- Year built
- 1852
- Type
- Cooperative
- Floors
- 5
- Amenities
- Elevator; basement storage; video intercom; electronic entry
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Ladies' Mile Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
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About the building
26 West 20th Street began as a private house in 1852. Its conversion to commercial use in 1910 raised the top story, extended the building to the street line and replaced the front with a neo-Renaissance façade. Four full-floor cooperative lofts now occupy the upper stories above commercial space. The address later housed a decorative-furnishings showroom. The Loft Board approved the building's removal case in April 2018, following its earlier residential legalization history.
Each residence uses a floor plate approximately 28 feet wide, with layouts generally around 2,300–2,700 square feet. The broad living areas have been divided into different bedroom and work-space arrangements, with private elevator access replacing the shared apartment corridors of a conventional prewar building. The top floor has skylights and windows facing in three directions. Basement storage accompanies the residences; the common entrance includes a stone-finished lobby and electronic access controls.
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
4 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $650 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $150 per applicant and any occupant 18 or older residing in the unit. | 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 |
Sublet
5 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $600 (includes one free credit check) | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $20 per additional applicant after 1 and any occupant 18 or older residing in the unit. | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move-Out Deposit | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move-In Deposit | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet renewal
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $300 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Refinance
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check Report FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $150 per applicant | 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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Building staffing and amenities
- Virtual or video entry
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- StorageSource: 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 →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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2024 | PH5 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,700 sf | $3,925,000 | $1,454/sf | -1.8% |
| Oct 18, 2018 | 2 | 3 BR · 2,352 sf | $2,250,000 | $957/sf | -6.3% |
| Jul 27, 2016 | 3 | 3 BR · 2,600 sf | $2,875,000 | $1,106/sf | -2.5% |
| Jun 8, 2010 | 2 | 1 BR · 2,300 sf | $1,375,000 | $598/sf | -8.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,454/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 6.3% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00821-0059). 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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What to know if you’re buying
A full-floor loft still belongs to a four-residence cooperative. The elevator and protected street façade are shared capital obligations spread across a small ownership base. A lender's project review can therefore matter as much as the proposed apartment loan, particularly where the building also contains commercial space. The corporation's treatment of that space and its contribution to expenses are material to this building's operating structure.
Comparable buildings
- 32 West 20th Street — a taller cooperative loft building designed by Frederick C. Zobel, on the same block.
- 40 West 22nd Street — a twelve-story prewar cooperative with full-floor and floor-through lofts.
- 29 West 15th Street — a commercial-building conversion with ten residential lofts and a separate nonresidential component.
More Flatiron buildings
- 23 East 22nd Street (One Madison) — 2007 condominium by CetraRuddy Architects
- Infinity Flats, 24 East 21st Street — 1903 condominium
- 26 East 22nd Street — co-op
- 27 East 22nd Street (L'Elysee) — 1902 condominium
- 27 West 19th Street (The Emory) — 2007 condominium by Morris Adjmi Architects
- 29 East 22nd Street — 1907 condop
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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