151 Wooster Street
151 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10012
SoHo
BBL 1005157502 · BIN 1008013
- Year built
- 1897
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 11
- Floors
- 8
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2009–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,746
- Listing discount
- 5.6%
- Recorded sales
- 29
- On record
- 2009–2025
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151 Wooster Street retains the scale of a commercial loft building: broad interiors, original columns and vaulted ceilings behind a brick-and-stone façade. Alfa Development and Lee Skolnick adapted it to condominium use in the late 2000s. The conversion kept the open living volumes and introduced upper duplexes with access to roof terraces.
A wall of collaborative graffiti was uncovered during the later renovation and exhibited in 2007, preserving part of the building's intervening artistic use.
The residential conversion reached the market in 2007, with individual apartment closings beginning in 2009. Commercial premises remain part of the condominium beneath the residences. The current tax structure separates the residential interests from three commercially classified lots.
Architecture and unit composition
The street elevation has a rusticated stone base below pale brick, with horizontal bands dividing the upper stories. Arched windows mark the sixth floor. A substantial cornice was added during the conversion, restoring a pronounced top to the façade above Wooster Street.
The principal loft layouts extend to approximately three thousand square feet. Their original columns remain within open living-and-dining areas, while bedrooms occupy enclosed portions of the floor. Barrel-vaulted ceilings and tall windows preserve the proportions of the earlier commercial interiors.
Upper duplex layouts connect the main living floor to rooftop rooms and private terraces. These homes have internal stairs and outdoor areas above the principal street wall. Their additional levels and exterior space make them a separate layout category from the single-level lofts below.
Original apartment specifications included gas fireplaces, separate laundry rooms and central air-conditioning. The open kitchens were designed as part of the living space. Later renovations can alter room divisions without changing the position of the building's structural columns or perimeter windows.
Building operations
A staffed entrance and superintendent serve a small residential association. The elevator provides access to the loft floors, and basement storage provides space outside the apartments. The 24-hour lobby coverage is a recurring operating commitment shared across relatively few homes.
The expired tax benefit applied to the commercial component. Its last appearance on the roll was in 2021; it should not be treated as an active residential tax reduction when comparing current carrying costs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2025 | 4A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,009 sf | $5,325,000 | $1,770/sf | -23.9% |
| Mar 7, 2025 | 6B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 3,007 sf | $5,250,000 | $1,746/sf | -4.5% |
| Mar 7, 2025 | 6W | 3 BR · 3 BA · 3,007 sf | $5,250,000 | $1,746/sf | -4.5% |
| Jun 29, 2023 | PH | 5 BR · 6.5 BA · 10,000 sf | $50,000,000 | $5,000/sf | +0.0% |
| May 24, 2023 | 6A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,009 sf | $5,250,000 | $1,745/sf | -1.9% |
| Jan 30, 2018 | 5B | 3 BR · 3,007 sf | $6,900,000 | $2,295/sf | off-mkt |
| Dec 12, 2016 | 4B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 3,007 sf | $5,400,000 | $1,796/sf | +0.0% |
| Jul 22, 2016 | 6B | 3 BR · 3,007 sf | $7,000,000 | $2,328/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,746/sf across 3 sales. Median listing discount 5.6% 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 1-00515-7502) 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.
At the recent median sale of $5.25M (3 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $251,997 to close, or 4.8% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $118,125
- Mortgage recording tax: $75,797
- Title insurance: $23,625
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $34,450
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 conversion used an artist live/work occupancy. The signed-off DOB alteration created joint living-work quarters for artists on the upper floors. Before buying, establish the apartment’s current authorized use and whether a later residential conversion has been completed; condominium ownership alone does not answer that occupancy question.
Comparable buildings
- 102 Wooster Street — A nearby masonry loft conversion with broad floor plates and a rooftop addition creating duplex penthouses.
- 105 Wooster Street — A small loft condominium on the same street, with elevator access to full-floor homes and intercom entry.
- 107 Greene Street — A loft conversion with a riveted-steel exterior and setback duplex penthouses, offering a different treatment of the industrial shell.
- 90 Prince Street — A brick-and-stone commercial-loft conversion with a similarly small residential association and an earlier condominium history.
- 118 Wooster Street — An established loft condominium with a ground-floor commercial component and apartments altered through later combinations.
More Greenwich Village buildings
- 143 Greene Street — co-op
- 149 West 12th Street — 1910 co-op
- 150 Wooster Street — 2016 condominium by H. Thomas O'Hara Architects
- 160 Wooster Street — 2003 condominium
- 161 Grand Street (The Solita) — 1911 condominium
- 166 Perry Street — 2008 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Greenwich Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenwich 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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