136 Sullivan Street (First Sullivan Condominium)
136 Sullivan Street, New York, NY 10012
SoHo
BBL 1005187503 · BIN 1085093
- Year built
- 1996
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 6
- Floors
- 7
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Not documented in public records — verify with the board at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $2,304
- Listing discount
- 5.8%
- Recorded sales
- 11
- On record
- 2004–2024
The South Village almost never produces new buildings. The blocks of Sullivan and Thompson between Houston and Spring are a nearly intact tenement streetscape — dense, low, Italian-American in its bones, with St. Anthony of Padua anchoring the corner at Houston — and since 2016 the whole fabric has been protected inside the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District. 136 Sullivan, completed in 1996, slipped in two decades before the district landed: a seven-story, six-unit condominium of full-floor residences on a block where almost everything else is a walk-up co-op or a rental tenement. That makes it structurally scarce twice over — scarce as condominium product in co-op territory, and scarce as full-floor elevator living at this scale anywhere in the Village.
The format is the argument. Per the offering plan on file in The Roebling Research Library, the building stacks six residences on floors one through six beneath a penthouse level, served by a single self-service elevator — keyed access opening directly into each apartment, per listing records. Roughly 1,300 square feet, two bedrooms and two baths, one neighbor above and one below, central air from the original fan-coil design: it is the privacy profile of a townhouse floor-through with condominium ownership mechanics and SoHo's restaurants and retail beginning across Houston Street.
The history is modest but clean. The sponsor — First Sullivan St. Tenants Corp., whose principal the plan identifies as Salom Namer — had held the site since January 1986 and brought the six units to market in 1996 at a total offering price of $3,040,000. Thirty years later, individual residences here trade for most of what the entire building was offered for, which is less a comment on this address than on what the South Village became.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is a 25-foot-wide, seven-story brick infill structure built to the block's R7-2 envelope — deliberately quiet architecture that defers to the tenement streetwall around it. There is no design-name attribution we can verify, and the building's market identity rests on the plan type rather than the facade: one residence per floor, windows front and back on the Sullivan Street and rear exposures, and the keyed-elevator arrival that defines the daily experience. The 2016 historic-district designation froze the streetscape around the building, which protects the block's low scale and light — and means any future exterior work, on this building included, runs through Landmarks review.
Building operations
This is a self-service boutique condominium run lean: no doorman, no staffed lobby, video-intercom entry, and a part-time employee for common areas as originally budgeted in the offering plan. Storage and laundry arrangements are inconsistently documented across listing records — verify the current amenity set and any common outdoor space directly during diligence. With six owners, governance is intimate: budgets are thin by design, and any capital project is a meaningful per-unit number. The offering plan is on file in The Roebling Research Library and is the controlling reference for what the building was built to be.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2024 | 2 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $2,995,000 | $2,304/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 9, 2022 | 4 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $3,505,000 | $2,696/sf | -5.3% |
| Dec 2, 2021 | 3 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,364 sf | $3,175,000 | $2,328/sf | -6.6% |
| Jun 25, 2015 | 5 | 2 BR · 1,300 sf | $2,900,000 | $2,231/sf | off-mkt |
| Feb 10, 2015 | 3 | 2 BR · 1,300 sf | $2,900,000 | $2,231/sf | -14.7% |
| Jul 17, 2008 | 3 | 2 BR · 1,300 sf | $2,250,000 | $1,731/sf | -13.5% |
| Jul 10, 2007 | 1 | 3 BR · 1,600 sf | $2,350,000 | $1,469/sf | -5.8% |
| Jun 23, 2005 | PH | 1 BR · 1,652 sf | $2,550,000 | $1,544/sf | -7.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $2,304/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 5.8% 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 1-00518-7503) 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
Underwrite the micro-condo math. Six units means six owners sharing every roof, boiler, and elevator expense. Common charges may look reasonable until a capital item lands; your attorney should review reserves, recent assessments, and the elevator and facade maintenance history closely.
Lender diligence runs differently on tiny condominiums. Some banks apply extra scrutiny to buildings with very few units — owner-occupancy ratios, insurance, and budget adequacy all get reviewed. Line up financing with a lender experienced in boutique buildings before you offer; the 20 percent minimum down documented in listing records is the floor, not necessarily the practical number.
The elevator is the floor plan. Keyed access into a full-floor apartment is the building's defining luxury — and its single point of failure. Ask about the elevator's age, service contract, and modernization history.
Landmarks now applies. Since 2016 the building sits inside the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District. Interior renovation is conventional; anything touching windows, facade, or roof requires LPC permits. Budget timeline accordingly.
Verify the policy stack. Pets, sublets, and alteration rules are thinly documented publicly. We verify against the offering plan on file and current board documents during diligence.
What to know if you’re selling
Market the format, not the building. Full-floor, keyed-elevator, two-bed condominium living in the protected South Village is a product with almost no direct competition. The marketing should name that scarcity precisely — one neighbor per exposure, district-protected light, condo mechanics in co-op territory.
Expect comp work to reach beyond the building. With six units, same-building history is sparse. Pricing should be built from the boutique condos of the surrounding blocks and the Village loft market, adjusted for the full-floor premium — we maintain that comp set in The Roebling Research Library.
Sell the district as an asset. The 2016 designation is a permanence guarantee buyers can underwrite: the tenement scale, the light, and the block's character cannot be built away. Frame Landmarks as protection, not friction.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 136 Sullivan Street, also evaluate:
- 10 Sullivan Street — the 2016 boutique condominium at the street's Sixth Avenue end; the new-construction step-up
- 565 Broome Street — Renzo Piano's West SoHo condominium; the full-amenity alternative at a higher price point
- 40 Mercer Street — Jean Nouvel's SoHo condominium; the starchitect benchmark east of the district
- One Vandam (180 Sixth Avenue) — boutique condo at the district's northwest edge
- SoHo Mews (311 West Broadway) — boutique SoHo condominium with comparable privacy positioning
- Loft co-ops along Sullivan, Thompson, and MacDougal — the prevailing alternative in the immediate blocks: more space per dollar, co-op mechanics and board review included
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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