- Year built
- 2008
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 24
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Cats and dogs permitted under the condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
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
- $1,719
- Listing discount
- 10.7%
- Recorded sales
- 46
- On record
- 2009–2025
166 Perry Street is the architect-designed boutique condominium that sits, quietly distinct, beside the famous Richard Meier glass towers on the far western edge of the West Village. Designed by Asymptote Architecture — Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture — and completed in 2008 by the same Blaichman/Born/Drukier development team that built the Meier buildings next door, it is the corridor's "third tower": an undulating, rippling glass façade with a signature perforated-metal scrim entrance, a deliberate counterpoint to Meier's rectilinear glass.
The location is the heart of the river-facing West Village — a few short blocks of cobblestone streets between Washington and West Streets, with the Hudson River Park, Pier 45, and the waterfront greenway immediately west, and the restaurants and shops of the West Village to the east. It is one of Manhattan's most coveted residential micro-markets, and 166 Perry is one of only a handful of full-service new-construction options within it.
Architecture and unit composition
Asymptote's eight-story design was built up from an existing garage structure on the site (the parcel's residential use followed a 2005 City Council rezoning), and the building's identity is its façade: a rippling, undulating glass curtainwall that reads as sculpture against its neighbors, fronted by a perforated-metal scrim and mechanized blue-glass entrance doors. The result is roughly 24 condominium residences, most with river or skyline exposures, high glass, and the light that the far-west location affords.
The building is full-service for its size: a 24-hour doorman and full-time staff, a fitness center, and a roof terrace with Hudson River and skyline views. Apartments carry in-unit washer/dryers and the open, light-filled layouts characteristic of the corridor's glass towers.
Building operations
166 Perry operates as a staffed boutique condominium with a 24-hour doorman and a roof terrace. With roughly 24 units carrying full-time staff and a gym, common charges reflect the staffing and the building's recent-construction systems. Pets — cats and dogs — are permitted under the building rules.
Buyers should review the offering plan, current financials, board minutes, and reserve study during due diligence — standard practice for a recent-construction glass building, where façade and curtainwall maintenance reserves warrant particular attention.
Recent sales
166 Perry trades as a condominium, so pricing is read on a price-per-square-foot basis, and it prices at a West Village trophy level — recent activity has run around the $2,000-per-square-foot mark, with a three-bedroom resale closing in the low $2M range and building median asking prices in the high-$2M area. With only about 24 units, sales are infrequent and highly apartment-specific: river versus city exposure, floor, and finish drive the variation, and the building's architectural distinction is itself part of the pricing story. We underwrite each unit against the building's own trades and the broader far-West-Village glass-tower set.
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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2025 | 6B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,494 sf | $3,300,000 | $2,209/sf | -5.7% |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 6A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,960 sf | $8,050,000 | $2,720/sf | +7.3% |
| Jul 16, 2025 | 3C | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,521 sf | $3,100,000 | $2,038/sf | -4.6% |
| May 30, 2025 | 1B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,526 sf | $2,900,000 | $1,148/sf | -3.3% |
| May 6, 2025 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,493 sf | $2,500,000 | $1,674/sf | -9.1% |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 1C | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,462 sf | $3,245,000 | $1,318/sf | -1.5% |
| Jul 10, 2023 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,494 sf | $2,420,000 | $1,620/sf | -6.6% |
| Apr 13, 2023 | 4A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,126 sf | $2,225,000 | $1,976/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,719/sf across 6 sales. Median listing discount 10.7% 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 1-00637-7508) 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 architecture you can live in. Asymptote's undulating-glass façade is the building's identity and a genuine differentiator from the Meier towers next door — for the right buyer, that distinction is the whole point.
Exposure is everything on this block. River-facing apartments command a premium for the Hudson views and light; confirm exactly what each unit looks out on, and at what floor.
Full service at boutique scale. Doorman, staff, gym, and a roof terrace in a ~24-unit building, in a micro-market where full-service new construction is scarce.
Underwrite the glass building properly. Review financials and reserves with attention to façade and curtainwall maintenance, as with any modern glass building.
Condo flexibility is real. 30–45 day closings; pied-à-terre, investor, and foreign-buyer use permitted; subletting allowed under the declaration.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architecture and the views. The Asymptote façade and the Hudson River exposures are the headline; photography and copy should foreground both.
Price to the building's own comps and the corridor. With ~24 units, the persuasive evidence is 166 Perry's own trades adjusted for exposure and floor, supplemented by the neighboring glass-tower set.
Reach the global trophy buyer pool. Demand for far-West-Village glass at this price point is international; marketing should reach cross-border buyers as well as the design-conscious local audience.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 166 Perry Street, also evaluate:
- 173 Perry Street — the Richard Meier glass tower next door, by the same development team
- 167 Perry Street — established low-rise co-op on the same block for a tenure contrast
- 165 Charles Street and 150 Charles Street — far-West-Village luxury condominiums nearby
- 250 West Street — TriBeCa loft-conversion condominium for a contrasting downtown product
The Roebling Team at 166 Perry Street
The Roebling Team at Compass works the prime downtown waterfront market — the far West Village and its architect-designed glass towers in particular. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of architecturally significant condominiums deserve building-specific intelligence — the design, the corridor's exposure dynamics, and apartment-level pricing — not generic market commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 166 Perry Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires.
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Greenwich Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenwich Village.
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