- Year built
- 1965
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 323
- Floors
- 25
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Landscaped roof deck, fitness center, central laundry, playroom, bike room, private storage, cold storage for deliveries, and an on-site garage (city records carry roughly 35,000 square feet of garage area)
- Pets
- Cats and dogs permitted, subject to the house rules on file; subtenants may not keep pets
- Financing
- 60 percent maximum financing per the board resale package on file (40 percent minimum down; some listing records cite 35 percent — the package governs)
Brevoort East is the scale play of the Greenwich Village co-op market: 323 apartments across a full quarter-block, with a staffing and amenity stack — doorman, concierge, resident manager, gym, roof deck, garage, playroom, cold storage — that the Village's brownstone and boutique co-op stock structurally cannot offer. Within the Greenwich Village Historic District, almost nothing else operates at this size, and nothing newer can be built at it. For buyers who want full-service mechanics two blocks from Washington Square Park, the building is less one option among many than the category itself.
The name carries real lineage. The Brevoort family farm covered this stretch of the Village, and the Hotel Brevoort at Fifth Avenue and 8th Street anchored the neighborhood's hotel quarter for a century — E.B. White's and Mark Twain's lower Fifth — with the Hotel Lafayette, the bohemians' café, diagonally across the University Place corner where The Lafayette co-op now stands. Sam Minskoff & Sons replaced the Hotel Brevoort with the Brevoort apartments at 11 Fifth Avenue in the mid-1950s and, on the strength of that building's success, completed Brevoort East in 1965 — larger, air-conditioned, and matched to the original's white-brick, corner-balcony facade vocabulary, with the design attributed in architectural records to Russell M. Boak's office.
What sustains the building's standing today is operational reputation. Brokerage and management-sourced records consistently describe a well-run board, strong financials, and a deep, long-tenured staff — a reputation the market prices. We hold the offering plan, audited financial statements, the board resale package, and alteration agreements in The Roebling Research Library, which means the policy framework buyers face here — the 40 percent down requirement, the pied-à-terre prohibition, the washer/dryer rule — is documented rather than rumored.
Architecture and unit composition
The building rises 25 stories in light brick, stepping back as it climbs, with metal-railed corner balconies and the long University Place frontage carrying most of its bulk. Upper floors clear the surrounding Village rooftops for open skyline and downtown views — a structural advantage inside a historic district that caps most neighbors at a fraction of this height. Critics note the trade-offs of the vintage honestly: post-war ceiling heights and a large unit count, against light, views, and apartment sizes that run generous for the neighborhood.
The mix is dominated by studios and one-bedrooms — the building's liquidity engine — alongside two-bedrooms and combination units up to roughly 2,300 square feet. Layouts are efficient post-war plans: defined foyers, windowed kitchens in larger lines, and balconies on the corners. Combinations are common and well-precedented; the alteration agreements on file document the board's renovation framework.
Building operations
Full-service throughout: 24-hour doorman and concierge, live-in resident manager, porters, central laundry, and the on-site garage — a meaningful amenity at this location, where parking is scarce. The fitness center, landscaped roof deck, playroom, bike room, storage, and cold storage round out the program. The cooperative operates under 20 East Ninth Street Corporation, with Orsid Realty Corp. as managing agent at the time of the resale package on file. The building sits within the Greenwich Village Historic District, so facade and window programs run through Landmarks review. Financial statements and board documents are on file in The Roebling Research Library.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $86,194/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $22
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 26, 2026 | 5D | $1,400,000 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2N | $707,000 |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2X | $1,050,000 |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 11M | $1,400,000 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 9E | $810,000 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 16F | $3,725,000 |
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 1-00566-0018) 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 financing framework is firm. The board resale package on file caps financing at 60 percent of the purchase price — 40 percent down, more conservative than the Manhattan co-op norm. Build the board package to that standard and run the Co-op Board Qualification Calculator before offering.
This is a primary-residence house. Listing records indicate pieds-à-terre are not permitted, and the house rules on file restrict subtenant privileges. Buyers with part-time or investor intent should confirm the current posture with the managing agent before going to contract — and should expect a no.
Know the washer/dryer rule before you fall for a renovation. In-unit machines are prohibited; pre-November 2008 installations were grandfathered, and the grandfathering dies at sale. A listing photo with a washer/dryer is not a right that conveys. The central laundry is the system of record.
Scale is the amenity. Three hundred-plus units fund a staff depth, amenity stack, and garage that boutique Village co-ops cannot carry, and they smooth assessment risk across many shareholders. The trade is elevator traffic and a busier lobby — decide which side of that trade you're on.
Underwrite the operational record. The building's reputation for strong financials and management is documented in records we hold; your attorney should review the current financial statements against the historical set on file with us.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the structural scarcities. Full-service staffing, a garage, and a roof deck inside the Greenwich Village Historic District is a combination buyers cannot replicate nearby. Market the building's framework as hard as the apartment.
Price to same-building history. With this much transaction volume, the comp set is in-house: same line, same floor band, balcony or not, renovated or not. We anchor pricing to the building's own tape, not neighborhood averages.
Be precise about the rules. The washer/dryer grandfathering, sublet limits, and 40-percent-down requirement shape your buyer pool — disclose early, qualify hard, and the board process moves cleanly. Run the Seller Closing Cost Calculator at the intended ask.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 20 East 9th Street, also evaluate:
- The Brevoort (11 Fifth Avenue) — the original; same lineage, same vocabulary, Fifth Avenue address
- 2 Fifth Avenue — the corridor's other large post-war full-service co-op, facing Washington Square
- Stewart House (70 East 10th Street) — the closest like-for-like full-block post-war co-op with drive court and garage
- 24 Fifth Avenue — Emery Roth pre-war co-op; the pre-war alternative on lower Fifth
- 39 Fifth Avenue — boutique pre-war co-op two blocks west
- 45 Fifth Avenue — pre-war co-op alternative at a similar price band
- The Lafayette (30 East 9th Street) — the post-war boutique neighbor on the old Hotel Lafayette site
- 28 East 10th Street — Devonshire House; the full-service pre-war alternative with deeper architectural pedigree
The Roebling Team at Brevoort East
The Roebling Team at Compass works Greenwich Village and the lower Fifth Avenue co-op corridor as a core practice area. We publish this building profile because Brevoort East buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — documented policy framework, operational records, and corridor-level comparables — not generic neighborhood commentary.
If you're considering a transaction at 20 East 9th Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.