21 West 9th Street
19–23 West 9th Street, New York, NY 10011
Greenwich Village
BBL 1005730054 · BIN 1077926
- Year built
- 1855
- Type
- Three combined rowhouses
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Intercom; private outdoor space in some homes
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $1.4M
- Recent range
- $795K – $1.9M
- Listing discount
- 1.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 36
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21 West 9th belongs to a cooperative formed from three mid-nineteenth-century rowhouses. Built by Samuel T. Hubbard, the houses retain the scale of the original residential block, with apartments reached by stairs and commercial space below. Their later history includes the Hotel Griffou and several generations of restaurants. The cooperative's ownership extends across 19, 21 and 23 West 9th, so an apartment behind one entrance belongs to a larger property than that doorway suggests.
Architecture and unit composition
The four-story rowhouse format produces smaller front and rear apartments, studios with tall living spaces, and larger homes created through combinations. Street-facing rooms look south over West 9th Street; rear spaces face the interior of the block. Some homes have private outdoor areas. The inventory also includes upper-floor penthouse space.
The interiors have changed substantially through subdivision and combination. Studios can have elevated sleeping or storage platforms, while joined apartments can extend through more of the original house. A platform is an interior feature, not a legal bedroom; check the certificate of occupancy for the approved room count. Fireplaces survive in some homes, and individual renovations have introduced in-unit laundry.
Building operations
The property has a long commercial history at its base. Historical records describe the Penguin Restaurant occupying the lower portions of two houses in the 1950s; the three houses came under common ownership in 1958. Restaurant use later continued under other names.
The cooperative owns the building and acts as landlord to its commercial tenant. That relationship matters here because the rear commercial extension and decks above it became the subject of litigation. Building-wide obligations can therefore involve both the apartments and the lower commercial premises.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2025 | 3R | 1 BA | $795,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 1F | 1 BR · 2 BA | $1,355,000 | -2.9% | |
| Jun 16, 2025 | 1FR | 1 BR · 2 BA | $1,355,000 | -9.6% | |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 2F | 1 BA | $825,000 | +3.8% | |
| Aug 9, 2023 | 2 | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,400 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,357/sf | +10.1% |
| Apr 28, 2021 | 1 | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,400,000 | -6.6% | |
| Mar 4, 2021 | 3F | 1 BA | $615,000 | -8.9% | |
| Jan 29, 2019 | 1FR | 1 BR · 2 BA · 900 sf | $1,358,000 | $1,509/sf | +0.6% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $1,357/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
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 1-00573-0054) 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
What to know if you’re buying
Rear extension and deck history. A May 2024 court order protected the commercial tenant's lease pending the case and referred a dispute over legalization of the rear extension to arbitration. The decision discusses decks above that extension and competing obligations under an earlier settlement. For an apartment with rear outdoor space, establish the outcome of that proceeding, the approved configuration and any remaining cost allocation before assigning value to the deck.
Comparable buildings
- 53 West 11th Street — A small prewar cooperative for buyers concentrating on older Village buildings with limited apartment inventories.
- 16 East 11th Street — Another early residential building converted to cooperative apartments, with a similar small-building scale.
- 35 West 9th Street — A larger prewar cooperative on the same street, useful for comparing purpose-built apartment space with subdivided rowhouses.
- 45 West 11th Street — An older Village cooperative offering a broader inventory within the same residential neighborhood.
- The Ardea — A taller prewar cooperative for buyers who want Village ownership with a different building form.
More Greenwich Village buildings
- 17 Thompson Street — 1910 co-op
- 18 East 12th Street — 1910 condominium
- 18 West 14th Street — 1962 co-op
- 20 East 9th Street (Brevoort East) — 1965 co-op by Boak & Paris
- 20 Greene Street — 1880 condominium
- 21 East 11th Street — co-op
The neighborhood
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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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