- Year built
- 1895
- Type
- Condominium
- Amenities
- Elevator and private storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
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About the building
Cleverdon & Putzel designed this corner store-and-loft building for Bernhard Mayer in 1895. Construction finished in March 1896. The seven-story façade combines brick and stone with an iron storefront entablature, window pilasters and terra-cotta ornament. Nine bays face Spring Street, with a second frontage on Wooster Street. The condominium now has nine residences above street-level commercial space.
The homes retain industrial loft elements, including cast-iron columns, exposed beams and high ceilings. Layouts include two-bedroom homes with separate office space, and the elevator serves private or semiprivate arrival areas. Some apartments have central air conditioning, in-home laundry and basement storage. The condominium is self-managed, placing day-to-day administration with its small ownership group.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- StorageSource: 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.
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,522 sf | $4,500,000 | $1,784/sf | -6.3% |
| Nov 6, 2012 | 3B | 2 BR · 2,522 sf | $2,360,000 | $936/sf | -9.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,784/sf (recorded) across 1 sale.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00500-7503; 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
Artist-use language appears in the building's approved alterations. A signed-off DOB application includes conversion of second-floor artist studios to joint living-work quarters for artists. A buyer of affected space needs the current occupancy classification and any later conversion approval established before treating the home as unrestricted residential accommodation.
Comparable buildings
- 102 Wooster Street: A small historic condominium on the same block, useful for comparing loft ownership at similar scale.
- 115 Mercer Street: A nineteenth-century loft condominium with a similarly limited inventory.
- 77 Mercer Street: Another small SoHo condominium in a historic commercial building.
- 43 Wooster Street: A prewar loft condominium with a comparable association size farther south.
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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