- Year built
- 1885
- Type
- Cooperative
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
134 Greene Street (132–140 Greene Street) sales history: 23 recorded transfers
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $3.4M – $3.4M
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 23
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This is fifteen bays of cast iron on the east side of Greene Street: three buildings designed together, built together and owned by one cooperative. LPC's 1973 designation report says Alfred Zucker designed these as warehouses for Simon Goldenberg and L. Schoolhers between April 1885 and January 1886. The report calls the building Zucker's only cast-iron façade. It is nearly identical to Henry Fernbach's 1883 building at 112 Greene Street for the same owners. LPC's reading is that after Fernbach died, the owners had Zucker repeat the design. Zucker's other SoHo work is in stone and brick, so this is his one exception.
Why the listings disagree about the address is simple. The front reads as one building, but the city assigns three building numbers and at least six address forms. Some data sources carry it as two cooperatives, "134 Greene Street" with 49 units and "132–134 Greene Street" with 22. ACRIS settles it. Greene Street Holding Corp. took title in 1976 and has been the single borrower on every underlying mortgage since. Share transfers at 132, 134 and 140 are all recorded against Lot 3. It is one corporation.
HPD reports 21 residential units, while PLUTO reports 49. A gross-area ratio of about 1,000 square feet under the latter count does not prove it impossible or measure apartment interiors. Transfer labels such as 2F, 2R, 3F, 3R, 5 and 2FL also do not certify the current legal unit count. Reconcile the approved schedules for all three buildings with record dates and any combinations.
The third fact is structural. The ground floors and cellars are not corporate retail space leased to tenants. They are commercial share allocations owned by outside entities, bought and sold in their own recorded transfers. That puts a meaningful share of the corporation's shares in commercial hands, which affects governance, maintenance allocation and the corporation's qualification under IRC section 216 (the 80/20 income test, or its square-footage and expenditure alternatives).
Architecture and unit composition
Each building is six stories and five bays wide. The three share one continuous front of cast-iron columns and window openings, and the designation report notes that the design repeats the façade elements of 112 Greene Street. A 2008 DOB filing covered cast-iron, brick and cornice repair with window replacement across the front, with a 60-foot heavy-duty sidewalk shed and a 75-foot-high scaffold filed at both No. 132 and No. 140.
The residential floors are lofts. Recorded share nomenclature shows whole-floor units at some addresses and front and rear halves at others. The renovation record fits: interior partition, kitchen and bath work, HVAC installations, mezzanine stairs and sprinkler modifications, none of which changes the use or the unit count. Retail occupies the ground floors and cellars. Filings since 2000 record gallery-to-retail conversions at Nos. 132 and 138 and a full retail build-out at No. 132 that ran from 2023 into 2026.
Building operations
The cooperative handles the maintenance you would expect for a 140-year-old cast-iron building. Filings cover fire alarm installation across all three buildings (2006), relocation of the standpipe system (2005), sidewalk vault and stoop repair (2003), balcony repair (2010), roof membrane and insulation replacement on all three roofs (2016), a dual-fuel boiler replacement (2019) and a chimney liner (2019). A sidewalk shed and scaffold were filed at No. 132 in 2016–17, and sheds and scaffolds at all three buildings in June 2018. Those façade filings do not by themselves establish FISP enrollment. FISP applies to buildings higher than six stories; verify the DOB height classification and any qualifying exposed lower story for each of these recorded six-story buildings.
Staffing, elevator service and amenities were not established from the sources reviewed. Confirm them with the managing agent.
Artist-loft occupancy and the 2021 rezoning
SoHo lofts raise an occupancy question most Manhattan apartments do not. For decades, the M1-5A and M1-5B zoning that governed SoHo allowed residential use in these buildings only as Joint Live-Work Quarters for Artists (JLWQA), and lawful occupancy required city certification as an artist. HPD's classification of all three buildings as joint residential/artists, and the 2005 filing describing joint live/work quarters on the sixth floor, place this building in that system.
The SoHo/NoHo Neighborhood Plan, adopted in December 2021, remapped the lot as M1-5/R7X in the Special SoHo-NoHo Mixed Use District. Three points matter to a buyer:
- Existing JLWQA can continue as a lawful use.
- Occupancies that existed at adoption are protected under the new framework, which closed the certification gap for existing non-artist occupants. Have counsel confirm how that applies to the specific unit.
- A JLWQA unit can be converted to conventional residential use through a DOB filing and a per-square-foot contribution to the SoHo-NoHo Arts Fund, set in the zoning text. Confirm the current contribution rate and procedure with counsel at the time of purchase.
