170 Mercer Street
170 Mercer Street, between Prince and West Houston streets, SoHo, beside NoHo; also 597 Broadway
SoHo
BBL 1005127503 · BIN 1075999
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Keyed elevator and intercom; private terraces in selected homes
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,714
- Listing discount
- 1.7%
- Recorded sales
- 6
- On record
- 2004–2025
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About the building
170 Mercer Street is the western frontage of John Kellum's 1867 commercial building extending through the block to Broadway. Its Broadway elevation is marble, with French Renaissance detailing and touches of Neo-Grec ornament; the Mercer side uses brick above an iron storefront. The long lot measures approximately 25 by 200 feet. The building later became the Broadway Mercer condominium, with residential lofts above commercial premises and a condominium conversion dated to 1988.
The homes include open lofts, duplexes and a larger penthouse with private terrace space. Keyed elevator entry leads directly to apartments, and some interiors have double-height living areas, working fireplaces and mezzanine-like upper levels. Smaller loft configurations have roughly 1,200–1,450 square feet, while the larger penthouse exceeds 3,700 square feet. Outdoor space belongs to particular residences. The upper duplexes connect their principal rooms to rooftop terraces, and several homes have central air conditioning and in-unit laundry. The commercial premises retain separate frontage on the two streets.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2025 | 5E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,225 sf | $2,100,000 | $1,714/sf | -3.4% |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5M | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,450 sf | $2,030,000 | $1,400/sf | -18.6% |
| Jun 10, 2021 | PH | 3 BR · 3 BA · 3,721 sf | $8,000,000 | $2,150/sf | +0.0% |
| Nov 1, 2011 | 3E | 1 BR · 1,834 sf | $1,800,000 | $981/sf | -9.8% |
| Apr 4, 2007 | PHW | 3 BR · 3,721 sf | $5,800,000 | $1,559/sf | +0.0% |
| Dec 21, 2004 | 4 | 2 BR · 2,460 sf | $2,595,000 | $1,055/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,714/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 1.7% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00512-7503) 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.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
Loft occupancy. A 2024 DOB application sought to correct the configuration of joint living-work quarters for artists on the upper floors. The apartment's authorized occupancy and the disposition of that correction should be established by the purchaser's attorney before contract.
Comparable buildings
- 115 Mercer Street — another small condominium in a historic commercial building on Mercer Street.
- 102 Wooster Street — a nearby prewar condominium with a similarly limited apartment inventory.
- The SoHoCondo — a larger prewar condominium near the Prince Street corridor.
- 118 Wooster Street — a larger loft condominium within the same historic district.
More East Village + NoHo buildings
- 148 Madison Street (Madison Tower) — 2002 condominium
- 152 Elizabeth Street — condominium
- 158 Hester Street (Hester Gardens) — 2004 condominium
- 170 Second Avenue — 1928 co-op
- 172 East 4th Street (Ageloff Tower) — 1929 co-op
- 182 East 2nd Street — 1920 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across East Village + NoHo — read The Roebling Team Guide to East Village + NoHo.
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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