129 Lafayette Street
129 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10013
SoHo
BBL 1002087501 · BIN 1002673
- Year built
- 1911
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 27
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pets, including dogs, 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
- $2,109
- Listing discount
- 2.8%
- Recorded sales
- 78
- On record
- 2004–2026
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.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $4,216/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $13
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.
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.
See the full facade history →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. Recent activity has included a penthouse marketed in the high-single-digit to low-double-digit millions and full-floor lofts asking in the $5M range. 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, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| 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 | -29.7% |
| May 31, 2022 | 4C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,017 sf | $3,450,000 | $1,710/sf | off-mkt |
| 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 | off-mkt |
| 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) cleared a median $2,109/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.8% 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) 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
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.
Location is a genuine asset. The NoLita/SoHo/Chinatown crossroads is among downtown's most liquid resale geography — supportive of long-term value.
Condo flexibility is real. 30–45 day closings; 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
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Greenwich Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenwich Village.
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