186 East 2nd Street
186 East 2nd Street, New York, NY 10009
BBL 1003987502 · BIN 1075876
- Year built
- 1920
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 17
- Floors
- 5
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Studio median
- $481K
- Recent range
- $305K – $525K
- Listing discount
- 3.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 19
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186 East 2nd Street is a boutique prewar building in the heart of Alphabet City, mid-block on East 2nd Street between Avenues A and B, a short walk from Tompkins Square Park.
Structured as a hybrid ownership building, its units convey with board approval and a monthly maintenance charge — the practical characteristics of cooperative ownership — and trade in a steady resale market. Built in 1920, the five-story building offers 17 prewar homes at an accessible entry point in one of Manhattan's most in-demand downtown neighborhoods.
Architecture and building operations
The building is a five-story prewar walk-up with 17 residential units. Interiors carry prewar character — exposed brick, high ceilings, hardwood floors, and decorative (in some cases working) fireplaces — and the building has a rear garden; some units include in-unit laundry and dishwashers.
Operations: walk-up building (no elevator); professionally managed. Ownership transfers require board approval and carry a monthly maintenance charge.
Policy framework — verify via The Roebling Research Library
- Type: Cooperative — board interview required
- Minimum down: Verify with managing agent
- Pied-à-terre: Verify with managing agent
- Pets: Verify with managing agent
- Subletting: Board approval required
- Board interview: Required
Specific policy framework should be verified against the Roebling Research Library's offering plan and house rules at engagement.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2026 | 8 | 1 BA | $512,500 | -2.4% | |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 16 | 1 BA | $525,000 | -4.5% | |
| Dec 11, 2024 | 4 | 1 BA | $450,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jan 23, 2024 | 16 | 1 BA | $305,000 | -4.7% | |
| Dec 1, 2021 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $410,000 | -5.7% | |
| Nov 17, 2021 | 1 | 1 BA · 500 sf | $410,000 | $820/sf | -16.3% |
| Feb 4, 2020 | 6 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $495,000 | -1.0% | |
| Mar 20, 2018 | 7 | 1 BR | $475,000 | -5.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $820/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.2% 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 1-00398-7502). 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.
At the recent median sale of $513K (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $10,472 to close, or 2.0% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $10,472
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- 143 Avenue B (The Christodora House) — Pelton 1928; nearby East Village peer on Tompkins Square Park
- 215 Avenue B (The Copper) — Stephen B. Jacobs Group 2008; nearby East Village condominium peer
- 115 East 9th Street — prewar East Village peer
- 21 Astor Place — Harney 1890 / 2003 conversion; nearby NoHo peer
- 196 Orchard — Ismael Leyva 2018; nearby Lower East Side peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
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- 193 Second Avenue (Onyx Court) — 1902 co-op by Harde & Short
- 205 East 10th Street — 1920 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across East Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to East Village.
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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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