- Year built
- 1923
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
15 West 11th Street is a 1923 prewar cooperative on one of Greenwich Village's most coveted blocks — just off lower Fifth Avenue, a few minutes from Washington Square Park and Union Square. Designed by J.M. Felson, a prolific architect of New York's prewar apartment stock, it is a handsome, well-staffed mid-rise that delivers the Village at its most refined: tree-lined, low-key, and steps from the neighborhood's restaurants, cafés, and cultural institutions.
The building's appeal is in its service and its setting. Full-time staffing is unusually deep for a building of this size — a 24-hour doorman, an elevator attendant, and a live-in superintendent — and the gleaming marble lobby gives the entrance a prewar formality that suits the address. Inside the Greenwich Village Historic District, the building and its block enjoy the long-term protection that keeps the Village the Village.
For buyers, the case is a full-service prewar co-op in a top-tier Village location, with a pet-friendly board and the amenities and staffing that make daily life easy.
Architecture and unit composition
Felson's design is classic 1920s Village apartment architecture — a nine-story masonry building, well-proportioned and quiet on the streetscape, anchored by a marble lobby that signals the building's full-service character. As a contributor to the Greenwich Village Historic District, its exterior is preserved, and the block around it retains the scale and texture that define the neighborhood.
Inside, the cooperative comprises roughly 42 apartments across nine floors. The layouts reflect prewar planning — proper foyers, separated rooms, and the room-by-room logic of the era — in a mid-density building that keeps the resident community intimate. Floor plans vary by line and exposure, with the quieter homes facing away from the avenue.
Building operations
15 West 11th runs as a full-service prewar cooperative with a notably complete staffing model: a 24-hour doorman, an elevator attendant, and a live-in superintendent, plus a central laundry and bicycle storage. The combination of attended elevator service and round-the-clock doorman coverage is a real differentiator at this scale.
As a cooperative, the building reviews purchasers through a board package and interview, and the board sets policy on financing, subletting, and pied-à-terre use. The building is pet-friendly — a meaningful draw in the Village. Buyers and sellers should confirm the current financing cap, sublet terms, and any flip tax through the building's house rules and managing agent as part of a transaction.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $2,103/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $4
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The facade passed its last inspection with no required repairs — nothing to budget for here, and no facade assessment on the horizon for roughly five years.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
The live sales record is auto-generated on this site's /sales view from the building's BBL. As a roughly 42-unit prewar co-op on a prime block, turnover is modest — a few resales in a typical year, with inventory tightened by the desirability of the location. Pricing tracks the Greenwich Village prewar cooperative segment, where the block, the building's full service, and prewar layout drive value. Treat any specific figure as something to confirm against the current recorded record.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so plan for the co-op process: a board package, an interview, and board-set rules on financing, subletting, and pied-à-terre use. The building is pet-friendly, which matters to many Village buyers. Confirm the financing cap and sublet policy before you bid, and weigh the realities of a 1923 building — prewar layouts, windows, and systems. The reward is full-time service — including an elevator attendant — and one of the best addresses in Greenwich Village, inside a protected historic district.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the location and the service. A prime lower-Fifth Village block, a pet-friendly board, and a staffing model that includes a 24-hour doorman and an elevator attendant are a strong combination. Benchmark to the Greenwich Village prewar co-op segment, where the block and full service drive value. Scarcity helps — on a block this desirable, well-presented inventory meets thin supply. Be ready to articulate the board's financing and sublet posture, since the qualified Village buyer will want clarity early. The historic-district protection is a long-term asset for the building's setting.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 15 West 11th Street, also look at these nearby Greenwich Village options:
- 24 Fifth Avenue — prewar Village cooperative on Fifth
- 25 Fifth Avenue — Greenwich Village cooperative nearby
- 2 Fifth Avenue — cooperative at Washington Square
- 100 West 12th Street — Village cooperative
- 101 West 12th Street — prewar Village cooperative
The Roebling Team at 15 West 11th Street
The Roebling Team at Compass works across Greenwich Village, the West Village, and the lower-Fifth Avenue market, with a specialty in prewar cooperatives where the block, the staffing, and the board's policies all shape the deal. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers at Village co-ops deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture, the service, the board posture, and where the pricing sits.
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