175 West 13th Street (The Cambridge House)
175 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
- Year built
- 1963
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 135
- Floors
- 20
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Cats and dogs permitted
- Financing
- 20 percent minimum down payment per listing records (75–80 percent conventions vary by board cycle — confirm before offering)
The Cambridge House is the kind of building Greenwich Village does not officially celebrate but quietly depends on: a full-service, post-war white-brick cooperative inside one of the most protected low-rise districts in the city. The Greenwich Village Historic District is overwhelmingly a market of townhouses, tenement-scale walk-ups, and boutique pre-war co-ops with limited or no staff. A 20-story doorman building with 135 apartments, an attended lobby, and a furnished roof deck is structurally scarce here — and that scarcity, not the architecture, is the building's market thesis. Buyers who want Village blocks, Village schools, and Village restaurants but full-service mechanics have a short list, and 175 West 13th Street is on it.
The building went up in the early 1960s — 1963 per city records — to designs attributed in architectural records to H.I. Feldman, among the most prolific apartment-house architects of New York's post-war boom. It is a product of exactly the development wave the 1969 historic-district designation was created to stop, which is part of why its height and views are effectively grandfathered: nothing like it will be approved on the surrounding blocks again. From the roof deck and upper floors, the outlook runs over the low Village rooftops to the downtown skyline and the Hudson.
The conversion record is on file with us. The cooperative offering plan — first offered October 30, 1980, sponsored by WIDS Associates with Benjamin J. Winter as principal — converted the building's 135 apartments and 2 professional units on 72,398 shares, with protections for non-purchasing tenants stated on the plan's cover. Brokerage records commonly date the conversion to 1986; the gap between the 1980 plan and the later date is the kind of detail the amendment record settles, and we flag it for diligence rather than paper over it.
Architecture and unit composition
This is post-war housing stock doing what it does best: efficient lines, generous closets, and apartment counts that keep maintenance rational. The 135 units run from studios through one- and two-bedroom lines, with combinations producing larger homes on scattered floors; F- and G-line one-bedrooms appear most frequently in recent listing records. Corner exposures at Seventh Avenue pick up open southern and western light over the avenue; midblock 13th Street exposures face the quieter tree-lined side street. Finishes vary unit to unit from estate condition to full renovations — typical for a co-op of this vintage — and the white-brick envelope, now inside the historic district, is maintained under Landmarks review.
Building operations
Full-service on a sensible scale: 24-hour doorman, live-in superintendent, renovated central laundry, bike room, and private storage, with the landscaped roof deck as the building's signature shared amenity. There is no gym, pool, or garage — buyers comparing carrying costs against amenity-heavy buildings should note what they are not paying for. The cooperative's offering plan is on file in The Roebling Research Library; current financial statements and house rules should be obtained through the managing agent during diligence.
Recent sales
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Recent transfers at this building, sourced from NYC Department of Finance records. Apartment-level detail (line, condition, asking-price context) verified upon consultation request.
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | 10F | $900,000 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 14D | $2,150,000 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 7E | $999,000 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | 7C | $1,500,000 |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 16E | $930,000 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | 2F | $999,800 |
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 1-00609-0001) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
The scarcity is structural. Full-service buildings of this scale are rare inside the Greenwich Village Historic District, and the district guarantees no new ones. If your requirement is doorman-plus-Village, your comparable set is short — price the convenience accordingly.
The policy stack is genuinely owner-occupancy-driven. No pied-à-terre, no parental purchases per listing records — this board wants residents. Investors and parents buying for children should look elsewhere; primary-residence buyers benefit from the stability that posture produces. Run the Co-op Board Qualification Calculator before offering.
The sublet policy is unusually flexible for a co-op. Two years of residency, then renewable one-year sublets with no documented aggregate cap per listing records — a meaningful escape valve if your circumstances change. Verify the current terms and any sublet fees with the managing agent; policies like this get tightened.
No flip tax helps the exit math. Per listing records the building carries no transfer fee — uncommon and worth confirming, because it changes seller net proceeds relative to most peer co-ops.
Transit is a genuine asset. The 1/2/3 at 14th Street is at the corner; the A/C/E/L and F/M are within two blocks. Few full-service buildings in the Village sit on this much subway.
Confirm the conversion documentation. The 1980 offering plan is on file with us; the dating discrepancy with brokerage records (1986) should be resolved through the amendment record during your attorney's review.
What to know if you’re selling
Sell the category, not just the unit. Your buyer is choosing between a walk-up with charm and a doorman building without it. Marketing should name the structural facts: 24-hour staff, roof deck, storage, historic-district surroundings, and the no-flip-tax exit.
Light and line drive the spread. Corner Seventh Avenue exposures and high-floor units with open outlooks carry the premium; low-floor avenue units price against the noise honestly. Same-line history matters more than building averages — we maintain it.
Renovated units clear faster in this stock. Post-war bones renovate well and the buyer pool here skews toward move-in-ready. Estate-condition sellers should price to the renovation math — run the Renovation Cost Calculator against your asking strategy.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 175 West 13th Street, also evaluate:
- 101 West 12th Street (The John Adams) — the closest like-for-like: large post-war full-service Village co-op one block north
- Butterfield House (37 West 12th Street) — the architecturally celebrated 1962 alternative on West 12th; the design-pedigree step-up
- 2 Fifth Avenue — the Village's marquee post-war full-service co-op on Washington Square
- 24 Fifth Avenue — Emery Roth pre-war full-service alternative on lower Fifth
- The Vermeer (77 Seventh Avenue) — post-war full-service co-op two blocks north on the avenue
- The Victoria (7 West 14th Street) — large post-war co-op on 14th Street; the value alternative at the Village's northern edge
- 31 Jane Street — West Village post-war co-op; the boutique-scale alternative
- 299 West 12th Street and 302 West 12th Street — Bing & Bing pre-war doorman co-ops; the pre-war alternative with deeper architectural pedigree
The Roebling Team at 175 West 13th Street (The Cambridge House)
The Roebling Team at Compass works Greenwich Village and the broader downtown co-op market as a core practice area. We publish this building profile because Village buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — conversion documentation, policy framework, and corridor-level comparables — not generic neighborhood commentary.
If you're considering a transaction at 175 West 13th Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.