- Year built
- 2003
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 19 West Houston Street would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
19 West Houston Street is a boutique loft condominium completed in 2003 on the seam where NoHo meets SoHo, fronting one of downtown's busiest cross-streets while sitting squarely inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Building new in that protected context is unusual — any ground-up construction here passed through Landmarks Preservation Commission review — and the result is a contemporary, loft-proportioned condominium designed to live among the nineteenth-century cast-iron lofts that surround it rather than to imitate them.
The appeal is the combination of place and structure. SoHo and NoHo are defined overwhelmingly by converted manufacturing lofts, many of them co-ops with irregular floor plates. 19 West Houston offers the loft scale buyers come downtown for — high ceilings, large windows, open layouts — delivered as a modern condominium, where leasing by owners is permitted and financing runs to 80% of the purchase price. At 31 residences across nine stories, it is small and owner-focused, with retail at the base and homes above.
For a buyer who wants a downtown loft address without the constraints of a pre-war co-op conversion, the building threads a specific needle: cast-iron-district location, contemporary construction, and condominium ownership, all on the doorstep of SoHo shopping, NoHo dining, and the Broadway/Lafayette and Prince Street subway hubs.
Architecture and unit composition
The building rises nine stories within the design parameters of the historic district, its proportions and street wall calibrated to sit beside the surrounding cast-iron and masonry loft stock. Inside, the residences are loft-scaled — generous ceiling heights, broad windows, and open plans that suit the way downtown buyers actually live. With 31 homes across nine floors, the building runs only a few residences per floor, but that average does not establish quiet or multiple exposures; inspect the specific apartment's plan, outlook and sound conditions.
Ground-floor retail anchors the Houston Street frontage, separating residential entry and circulation from the commercial life of the corridor. The 2003 construction means modern mechanical systems, in-residence laundry where installed, and contemporary kitchens and baths beneath the loft volumes — the comfort of new building infrastructure inside the architectural language of SoHo.
Building operations
19 West Houston operates as a boutique condominium with superintendent service and an elevator serving the residential floors. As a condominium, purchases clear through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a co-op board interview; leasing by owners is permitted and financing runs to 80% of the purchase price. Confirm pied-à-terre and trust or LLC ownership rules in the current declaration, bylaws and house rules. The condominium's operating budget covers shared systems and the historic-district façade; compare current charges, reserves and planned work rather than inferring cost efficiency from residential count.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of August 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
Purchase
5 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $550 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $150 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Move In Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Rental or lease
7 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out Fee | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $350 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Application Processing FeeIncludes one free credit check | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $20 per additional applicant after applicant 1, and any occupant 18+ | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Move In Fee | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $350 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Lease renewal
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | Paid by Tenant | When With the application | Amount $300 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase priceSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: recent listing records
- Concierge
- YesSource: recent listing records
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $62,540/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $168
- Modeled exposure split equally across 31 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2004 | PHCDTSponsor Sale | 3,267 sf | $4,276,650 | $1,309/sf |
| Sep 9, 2004 | 3ESponsor Sale | 902 sf | $865,512 | $960/sf |
| Sep 1, 2004 | 4DSponsor Sale | 1,443 sf | $1,165,896 | $808/sf |
Market read. Most recent trades (2004) cleared a median $960/sf (recorded) across 3 sales.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00513-7503; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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What to know if you’re buying
The buying case is location plus ownership structure. You are buying a contemporary loft condominium inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District — a rarity — with condominium tenure in place of the co-op loft structure common in the neighborhood; leasing by owners is permitted and financing runs to 80% of the purchase price.
Diligence should center on the realities of a small building: the reserve fund and capital-project history, the condition of the historic-district façade and roof, and the specifics of any unit's ceiling height, light, and outdoor access, since those drive value far more than raw square footage in a loft. Houston Street itself is a major thoroughfare, so prospective buyers should weigh exposure — rear and upper-floor homes trade quiet and light against the street-facing units' frontage on the corridor.
What to know if you’re selling
Present the modern loft layout, cast-iron-district location and proximity to SoHo retail, NoHo dining and subway stations. Explain the documented financing and leasing terms and compare specific alternatives without inferring scarcity or a uniform buyer preference from condominium ownership.
Start with comparable downtown loft condominiums and include relevant cooperative conversions, adjusting for ownership, approval requirements, floor, ceiling height, light, finish and carrying costs. Assess available supply, recent transactions and marketing times directly; the 31-unit count does not establish turnover, absorption or a likely sale outcome.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 19 West Houston, these nearby downtown loft and condominium buildings make a useful comparison set:
- 40 Bleecker Street — NoHo condominium nearby
- 25 Bond Street — BKSK Architects's 2008 Manhattan condominium
- 40 Bond Street — landmark-district NoHo condominium
- 285 Lafayette Street — SoHo loft condominium
- 225 Lafayette Street — SoHo loft building nearby
- 36 Bleecker Street — NoHo condominium for scale comparison
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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