For a buyer, the question is what the certificate of occupancy and the proprietary lease say about the specific unit, and whether that unit or the building as a whole has converted. That affects financing, since some lenders treat JLWQA differently, and it affects resale.
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
4 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $650 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $150 per applicant and occupant over the age of 18 or older residing in unit | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move-In Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move-Out Deposit | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet
5 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 $20 per additional applicant after applicant one (1) and any occupant 18 or older residing in the unit | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move-Out Deposit | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move-In Deposit | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet renewal
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $300 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Refinance
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $150 per applicant | Refundable Non-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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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
This is SoHo loft co-op inventory: large, open, high-ceilinged plates in a landmarked cast-iron building, with thin turnover. Residential share transfers have averaged fewer than one a year across the three addresses since 2004. Several moved units into family trusts with no sale. Loft pricing depends on floor, full versus half floor, ceiling height, light at the front versus the rear, renovation condition and the unit's occupancy status. The commercial allocations trade in a separate market and are not residential comparables.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2026 | 3R | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $3,370,000 | -0.7% | |
| Jun 25, 2021 | 3 | 2 BR | $4,500,000 | +5.9% | |
| Jun 22, 2021 | 3F | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,383 sf | $2,700,000 | $1,952/sf | +8.2% |
| Feb 26, 2021 | 5 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,530 sf | $4,200,000 | $1,660/sf | -6.7% |
| Jan 19, 2021 | 3R | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $2,300,000 | -7.8% | |
| Jul 24, 2018 | 2R | 2 BR · 1 BA · 2,266 sf | $2,790,000 | $1,231/sf | -5.4% |
| Oct 24, 2013 | 3R | 2 BR | $2,351,000 | +17.8% | |
| Mar 2, 2005 | 3 | 3 BR | $1,395,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $1,806/sf (recorded) across 2 sales. 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 1-00513-0003). 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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What to know if you’re buying
Establish the unit's occupancy status first. Get the certificate of occupancy for the specific building, whether 132–134, 136 or 138–140, and confirm whether the unit is JLWQA or has been converted to residential use. Ask whether the corporation has a building-wide position on conversion under the 2021 rezoning and who pays the Arts Fund contribution if a conversion is pursued.
Get the policy stack in writing. The current terms were not established in the materials reviewed. Ask for the financing ceiling, post-closing liquidity, flip tax, sublet policy, and the board's position on pied-à-terre, trust, LLC and co-purchase ownership. Expect a full board package and interview. Run the Co-op Board Qualification Calculator before you offer.
Understand the commercial shareholders. Ask what percentage of the corporation's shares the commercial allocations hold, what maintenance they pay, whether they have board seats or voting rights on particular matters, and where the corporation stands under IRC section 216's qualification tests.
Read the debt and the façade file. The corporation carries a $5,000,000 consolidated first mortgage from 2017 and a separate $500,000 instrument. Ask for the maturity, the balance of any line, and current façade inspection and repair reports on the cast-iron front, plus FISP filings only if the actual height classification makes the program applicable. Cast-iron repair in a landmarked district requires LPC-approved methods and costs more than masonry.
Underwrite full taxes. The J-51 benefit ended in 1989.
What to know if you’re selling
Settle the address and the unit count in your marketing. Buyers will find two different records and a unit count of 49. Identify one cooperative across three buildings, attribute the 21-unit figure to HPD, disclose the conflicting counts, and obtain the current approved apartment schedule before stating a definitive present total.
Have the occupancy paperwork ready. A clear answer on the unit's JLWQA or residential status, with the certificate of occupancy, helps buyers evaluate lawful use and financing, without establishing the most common cause of delay or guaranteeing a quicker closing.
Price as a loft, not a co-op apartment. The right comparables are other SoHo loft co-ops with similar ceiling heights and plate sizes, alongside suitably adjusted landmarked cast-iron condominium sales; tenure and designation alone do not establish a price ceiling.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 132–140 Greene Street, also evaluate:
- 33 Greene Street: cast-iron corner loft co-op at Grand Street, landmarked, with the same JLWQA questions
- 113 Prince Street: loft co-op nearby on Prince Street, inside the same historic district
- 101 Wooster Street: small SoHo loft co-op in the same district and the same occupancy framework
- 93 Mercer Street: loft co-op on the parallel street; ten lofts above a store
- 35 Mercer Street: small cast-iron-district co-op with one store at grade
- 107 Greene Street: the condominium alternative on Greene Street, for buyers weighing board approval against a deeded unit
- 10 Greene Street: landmarked Greene Street condominium loft conversion
- 27 Bleecker Street: small co-op north of Houston, for buyers comparing SoHo and NoHo
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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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