161 Perry Street
161 Perry Street, New York, NY 10014
BBL 1006370077 · BIN 1012010
- Year built
- 1911
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 22
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet-friendly — confirm specifics at offer stage
- Subletting
- Permitted after an initial ownership period (commonly two years) — confirm exact terms at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,146
- Listing discount
- 2.7%
- Recorded sales
- 30
- On record
- 2004–2026
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161 Perry Street — one of the addresses (161–165 Perry) for the loft cooperative known as the Maraschino Cherry Warehouse — is a genuine early-twentieth-century industrial building turned intimate co-op on the far West Village waterfront. Built in 1911 and converted to residences in 1981, it sits on a cobblestoned, tree-lined stretch of Perry Street between Washington and West Streets, steps from Hudson River Park, the Whitney, and the piers. It shares its block with the mid-rise glass residential towers that face the Hudson, but the co-op itself is the interior yellow-brick loft building — a different proposition entirely.
For the buyer who wants authentic loft scale, industrial-building character, and the cost discipline of a cooperative on one of the Village's most atmospheric waterfront blocks, the building is a clean proposition: a small, converted, pre-war loft co-op with high ceilings and large floorplates, at price points below the neighboring new-construction condominium tier.
Building operations
The cooperative runs lean and characteristically loft-building: an elevator, a live-in superintendent / resident manager, a bike room, and a video-intercom (butterfly) entry system rather than a staffed doorman — appropriate and cost-efficient for a building of roughly 22 units. Central air serves the residences, and the building is run as a no-smoking building.
As a cooperative, ownership is by shares rather than deed: purchases require board approval and a board interview, financing is capped at a board-set percentage, and pied-à-terre, gifting, guarantor, and co-purchase arrangements are evaluated case by case. Subletting is generally permitted after an initial ownership period (commonly two years). The building is pet-friendly. The exact financing maximum, any flip tax, and current sublet rules vary by board policy and should be confirmed at offer stage.
Architecture and residences
Built in 1911 to the design of Louis C. Maurer as a commercial loft building, 161–165 Perry is a six-story yellow-brick industrial structure with the consistent fenestration and utilitarian dignity of its era. Its most distinctive street features are an entrance raised five steps to a small canopied platform and a bright, compact lobby; a top story was added during the 1981 residential conversion.
The residences carry genuine loft scale: high ceilings, large floorplates, and the open volumes of a converted warehouse. The building runs to roughly 21 residential homes, and the unit character skews toward larger loft layouts — the kind of light-filled, high-ceilinged space that draws buyers to converted industrial buildings in the first place. There are no balconies and no garage; the character is in the volumes and the block.
The waterfront block
The building's story is written into its name. The 1911 loft became a factory in the 1920s, then individual manufacturing lofts, and for years operated as a maraschino cherry warehouse — the identity the co-op carries to this day. Converting to residential use in 1981, with a floor added on top, it became one of the early loft conversions on a stretch of the Village that the 1969 Greenwich Village Historic District deliberately left out. To own here is to own a piece of the working waterfront's industrial past, on a quiet cobblestoned street a few steps from the river.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. 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.
Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 161 Perry trades as a boutique loft cooperative — large, high-ceilinged units, industrial-building character, and contained carrying costs relative to the new-construction condos on the same block. With roughly 21 residences, resale volume is thin: a small number of closings in an active year, skewing toward larger loft layouts. Demand here is driven by the waterfront block, the loft scale, and the value a co-op structure offers against the neighboring condominium tier. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the floor, the exposure, and the renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average.
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2025 | 5A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,950,000 | -1.2% | |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 1D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,450,000 | +1.0% | |
| Mar 27, 2023 | 1A | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,800 sf | $2,062,500 | $1,146/sf | -6.3% |
| Mar 19, 2021 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,900,000 | -23.8% | |
| Jun 22, 2020 | 3D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $915,000 | +1.8% | |
| May 22, 2020 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $995,000 | +0.0% | |
| Apr 27, 2018 | 1C | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,350 sf | $2,550,000 | $1,889/sf | -7.3% |
| Jan 9, 2017 | 1D | 1 BR · 1,010 sf | $1,250,000 | $1,238/sf | -10.4% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $1,146/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.7% 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 1-00637-0077). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so the path is a board package and interview, a financing cap set by the board, and underwriting of the building's financials and house rules. Note the character up front: this is a converted loft building with large volumes and high ceilings, served by an elevator and a live-in super rather than a full doorman staff. The building is pet-friendly and generally allows sublets after an initial ownership period. Review the co-op's financials, reserve, and any planned capital work, particularly given the building's age and its exposed waterfront location.
The reasons to buy are the loft scale and the block: authentic industrial-building character on a cobblestoned far West Village street steps from the Hudson, at a cooperative cost structure that keeps the entry point and carrying costs below the condominium peers nearby.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the loft and the location. The 1911 warehouse conversion, the large high-ceilinged floorplates, the Maraschino Cherry Warehouse identity, and the cobblestoned waterfront block are the differentiators — and they sell to a specific buyer who wants genuine loft space and is comfortable with a co-op structure. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, floor, light, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the loft narrative, prepare the buyer for the co-op process, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of West Village loft cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 161 Perry Street, also look at these West Village loft and waterfront buildings:
- 155 Perry Street — West Village building on the same street
- 166 Perry Street — West Village building nearby
- 167 Perry Street — West Village building nearby
- 173 Perry Street — West Village waterfront building nearby
- 150 Charles Street — West Village building near the waterfront
- 165 Charles Street — West Village waterfront building nearby
More West Village buildings
- 155 Perry Street — 1920 condominium
- 160 Leroy Street — condominium by Herzog & de Meuron
- 160 West 11th Street — 1853 condop
- 164 Bank Street — co-op
- 165 Charles Street — 2006 condominium
- 165 Christopher Street — 1964 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across West Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to West Village.
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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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