19 West Houston Street
19 West Houston Street, New York, NY 10012
SoHo
BBL 1005137503 · BIN 1086552
- Year built
- 2003
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- Designated
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 strict rules and 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, with the financing latitude, light board process, and resale flexibility that fee-simple ownership provides. 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, which keeps the common areas quiet and gives many apartments more than one exposure.
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, the building's posture is flexible by structure: financing is not capped the way it commonly is at downtown co-ops, purchases clear through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board interview, and subletting, pied-à-terre use, and ownership through trusts or LLCs are customarily accommodated. The small residential count keeps the building's common-charge profile efficient, with the shared systems and the historic-district façade maintained through the condominium's operating budget.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $49,086/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $132
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 across 3 sales.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00513-7503) 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.
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 the financing flexibility, lighter closing process, and resale and rental latitude that condominium ownership provides over the co-op lofts that dominate the neighborhood. The boutique scale means a quiet building and attentive service.
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
Sellers lead with the building's scarcity value: a modern loft condominium in the cast-iron district, with condominium flexibility, steps from SoHo's flagship retail and NoHo's restaurant row and at one of downtown's best-connected subway crossings. In a market where buyers actively prefer condominiums for their financing and resale freedom, that distinction separates a home here from the surrounding co-op loft inventory.
Benchmark pricing to the downtown loft-condominium set rather than to pre-war co-op conversions, adjusting for floor, ceiling height, light, and finish. Because the 31-unit count naturally limits supply, a well-presented listing that captures the loft volume and the cast-iron-district address tends to find its buyer when priced to the live comparable set.
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
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across East Village + NoHo — read The Roebling Team Guide to East Village + NoHo.
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