects the residential budget.
Evaluate the location and the market. The NoLita/SoHo/Chinatown crossroads is a specific setting; use dated sales, marketing periods and current competing listings to assess liquidity, which location alone does not establish or guarantee over time.
Condo flexibility is real. Pied-à-terre, investor, and foreign-buyer use permitted; subletting allowed under the declaration.
What to know if you’re selling
The loft is the story. Ceiling height, light, floor-plate scale, and the roof deck sell this building. Stage and photograph to show the space.
Price to the building's own comps. With 27 heterogeneous lofts, the persuasive evidence is 129 Lafayette's own recent trades adjusted for floor, size, and condition.
Reach the design-conscious and cross-border buyer pool. Demand at loft price points downtown spans local creatives, downtown professionals, and international buyers; marketing should reach all three.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 129 Lafayette Street, also evaluate:
- 210 Lafayette Street, 225 Lafayette Street, and 285 Lafayette Street — NoLita loft and boutique condos on the same corridor
- 123 Baxter Street — full-service 2000s boutique condo nearby
- 40 Mercer Street — SoHo luxury condominium for a new-construction contrast
- 36 Bleecker Street — boutique NoHo/NoLita 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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