133 East 15th Street
133 East 15th Street, between Irving Place and Third Avenue · Gramercy
BBL 1008710030 · BIN 1017800
- Year built
- 1900
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Storage and video intercom
- 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 with conditions
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted with conditions
- Dogs
- Permitted with conditions
- Cats
- Not stated
- Washer/dryer
- Permitted with conditions
- Maximum financing
- 75% of the purchase price
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $810K – $810K
- Listing discount
- 1.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 24
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133 East 15th Street is a small walk-up cooperative with an unusually varied apartment mix: compact studios and one-bedrooms, split-level homes and a substantially larger garden residence. Its four-story form stands just east of Union Square, between Irving Place and Third Avenue.
The address also has a documented early-twentieth-century public history. It housed the Russian People's House, a meeting and educational center that was raided in November 1919 during the first Red Scare. Contemporary newspaper accounts identify the East 15th Street address directly.
Architecture and unit composition
The apartments include duplex and triplex layouts with rooms divided across short internal flights. In some configurations, a living area, sleeping level and kitchen occupy different heights. Ceiling heights vary between the main rooms and lofted areas.
Period elements include exposed brick and fireplaces. Some homes have balconies or other outdoor space, while the garden accommodation at the base has a much larger footprint than the compact apartments above. In-unit laundry appears in renovated homes.
The building is a walk-up, and internal apartment stairs add another circulation difference for the split-level inventory.
Building operations
The cooperative is self-managed and has a live-in superintendent, storage and a video-intercom entrance. Those services operate within a small residential association. The building is taxed as Class 2, and no building-wide abatement is identified.
Although the address lies near designated properties around Union Square, it is not itself a landmark or part of a historic district. The surrounding block includes individual landmarks, which do not extend protection to this tax lot.
Policy framework
Pets, pied-à-terre purchases, guarantors and co-purchasing: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Subletting: Permitted after two years of ownership and residency, subject to cooperative approval — confirm with the managing agent.
Flip tax: 1.5%, payable by the seller — 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.
Purchase
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $100 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
Sublet
3 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $100 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
Sublet renewal
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $300 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Alteration
3 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Resident | When With the application | Amount Determined by Management, based on the scope of work | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review Deposit | Paid by Resident | When With the application | Amount Determined by Board and Management based on scope of work | Refundable Not stated |
| Security Deposit | Paid by Resident | When Upon approval | Amount Equal to 10%~15% of total cost determined by Board and Management | Refundable Refundable |
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
- 75% of the purchase priceSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Guarantors
- Permitted with conditionsPermitted with Board approvalSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Co-purchasing
- Permitted with conditionsPermitted with Board approvalSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Parent buying for an employed child
- Permitted with conditionsPermitted with Board approvalSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Parent buying for a student child
- Permitted with conditionsPermitted with Board approvalSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Purchase or lease by a corporation
- Not permittedSource: 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
- Permitted with conditionsAllowed with Board consent; conditions may be imposedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Permitted with conditionsPermitted; co-op prefers resident ownersSource: 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
- Dogs
- Permitted with conditionsAllowed with permission; dogs leashed in common areasSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Cats
- Not statedThe source permits pets without naming cats.Source: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Permitted with conditionsAllowed only with Board approval and conditionsSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
Considering an apartment here? Send Corey the listing to confirm the pet and washer/dryer rules for that apartment.
Building staffing and amenities
- Virtual or video entry
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2023 | 3D | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 800 sf | $810,000 | $1,013/sf | -7.8% |
| Feb 2, 2022 | 2A | 1 BA | $400,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jan 31, 2020 | 3D | 1 BR · 800 sf | $784,500 | $981/sf | -1.8% |
| Jul 10, 2018 | 3A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | $669,888 | -2.5% | |
| May 24, 2017 | 3C | 1 BR · 700 sf | $885,000 | $1,264/sf | -1.7% |
| Apr 7, 2017 | 1C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $779,000 | -5.6% | |
| Jan 13, 2016 | 1A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 600 sf | $525,000 | $875/sf | +0.0% |
| Nov 6, 2015 | 2A | 1 BA | $330,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $1,013/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 1.8% 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 1-00871-0030). 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
- 132 East 19th Street — A small prewar cooperative with a taller apartment-house form.
- 105 East 19th Street — A low-rise cooperative alternative a few blocks north.
- Onyx Court — A similarly sized prewar cooperative with a more formal apartment-house design.
- 48 Gramercy Park North — A smaller cooperative for buyers considering limited-unit associations.
- 48 East 13th Street — A prewar cooperative with loft-oriented accommodation near Union Square.
More Gramercy buildings
- 126 East 16th Street
- Gramercy Plaza (130 East 18th Street) — 1962 co-op
- 132 East 19th Street — 1910 co-op
- 135 Lexington Avenue — 1920 condominium
- 137 East 15th Street — co-op
- 140 Lexington Avenue — condominium by Isaac & Stern Architects
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Gramercy — read The Roebling Team Guide to Gramercy.
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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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