The Silk Building
14 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
NoHo
BBL 1005317501 · BIN 1008529
- Year built
- 1908
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,901
- Listing discount
- 4.0%
- Recorded sales
- 105
- On record
- 2003–2026
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Few downtown addresses carry the cultural weight of 14 East 4th Street. Built in 1908 by Clinton & Russell as a silk-trade loft in the Italian Renaissance palazzo idiom, the building was reborn in the 1980s as one of the first true luxury loft condominiums in NoHo — and quickly became a magnet for the music and entertainment world, with a celebrated record store anchoring its ground floor during the MTV era and a roster of high-profile residents over the decades. That history is the building's calling card, but the architecture and the apartments are what hold value.
NoHo is one of Manhattan's smallest and most protected neighborhoods, a pocket of cast-iron and masonry lofts bounded by Greenwich Village, the East Village, and SoHo. Within it, 14 East 4th Street offers something genuinely scarce: a full-service, doormanned condominium with authentic loft proportions in a corridor where most buildings are smaller, self-managed conversions. The combination of scale, staffing, and pedigree sets it apart.
For buyers, the appeal is the floor plan. These are real lofts — wide, light-filled, often duplexed or triplexed — rather than the reconfigured pre-war layouts found uptown, and they sit inside a condominium structure that offers the ownership flexibility serious downtown buyers want.
Architecture and unit composition
Clinton & Russell — among the most prolific commercial architects of early-twentieth-century New York — gave the building a dignified masonry façade with decorative friezes that nod to its silk-trade origins, details preserved in the lobby through the conversion. At 12 stories, it reads as a substantial NoHo loft block rather than a tower, in keeping with the historic district around it.
The 56 residences are defined by their generous scale and loft character. Many homes feature ceiling heights from roughly 10 to 12 feet, oversized windows, and wood-burning fireplaces, with a number of units configured as duplexes and triplexes. Kitchens and baths across the building reflect the high-specification renovations buyers expect at this level — premium appliance suites and stone finishes are common in renovated homes. The result is a building where individual apartments vary widely in layout and finish, which makes unit-by-unit underwriting essential and rewards a buyer who understands the stock.
Building operations
The Silk Building runs as a full-service condominium: a 24-hour doorman and concierge, a live-in superintendent, a landscaped common roof deck with skyline views, a bike room, and laundry on each floor. The condominium structure means financing is flexible and there is no co-op-style board admissions package — purchases clear through a right-of-first-refusal rather than an interview. Pets are welcome. The building's NoHo Historic District location means any exterior change runs through Landmarks review, which protects the streetscape and the façade buyers are paying for.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $52,268/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $78
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →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.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Notable fees
- Min Down Payment: 10%
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2026 | 802 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,186 sf | $2,255,000 | $1,901/sf | -4.0% |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 1111 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,200 sf | $2,290,000 | $1,908/sf | -3.4% |
| May 2, 2025 | 815 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,115 sf | $2,037,500 | $1,827/sf | -7.4% |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 607 | 1,075 sf | $1,060,000 | $986/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 1124 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,453 sf | $2,700,000 | $1,858/sf | -1.8% |
| Oct 11, 2024 | 1113 | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,851 sf | $3,100,000 | $1,675/sf | -11.3% |
| May 8, 2024 | 808 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,063 sf | $2,740,000 | $1,328/sf | -2.1% |
| Feb 5, 2024 | 815 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,115 sf | $1,846,000 | $1,656/sf | -5.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,901/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.0% 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 1-00531-7501) 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
Underwrite the specific apartment. Because layouts range from single-floor lofts to multi-level homes with fireplaces and private outdoor space, value here is driven by floor, exposure, ceiling height, and the quality of the most recent renovation far more than by a single price-per-foot figure. The condominium structure is a real advantage: financing is flexible, there is no board interview, and pied-à-terre, trust, and LLC purchases are customary at downtown condominiums of this kind. Buyers should read the offering plan and recent financials to understand common charges, the reserve, and any planned capital work — standard diligence for a century-old masonry building, where façade and roof maintenance are ongoing.
What to know if you’re selling
The Silk Building sells itself on a combination almost no NoHo competitor can match: authentic loft volume, a recognizable name, and full-service staffing inside a protected historic district. The marketing job is to present the specific home's scale and light — ceiling heights, window lines, fireplaces, outdoor space — and to benchmark against the building's own recent closings and the best loft condominiums in NoHo and SoHo, not against pre-war uptown stock. Because each unit is distinct, accurate positioning and staging that reads the loft volume correctly are what separate a strong result from an average one.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing 14 East 4th Street, also consider these downtown lofts and conversions:
- 172 East 4th Street — a nearby East Village peer
- 125 Greenwich Street — a downtown condominium tower
- 387 Greenwich Street — a Tribeca pre-war loft conversion
- 443 Greenwich Street — a landmark Tribeca loft condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across East Village + NoHo — read The Roebling Team Guide to East Village + NoHo.
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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