165 Chambers Street
165 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007
Tribeca
BBL 1001407501 · BIN 1066317
- Year built
- 1987
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2005
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,006
- Recorded sales
- 9
- On record
- 2004–2005
165 Chambers Street is the loft wing of The Tribeca — a full-service condominium completed in 1987 that fused two pre-existing five-story loft buildings with a new stone-and-glass tower around a landscaped courtyard. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle, a firm known for contextual and preservation work, the complex was among the wave of 1980s residential development that turned the industrial Greenwich Street corridor into one of Manhattan's most sought-after residential neighborhoods. The building spans a mid-block site with frontages on Chambers, Reade, and Greenwich Streets, and sits directly across from Washington Market Park and PS 234 — a location that has anchored its appeal to downtown families for decades.
For a buyer, the 165 Chambers Street wing is the most distinctive product in the building: full-floor loft residences reached by a key-locked elevator that opens directly into the home, delivering the private-landing living that Tribeca buyers prize, inside a full-service condominium rather than a bare loft co-op. It combines the openness and light of a Tribeca loft with genuine building services — a combination that is scarcer than either on its own.
Architecture and unit composition
The Tribeca reads as a considered piece of contextual architecture. The central tower rises eleven stories in stone and glass, with large windows and a rounded corner that nods to the cast-iron vocabulary of the surrounding historic district, while the two flanking five-story loft buildings — one of them the 165 Chambers Street wing — preserve the neighborhood's low-rise industrial scale. The three structures wrap a planted interior courtyard that gives the complex its light and its quiet.
The residences run from studios and one- and two-bedrooms in the tower to the full-floor loft homes in the 165 Chambers Street wing, where a single residence occupies each floor and the elevator opens directly into the apartment. These full-floor lofts carry the open proportions, generous glass, and flexible layouts that define the best downtown product; renovation status and exposure drive much of the spread between homes. Across the building, the loft-influenced layouts and the courtyard light are the recurring draws.
Building operations
The Tribeca runs as a full-service condominium despite its boutique scale — a full-time doorman and concierge, a live-in resident superintendent, elevators, a common roof deck, the landscaped central courtyard, a bike room, resident storage, central laundry, and a package room. The building does not have an in-house gym or on-site parking, which are the trade-offs of its size and vintage; buyers who require those amenities should weigh that against the private-landing loft product and the service level. As a condominium, purchases are governed by the declaration and bylaws rather than a co-op board approval process, which keeps closings and residency flexibility straightforward.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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 before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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
Pricing at The Tribeca tracks the Tribeca condo market, with layout, floor, light, and renovation status driving the spread. As a true condominium, value is best read on a price-per-square-foot basis and benchmarked against the neighborhood's loft and boutique-condo inventory. The full-floor, private-landing residences in the 165 Chambers Street wing are the building's signature product and generally command a premium over the tower's smaller studio-to-two-bedroom homes, reflecting the scarcity of full-floor loft living inside a full-service building. Turnover is modest given the building's size, so a well-prepared buyer or seller benefits from disciplined comparable analysis across Tribeca rather than relying solely on in-building trades.
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2005 | 4E | 519 sf | $495,000 | $954/sf |
| Jul 14, 2005 | 3H | 955 sf | $999,000 | $1,046/sf |
| Jun 29, 2005 | 4K | 1,247 sf | $1,500,000 | $1,203/sf |
| May 4, 2005 | 4A | 820 sf | $1,315,000 | $1,604/sf |
| Apr 1, 2005 | 9F | 429 sf | $440,000 | $1,026/sf |
| Jan 10, 2005 | 8C | 541 sf | $490,000 | $906/sf |
| Dec 21, 2004 | 7D | 990 sf | $935,000 | $944/sf |
| Sep 28, 2004 | 2H | 955 sf | $807,250 | $845/sf |
Market read. Most recent trades (2005) cleared a median $1,006/sf across 6 sales.
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 1-00140-7501) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a condominium, so the process is straightforward. Purchases run through the declaration and bylaws rather than a co-op board package and interview, which generally means faster closings and more flexibility on financing, pied-à-terre use, and investment ownership than a comparable co-op — subject to the building's governing documents, which we review at the diligence stage.
The 165 Chambers wing is the differentiated product. The full-floor, private-landing loft residences are the reason to focus here; understand which line and floor you are buying, the exposure onto the courtyard versus the street, and the renovation status, because those drive value most.
Weigh the amenity trade-offs. The building is full-service but has no in-house gym and no on-site parking. For many downtown buyers the private-landing loft product and full-time staffing outweigh that; for others it is a factor worth pricing in.
Location does real work. Directly across from Washington Market Park and PS 234, steps from the 1/2/3 and A/C at Chambers Street, and a few blocks from Hudson River Park — this is core family Tribeca. Benchmark against the neighborhood's loft and boutique-condo inventory.
What to know if you’re selling
The private-landing loft story is the marketing core. A full-floor residence with direct elevator entry inside a full-service Tribeca condominium is a distinctive, easy-to-tell story, and it separates the 165 Chambers wing from ordinary tower product.
Benchmark on price per square foot across Tribeca. As a condominium, value is read per square foot; recent in-building sales are the first reference, with the wider Tribeca loft and boutique-condo market as the frame.
Light, ceiling volume, and renovation status set the top of the range. High-floor, well-exposed, turn-key homes should anchor positioning; the courtyard, roof deck, and full-time staffing are amenities worth foregrounding.
Condominium mechanics keep the sale clean. No board package or interview means a well-qualified buyer can move efficiently to closing — we manage the process end to end.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 165 Chambers Street, also evaluate nearby Tribeca buildings:
- 157 Chambers Street — Tribeca condominium on the same block
- 100 Reade Street — Tribeca loft-style condominium
- 101 Warren Street — the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed Tribeca condominium
- 200 Chambers Street — full-service Tribeca condominium
- 275 Greenwich Street — one of Tribeca's first full-service condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Tribeca — read The Roebling Team Guide to Tribeca.
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