143 Avenue B (The Christodora House)
143 Avenue B, New York, NY 10009
BBL 1003927501 · BIN 1004784
- Year built
- 1928
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 87
- Floors
- 17
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
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, 2026 to date
- $1,840
- floor-adjusted, 3 sales
- Listing discount
- 2.3%
- Recorded sales
- 83
- On record
- 2003–2026
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The Christodora House at 143 Avenue B is a 1928 settlement-house tower converted to condominium ownership in the late 1980s — the building widely identified as the symbolic anchor of East Village gentrification, situated directly on Tompkins Square Park.
The building carries the Henry C. Pelton architectural pedigree, the work of an architect known for substantial early-20th-century institutional commissions — fitting for its settlement-house original use, since Christodora House served as the East Village's settlement house from 1928 until its 1947 closure, a center of community gathering and social services through that era. That history is precisely what makes the tower the East Village symbolic anchor it remains today: its late-1980s conversion to condominium ownership coincided with the 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot, and cultural-history coverage widely treats the moment as the turning point in East Village gentrification.
Architecture and building operations
Pelton's 1928 design produced a 17-story Romanesque / neo-Gothic tower with Art Deco massing at the corner of East 9th Street and Avenue B, directly on Tompkins Square Park. The Christodora House social-services operation occupied the building from 1928 through 1947. The 1986-1988 condominium conversion produced approximately 87 apartments — and triggered the 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot that brought national attention to East Village gentrification.
Operations: 24-hour doorman; live-in superintendent; private storage; bicycle storage.
Policy framework — verify via The Roebling Research Library
- Type: Condominium — confirm the transfer process (right of first refusal, any board package) with the managing agent
- Minimum down: Verify with managing agent
- Pied-à-terre: Verify with managing agent
- Pets: Verify with managing agent
- Subletting: Verify with managing agent
- Board interview: Confirm with the managing agent; not assumed for a condominium
Specific policy framework should be verified against the Roebling Research Library's offering plan and house rules at engagement.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 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
5 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $700 ($750 without a Broker) | Refundable Not stated |
| Background Report FeeConditional · Per applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $125 per applicant (additional $75 for criminal check if required by the Board) | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
| Post-closing Document Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Rental or lease
7 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condominium Application Fee | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
| Lead Based Paint Disclosure Fee | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $75 | Refundable Not stated |
| Background Report FeeConditional · Per applicant | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $125 per applicant (additional $75 for criminal check if required by the Board) | Refundable Not stated |
| Processing Fee | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $700 ($750 without a Broker) | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Lease renewal
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lease Renewal Fee | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $300 | Refundable Not stated |
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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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $700 per room a monthMedian of 13 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $3.39 per square foot a monthMedian of 11 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges alone, per square foot
- $1.71 per square foot a monthMedian of 10 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
- Real estate taxes alone, per square foot
- $1.42 per square foot a monthMedian of 10 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. The split into common charges and taxes comes from the listings that also give the annual tax, a different sample, so the two lines need not add up exactly to the combined median; a tax abatement can hold taxes below the full amount until it expires. A summary of recorded sales and listings, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Bike storage, 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.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $7,690/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $8
- Modeled exposure split equally across 83 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
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 FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | 3A | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,525 sf | $1,450,000 | $951/sf | -21.6% |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 8A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $1,070,000 | $1,783/sf | -2.7% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 4D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $1,175,000 | $1,958/sf | -7.8% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 7C | 1 BA · 400 sf | $634,000 | $1,585/sf | -2.3% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $820,000 | $1,367/sf | -11.4% |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 12E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 525 sf | $1,050,000 | $2,000/sf | -6.3% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 9D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 454 sf | $925,000 | $2,037/sf | -7.4% |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 8A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 640 sf | $1,025,000 | $1,602/sf | +10.8% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,840/sf (floor-adjusted) across 3 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 2.3% 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 1-00392-7501). 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.
Closed rents at The Christodora House, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 4 | $5,800 |
6 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease November 2025. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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At the recent median sale of $1.07M (12 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $48,378 to close, or 4.5% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $10,700
- Mortgage recording tax: $15,448
- Title insurance: $4,815
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $17,415
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
The 1928 Henry C. Pelton settlement-house architectural pedigree is real institutional context.
The Tompkins Square Park direct frontage is structurally distinguishing. Verify line-specific park exposure during walkthrough.
The 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot and the late-1980s gentrification symbolic-anchor cultural history is real institutional context.
The 17-story Romanesque / neo-Gothic Art Deco massing is structurally distinguishing.
Roebling cross-references the offering plan through the Roebling Research Library during diligence.
Comparable buildings
- Stewart House (70 East 10th) — Mayer 1960; nearby Greenwich Village peer
- 111 East 14th Street (Zeckendorf Towers) — Davis Brody 1987; nearby East Village peer
- 1 Astor Place (Sculpture for Living) — Gwathmey Siegel 2005; nearby East Village trophy peer
- 21 Astor Place — Harney 1890 / 2003 conversion; nearby NoHo peer
- 40 Bond Street — Herzog & de Meuron 2007; nearby NoHo trophy peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
More East Village buildings
- 123 Third Avenue — 2009 condominium by Perkins Eastman
- 131 Avenue B — 1940 co-op
- 133 Second Avenue (The Theatre Condominium) — 1912 condominium
- 160 East 3rd Street — 1940 co-op
- 170 Second Avenue — 1928 co-op
- 172 East 4th Street (Ageloff Tower) — 1929 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across East Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to East Village.
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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