162 Ninth Avenue

The entrance is framed by freestanding fluted Doric columns and an entablature. Pedimented window lintels carry the Greek Revival treatment across the façade. When the house gained another story, the earlier lintel design was repeated above. LPC identified the house's design as influential enough to be referenced in a contemporary covenant governing nearby construction.

The red-brick structure has undergone substantial adaptation from its original single-house use. Apartment subdivisions introduced smaller layouts within the former rooms, and later combinations created larger homes. Decorative fireplaces and wood floors remain in selected apartments.

Compact homes in the resale history include studios of around 450 square feet and one-bedroom layouts around 600 to 675 square feet. Combined apartments can provide multiple bedrooms and bathrooms, with a different internal arrangement from the smaller homes. Some lower apartments look onto or connect with garden areas.

The street and garden exposures produce different outlooks within the same entrance. Corner-facing homes can receive light from more than one direction, while interior-facing rooms depend on the open space between buildings. In-unit washers and dryers are permitted subject to the cooperative's requirements.

Capital projects are shared through the corporation, including work on the separate roofs and façades. An assessment at this entrance may therefore fund a project elsewhere on the cooperative's property.

The corner building is a walk-up. Its historic doorway, masonry and window treatment are within the Chelsea Historic District, bringing exterior alterations into the landmark approval process. The cooperative conversion dates to 1982.

Financing: Up to 80% — confirm with the managing agent. Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent. Subletting: Permitted under cooperative rules — confirm with the managing agent. Pied-à-terre purchases: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent. Co-purchasing and guarantors: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent. In-unit washer/dryer: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.

Recent sales

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,120/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. 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 0.0% from the last ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00743-0080). 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.

• 340 West 19th Street — A prewar walk-up cooperative with storage, laundry and a fitness room in its amenity program.
• Chelsea Arms — A larger prewar cooperative with elevator service and a resident superintendent.
• 458 West 20th Street — A low-rise cooperative in an older house on the same historic Chelsea streetscape.
• 333 West 22nd Street — A cooperative formed from Greek Revival residential buildings, with a similarly layered conversion history.
• 433 West 24th Street — A three-building cooperative that provides a useful comparison for shared ownership across several entrances.