38 East 10th Street
38 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003
BBL 1005610014 · BIN 1009098
- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not stated
- Flip tax
- 3% of the purchase price, paid by the seller
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 1996–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median, 2023–2026
- $1.6M
- 12 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $343K – $2.4M
- Listing discount
- 4.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 107
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38 East 10th Street is a substantial 1929 prewar cooperative on a wide, handsome stretch of East 10th Street between University Place and Broadway, just south of Union Square. Designed by Helmle, Corbett & Harrison — the firm associated with One Fifth Avenue and the Metropolitan Life North Building — it is a genuine prewar apartment house with the architectural pedigree, amenity package, and apartment quality that define the better full-service buildings in the area.
The location is one of downtown's most connected: Union Square's transit hub and greenmarket are farther north, the Fifth Avenue and Broadway corridors are at hand, and the restaurant-and-shopping fabric of the Village and the East Village radiate out from the block. This is the "South of Union Square" district that Village Preservation has campaigned to protect for its concentration of intact prewar and loft architecture; the area is not currently landmarked.
Architecture and unit composition
Built in 1929 to designs by Helmle, Corbett & Harrison, the building is a nine-story neo-Renaissance prewar apartment house occupying a broad frontage on East 10th Street. Apartments carry the hallmarks of prime prewar stock: well-proportioned rooms, casement windows, hardwood floors, and wood-burning fireplaces in many units. Layouts span from studios through larger classic configurations across the building's roughly 100-plus apartments.
The amenity set is unusually deep for a prewar building of this era: a full-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, a fitness room, a children's playroom, central laundry, bike room and storage where available, and — distinctively — both a landscaped roof garden and a planted rear garden at the lobby level.
Building operations
38 East 10th Street operates as a staffed prewar cooperative with a full-time doorman and a live-in superintendent. As a co-op, monthly maintenance covers building operations, staff, and the building's underlying mortgage and real-estate taxes. The building is pet-friendly, subject to board approval.
As with any cooperative purchase, the board conducts a financial and personal review and an interview, and approval is required. Specific board financial requirements — minimum down payment, post-closing liquidity, debt-to-income limits, any flip tax, and the exact terms of the sublet policy — are board-set and can change; confirm the current requirements at offer stage.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 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.
- Terms
- 3% of the sales price
- Rate
- 3% of the purchase price
- Paid by
- Seller
Source: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Purchase
7 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $700 | Refundable Not stated |
| Credit and background report feePer applicantRequired | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $120 per applicant | Refundable Not stated |
| Recognition Agreement Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $325 | Refundable Not stated |
| Move in fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $400 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Move out Fee | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $400 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move in DepositConditionalConditions: After move in, if no damage | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move Out DepositConditionalConditions: If no damage | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Conditional; see terms |
Sublet
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move out Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $400 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $700 | Refundable Not stated |
| Background and Credit Check FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $120 per applicant | Refundable Not stated |
| Move in fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $400 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move out Deposit | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
| Move in Deposit | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
Refinance
3 items
Management's “less refinance” schedule
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $450 | Refundable Not stated |
Management's “more refinance” schedule
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $450 | Refundable Not stated |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $75 per applicant | Refundable Not stated |
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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Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not statedPet-friendly (board approval applies)Source: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $820 per room a monthMedian of 10 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Maintenance, per square foot
- $2.93 per square foot a monthMedian of 8 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, playroom, roof deck, 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
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $58,399/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $44
- Modeled exposure split equally across 111 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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
38 East 10th Street trades as a cooperative, so pricing is most usefully discussed on a price-per-room basis — a co-op price reflects the buyer's equity above the building's underlying financing rather than the apartment's full unencumbered value. Pricing is driven by room count, floor, exposure, fireplace and prewar detail, and renovation level, with the deep amenity package and the south-of-Union-Square location supporting value relative to smaller, unstaffed buildings nearby. Recent activity ranges from compact studios to larger one- and two-bedroom apartments. Because layouts and conditions vary widely across the building, we price each unit to its own room-by-room comparables rather than to neighborhood averages.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | 5J | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | $2,175,000 | +14.5% | |
| Jul 15, 2025 | 8J | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,050 sf | $1,995,000 | $1,900/sf | +0.0% |
| May 7, 2025 | 1G | 1 BA | $342,500 | -23.9% | |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 8L | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,000 sf | $1,585,000 | $1,585/sf | -3.9% |
| Aug 2, 2024 | 4G | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,000 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,900/sf | +19.1% |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 4L | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,000 sf | $1,585,000 | $1,585/sf | -3.9% |
| May 31, 2024 | 3L | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,500,000 | -3.2% | |
| Apr 15, 2024 | 6B | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,300 sf | $2,430,000 | $1,869/sf | -2.8% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $1,483/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.8% 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 1-00561-0014). 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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At the recent median sale of $1.79M (4 transfers in the past 24 months, since October 31, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $32,450 to close, or 1.8% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $17,900
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,550
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
Real prewar with a deep amenity package. Helmle, Corbett & Harrison architecture, wood-burning fireplaces, a doorman, a gym, a playroom, and two gardens — an unusually complete offering for a 1929 building.
It's south of Union Square, not in the historic district. The block is not currently landmarked; that is a neighborhood-character note rather than a value concern.
Confirm board financials at offer stage. Down-payment minimum, post-closing liquidity, any flip tax, and sublet terms are board-set; verify the current requirements before you commit.
Pets are welcome with approval. The building is pet-friendly subject to the board.
Location is the headline. Within walking reach of Union Square and nearby downtown destinations.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architecture and the amenities. The Helmle, Corbett & Harrison pedigree, the fireplaces, and the gym/playroom/garden package are strong differentiators against unstaffed co-ops nearby.
Prepare the buyer for the board. A clean, well-documented board package and a financially qualified buyer are the heart of a successful co-op sale. We manage the package and the board timeline end to end.
Price to room-by-room comps. With a large apartment count, the building generates real comparable data; we price to its own recent trades adjusted for room count, floor, fireplace, outlook, and condition.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 38 East 10th Street, also evaluate:
- 70 East 10th Street and 28 East 10th Street — full-service buildings on the same street
- 20 East 9th Street, 30 East 9th Street, and 35 East 9th Street — established co-ops one block south
- 24 Fifth Avenue and 33 Fifth Avenue — larger full-service Fifth Avenue co-ops nearby
- 10 East 12th Street — boutique Village loft condominium for a tenure contrast
More Greenwich Village buildings
- 40 West 13th Street — 1920 condominium
- 37 East 12th Street — 1895 condominium
- 37 West 12th Street — 1962 co-op by Mayer & Whittlesey
- 38 West 9th Street (The Portsmouth) — 1882 co-op by Ralph S. Townsend
- 39 East 12th Street (University Mews) — 1900 co-op
- 39 Fifth Avenue — 1922 co-op by Emery Roth
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Greenwich Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenwich Village.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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