- Year built
- 1955
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 145
- Floors
- 6
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.3M
- Recent range
- $825K – $1.9M
- Listing discount
- 6.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 162
The Lafayette is built on the site of the celebrated Hotel Lafayette — the bohemian / expat literary haunt for nearly a century, with the famed Café Lafayette. Per Village Preservation (citing Allen Churchill's The Improper Bohemians), the Café was "the real link between the old Village and the new, since it was the cradle of artistic life in New York."
What gives the building its standing starts underfoot, with the historic Lafayette Hotel and Café Lafayette site provenance that anchors the address in Village literary history. Feldman's 1955 mid-century architecture carries that legacy forward in masonry — an "attractive white-marble entrance surround and white marble lintels above its windows," in the words of architectural coverage — and the result operates at genuine 145-unit Gold Coast corridor scale, deep enough to sustain a full-service profile.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $95,946/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $207,001/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $55 – $119
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 5M | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,465,000 | -1.3% | |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 2II | 1 BR · 1 BA | $840,000 | -1.1% | |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 3D | 2 BR · 1 BA · 980 sf | $1,500,000 | $1,531/sf | -6.0% |
| Sep 10, 2025 | 1D | 2 BR · 1 BA | $999,000 | -0.1% | |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 5A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,450,000 | -3.0% | |
| May 13, 2025 | 2KK | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,150,000 | -16.4% | |
| Oct 10, 2024 | 4B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 925 sf | $1,300,000 | $1,405/sf | -6.8% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 4N | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,400,000 | -6.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,620/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 3.5% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2024 | 4K | $1,550,000 |
| Apr 24, 2024 | 5JJ | $995,000 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | 6NN | $1,525,000 |
| Aug 12, 2022 | 5G | $2,450,000 |
| Oct 27, 2021 | 5A | $1,390,000 |
| Oct 29, 2020 | 6N | $1,100,000 |
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 1-00560-7501) 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
The Hotel Lafayette / Café Lafayette site provenance is real cultural-history context.
The H.I. Feldman architectural pedigree connects to Manhattan mid-century apartment body of work.
The white-marble entrance surround and lintels anchor architectural identity.
The 145-unit Gold Coast East 9th corridor location is real institutional context.
Comparable buildings
- The Sheridan (40 East 9th Street) — 1950; immediate East 9th peer
- 2 Fifth Avenue — Roth & Sons 1952; nearby Greenwich Village peer
- 1 Fifth Avenue — Helmle & Corbett 1929; nearby Greenwich Village peer
- Devonshire House (28 East 10th) — Roth / 2011 condo; nearby Greenwich Village peer
- 3 Sheridan Square — Feldman 1965; nearby West Village peer
The Roebling Team at The Lafayette
Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
The neighborhood
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