- Year built
- 2018
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 6
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Virtual doorman, elevator, private storage, common roof deck; residences carry in-unit washer/dryers and private outdoor space per listing records
- Financing
- 20 percent minimum down per listing records — verify against the by-laws at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2017–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Recorded sales
- 22
- On record
- 2017–2024
148 Attorney Street is the Lower East Side condo market at its most boutique: six residences on six floors, with a single full-floor apartment on each of floors 2 through 6. In a neighborhood whose ownership stock splits between walk-up co-ops, HDFC buildings, and large amenity-driven condominiums, a six-unit elevator condo with private outdoor space for each home is a structurally scarce product — full-floor privacy at a fraction of the unit count of anything comparable nearby.
The site carries more cultural history than the modest brick facade lets on. The one-story corner storefront at 150 Attorney Street housed Sin-é from 2001 to 2007 — the relocated Lower East Side incarnation of the East Village café where Jeff Buckley recorded his 1993 live debut — and the venue's closing in 2007 was read in the neighborhood press as a marker of the area's turn. The structure was approved for demolition in 2014, and the condominium project that replaced it went through a documented design evolution: the architect's project records describe an initial scheme of four house-scaled dwellings in an Italianate idiom with brownstone Juliet balconies, redesigned under subsequent ownership into the current six-unit brick-and-metal contemporary, first revealed publicly in January 2015 and refiled at six stories and six units in 2017.
For buyers, the thesis is location arbitrage plus scale: the building sits a short walk from the Essex Crossing development and its Market Line retail gravity, from Tompkins Square Park across Houston, and from the F/M/J/Z at Delancey–Essex — with R7A zoning on the block and the low-rise tenement fabric around it keeping light at the upper floors.
Architecture and unit composition
The building rises six stories straight off the lot line — 40 feet of frontage, no setbacks — with a red-brick elevation organized by a visible grid of metal beams over a dark metal-panel base. The six residences are one- and two-bedroom layouts averaging roughly 1,170 square feet per city records: full-floor units on floors 2 through 6 reached by keyed elevator landing-style privacy, and first-floor residences that extend into cellar-level duplex space, with a garden along the east side of the lot at the lobby level. Finishes per listing records run to wide-plank white-oak floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, open kitchens, and in-unit laundry; every home has private outdoor space, and the common roof deck carries open city views over the low-rise blocks around it. The 1,255-square-foot two-bedroom penthouse splits its bedrooms across opposite ends of the plan.
Building operations
This is self-service boutique ownership: a virtual doorman rather than staff, an elevator, private storage, and a small common-charge budget spread across six owners. Buyers coming from full-service buildings should price the trade consciously — low monthly carry against package logistics and a board of five neighbors. Condominium governance at this scale is intimate; the offering plan and by-laws should be reviewed carefully during diligence, and we obtain current building documents from the managing agent for clients at offer stage.
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
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Recent closings at this building, sourced from NYC Department of Finance records. Apartment-level detail (line, condition, asking-price context) verified upon consultation request.
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2024 | 204 | $759,000 |
| May 16, 2023 | 101 | $974,000 |
| Nov 25, 2022 | 505 | $1,500,000 |
| Jul 20, 2022 | 303 | $1,225,000 |
| Apr 20, 2022 | 403 | $1,080,000 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 101 | $869,000 |
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 1-00345-7503) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
Six units means six votes. Condominium governance here is a handful of neighbors, not an institution. Review the budget, reserve posture, and house rules closely — small buildings have low fixed costs but also a narrow base over which to spread any capital surprise.
Full-floor privacy is the product. One apartment per floor on 2 through 6, private outdoor space throughout, and a virtual doorman in place of a staffed lobby. If that service model fits how you live, the carrying-cost math is favorable; run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator against full-service alternatives.
The corridor is mid-transition. Attorney Street between Stanton and Houston still reads as old Lower East Side; Essex Crossing's retail and the Houston Street edge are the gravitational pulls. Buyers should walk the block at night before deciding — the energy is the point for some buyers and the objection for others.
Verify the policy stack. Pet, sublet, and financing specifics are thinly documented publicly beyond the 20-percent-down convention in listing records. We verify against the offering plan and managing agent during diligence.
Mansion tax applies at the top of the building. Penthouse-tier pricing here crosses the $1 million and $2 million thresholds — run the Mansion Tax Calculator at the intended price before offering.
What to know if you’re selling
Market the scarcity, not the square footage. Six-unit full-floor condo product with private outdoor space is rare on the Lower East Side; the buyer is paying for privacy and the boutique format. Position against the large condos' amenity stacks honestly — lower carry, no gym — and let the format argument do the work.
Use adjacent-building comps. With six units, your own building's history is too thin to anchor pricing. The boutique condo stock on the surrounding blocks is the right comp set, adjusted for the full-floor layout premium.
The site story is a genuine marketing asset. The Sin-é history gives the address a cultural footnote that resonates with exactly the buyer pool shopping this corridor. Use it with precision.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 148 Attorney Street, also evaluate:
- 287 East Houston Street — boutique condo around the corner on Houston; the closest like-for-like new boutique product
- 50 Clinton Street — boutique Lower East Side condo two blocks south
- 100 Norfolk Street — cantilevered boutique condo on the Delancey side of the neighborhood
- 242 Broome Street — the Essex Crossing condominium; the master-planned alternative
- 196 Orchard — full-amenity condo on the neighborhood's retail spine; the larger-format alternative
- One Manhattan Square — the maximum-amenity tower alternative at the neighborhood's southern edge
- 215 Chrystie Street — the downtown luxury benchmark a few blocks west
The Roebling Team at 148 Attorney Street
The Roebling Team at Compass works the Lower East Side and the broader downtown condo market as a core practice area. We publish this building profile because boutique-condo buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — governance scale, format scarcity, and corridor-level comparables — not generic neighborhood commentary.
If you're considering a transaction at 148 Attorney Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.