237 West 11th Street
237–239 West 11th Street, between Waverly Place and West 4th Street · West Village
BBL 1006140037 · BIN 1010971
- Year built
- 1903
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Resident superintendent; shared rear garden and patio; common laundry; bicycle storage; apartment storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Greenwich Village Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- No doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $1.1M – $1.8M
- Listing discount
- 3.8%
- Recorded transfers
- 20
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237 West 11th Street is an early twentieth-century apartment house by Sass & Smallheiser, built for Leon Spiegelberger in 1903–04. Its broad brick façade, stone first story and columned entrance replaced two nineteenth-century houses. The building belongs to the Eclectic period documented in LPC's Greenwich Village designation report.
The cooperative retains stair access across six stories and has a resident superintendent, common laundry and a rear garden. Its inventory extends from conventional one- and two-bedroom homes to larger apartments created by combining space. A wider footprint than a single townhouse lot allows several exposures and distinct living and dining areas in some plans.
The address sits within the Village's irregular street grid between Waverly Place and West 4th Street. The building's scale is visibly different from the older houses elsewhere on the block: a taller apartment-house elevation and a canopied entrance establish its early twentieth-century form.
Architecture and unit composition
LPC singles out the unusual brickwork, strong horizontal bands and bold window lintels. The first story is faced in stone, and the entrance canopy rests on two substantial columns. A heavy roof cornice with paired brackets caps the façade.
The building occupies a site approximately 38 feet wide. Its entrance and window arrangement organize a multi-apartment floor plate above the street. The materials and ornament are part of the protected historic-district exterior, including the cornice and entrance treatment.
Inside, some layouts retain separate living and dining rooms; others have opened the principal rooms through renovation. Apartment types include one-bedroom homes, conventional two-bedroom plans, and larger combinations around 1,400 square feet. Some older configurations used more of the available rooms as bedrooms, while later layouts devote more area to living space.
Multiple exposures occur in the inventory. Front rooms face West 11th Street, and rear rooms look toward the interior of the block. Private terraces belong to particular homes, while the shared rear garden provides outdoor space for the cooperative as a whole.
Building operations
The resident superintendent, common laundry and storage facilities support the walk-up building. Bicycle storage is available without a separate charge. The garden and rear patio are common facilities; their availability does not imply direct outdoor access from every apartment.
There is no elevator. Upper-floor apartments have a greater stair climb, including some of the larger homes. The six-story form also places the cornice and upper exterior well above street level, with maintenance of the historic façade remaining a cooperative responsibility.
The building occupies one Class 2 tax lot and exceeds the residential floor-area allowance stated for its R6 zoning. Its designated exterior falls under LPC review. Personal tax exemptions, where applicable, are distinct from a building-wide development benefit.
Policy framework
Pets: Cats and dogs allowed — confirm with the managing agent.
Financing: Up to 80% — confirm with the managing agent.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- No doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Garden, bike storage, laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | 2B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,750,000 | +0.0% | |
| Sep 12, 2025 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,150,000 | +0.0% | |
| Sep 21, 2022 | 3AC | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,400 sf | $2,650,000 | $1,893/sf | -5.2% |
| Jul 26, 2022 | 2B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,295,000 | -7.5% | |
| May 31, 2022 | 5B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,385,000 | +9.9% | |
| Aug 30, 2017 | 5B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,150,000 | -3.8% | |
| Oct 14, 2016 | 6A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $940,000 | -24.8% | |
| Aug 26, 2014 | 3AC | 3 BR · 1,400 sf | $2,050,000 | $1,464/sf | -8.9% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $1,893/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.8% 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 1-00614-0037). 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.
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Comparable buildings
- 281 West 11th Street: A similarly sized prewar cooperative farther along the same street.
- 247 West 12th Street (Greenwich House): A nearby prewar cooperative of comparable height and scale.
- 84–88 Charles Street: Another small prewar association with an older apartment-house form.
- 25 Charles Street (The Abingdon): A somewhat larger prewar cooperative close to the same Village streets.
- 226 West 11th Street: A much smaller nineteenth-century cooperative for comparing townhouse scale on the same block.
More West Village buildings
- 222 West 14th Street (The Sequoia) — 1987 condominium
- 223 West 10th Street (The Amos Street Condominium), 223 and 225 West 10th Street — 1893 condominium
- 226 West 11th Street — 1838 co-op
- 242–244 West 4th Street — 1884 co-op
- 247 West 12th Street — 1910 co-op
- 256 West 10th Street (Hudson Mews) — 1911 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across West Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to West 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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