- Year built
- 1920
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
295 West 11th Street is a 1920 pre-war co-op in the heart of the West Village — the low-rise, tree-lined pocket of Greenwich Village whose townhouse blocks and small apartment houses draw a buyer pool that wants character over scale. Built as a rental and converted to cooperative ownership in 1991, the six-story building has settled into the role its block plays best: a quiet, established co-op address in one of Manhattan's most protected and sought-after residential enclaves, steps from Bleecker and Hudson Streets, Abingdon Square, and the Hudson River waterfront.
The building's appeal is the West Village itself: a neighborhood where new supply is structurally scarce, where the historic fabric caps building height and preserves light and quiet, and where a pre-war co-op with genuine period character is exactly the product the corridor's buyers want. For buyers who value the Village's residential intimacy — and the co-op stability that comes with a well-established building — 295 West 11th sits squarely in the target.
Architecture and unit composition
The building presents the pre-war masonry and Art Deco detailing of its 1920 vintage — the era when the West Village's side streets filled in with apartment houses of real quality. Behind the façade, the roughly 60 residences carry the pre-war attributes that draw buyers to the period: high ceilings, hardwood floors, and defined rooms, with renovated kitchens and baths in many homes and several units combined over the years into larger layouts. As at any cooperative of this age, individual residences reflect decades of owner renovation, so condition and configuration are unit-specific.
Building operations
295 West 11th Street runs as a managed cooperative with a live-in superintendent handling day-to-day operations, a central laundry room, and bicycle storage — a practical, self-service amenity set rather than a full-service staff. The building is pet-friendly and sublet-friendly, and co-purchasing, guarantors, and parents buying for children have generally been permitted. As a cooperative, purchases are subject to board review and approval, and the building's policies on financing, subletting, and residency follow the cooperative's governing documents. We obtain current building financials and house rules from the managing agent for clients at offer stage.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $10,716/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $37,794/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $15 – $52
Facade safety — Local Law 11
Safe to live in today — but the last inspection flagged repairs that are due on a deadline, so facade work and its cost are coming. Whether that’s a real concern depends on the scope, the timing, and how the building plans to pay for it — reserves or an assessment — which is exactly what we’d dig into for you.
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 →What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so the purchase runs through a board: a full financial and personal package followed by an interview, with the building's financing and residency requirements set by its governing documents. That process is the trade for the stability and lower carrying structure a co-op provides. The building's pet-friendly and sublet-friendly posture is a genuine flexibility relative to stricter Village co-ops — confirm the current terms during diligence. Beyond board posture, value here is driven by the home — layout, exposure, floor, and renovation quality — and by the building's pre-war character and irreplaceable West Village location. Run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator to compare the co-op carry against the neighborhood's condominium alternatives.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling case is pre-war authenticity in one of Manhattan's most protected and desirable residential enclaves — a 1920 co-op in the West Village, walkable to Bleecker, Hudson, and the waterfront, with a flexible pet and sublet posture that widens the buyer pool. Presentation and board-readiness drive outcomes: a well-renovated, well-staged home that will clear the board cleanly commands the premium. Pricing belongs against the comparable West Village pre-war co-op set, with layout and condition carrying real weight in the number.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 295 West 11th Street, also evaluate nearby West Village cooperative inventory:
- 270 West 11th Street — West Village cooperative on the same block
- 366 West 11th Street — West Village cooperative toward the waterfront
- 79 Perry Street — pre-war West Village cooperative nearby
- 155 Perry Street — West Village building near the river
- 100 Bank Street — West Village cooperative a few blocks north
The Roebling Team at 295 West 11th Street
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Greenwich Village and the pre-war cooperatives of the West Village. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of pre-war co-op homes deserve building-specific intelligence — the conversion history, the amenity set, the board framework, and how a given home's layout and condition should be priced.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 295 West 11th Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point — we'll walk the building, the pricing, and the comparison set with you.
The neighborhood
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