438 East 12th Street (Steiner East Village)
438 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10009
BBL 1004397501 · BIN 1090470
- Year built
- 2017
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 82
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Leasing by owners
- Permitted with conditions
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
- Financing
- No financing contingency on sponsor sales; obligation to close not contingent on financing. No condominium financing cap stated (condo baseline).
- Subletting
- Permitted (condo baseline); no cap on investor/non-resident owners. Residential Board holds a right of first refusal on leases (By-Laws §8.1.6).
- Tax status
- Residential = NYC tax class 2. Sponsor did not apply for the NYC co-op/condo property tax abatement; Board may apply (abatement = 17.5% of annual RE tax if obtained). Purchasers pay NYC/NYS transfer taxes + mansion tax on sponsor sales.
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 2026). Reported and subject to confirmation. Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2017–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,920
- floor-adjusted, 3 sales
- Listing discount
- -0.9%
- Recorded sales
- 106
- On record
- 2017–2026
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Steiner East Village at 438 East 12th Street is the trophy 2017 condominium of the East Village — S9 Architecture's design with Paris Forino interiors anchoring the East 12th Street corridor with 82 condominium residences and 16,000 sf of amenities including an indoor pool.
The building pairs a credentialed S9 Architecture / Paris Forino design-and-interiors team with amenity depth rare for the neighborhood: 16,000 square feet of infrastructure — indoor pool, garage, fitness center, spa — that ranks among the most comprehensive at the East Village condominium scale. Setting it further apart from the area's boxier inventory is the Danish brick facade, behind which select units rise to 15-foot ceilings.
Architecture and building operations
S9 Architecture's 2017 design produced a 6-story 82-unit condominium with Danish brick facade and 15-foot ceilings in select units. Paris Forino designed the interiors.
Operations: 24-hour doorman; concierge; indoor pool; fitness center; spa; on-site garage; landscaped roof terrace; private storage. 16,000 sf of amenities.
Policy framework — verify via The Roebling Research Library
- Type: Condominium
- Pets: Confirm in the house rules
- Pied-à-terre: Permitted
- Subletting: Permitted under condominium procedures
- Financing: Standard condominium LTV
- LLC/trust/foreign buyers: Confirm in the declaration and bylaws
- Right of first refusal: Confirm the process and timing in the declaration
Specific policy framework should be verified against the Roebling Research Library's offering plan and house rules at engagement.
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.
- Leasing by owners
- Permitted with conditionsPermitted (condo baseline); no cap on investor/non-resident owners. Residential Board holds a right of first refusal on leases (By-Laws §8.1.6).Source: The Roebling Research Desk's building record
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $898 per room a monthMedian of 9 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $3.44 per square foot a monthMedian of 10 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges alone, per square foot
- $1.64 per square foot a monthMedian of 7 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
- Real estate taxes alone, per square foot
- $2.01 per square foot a monthMedian of 7 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. The split into common charges and taxes comes from the listings that also give the annual tax, a different sample, so the two lines need not add up exactly to the combined median; a tax abatement can hold taxes below the full amount until it expires. A summary of recorded sales and listings, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Concierge
- YesSource: recent listing records
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, pool, spa, roof deck, garage, 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
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $17,411/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $18
- Modeled exposure split equally across 82 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Recent sales
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2026 | 2D | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,976 sf | $3,750,000 | $1,898/sf | -3.8% |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 2E | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,037 sf | $1,995,000 | $1,924/sf | -7.2% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 4T | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 765 sf | $1,450,000 | $1,895/sf | -7.9% |
| Sep 9, 2025 | 6K | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,257 sf | $2,650,000 | $2,108/sf | +0.0% |
| Oct 8, 2024 | PHG | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,258 sf | $6,130,000 | $2,715/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 25, 2024 | 4L | 1 BR · 1 BA · 608 sf | $1,380,000 | $2,270/sf | -1.1% |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 3P | 1 BR · 1 BA · 662 sf | $1,500,000 | $2,266/sf | -2.0% |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 3D | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,265 sf | $2,350,000 | $1,858/sf | -4.1% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,920/sf (floor-adjusted) across 3 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount -0.9% over ask.
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 1-00439-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Closed rents at Steiner East Village, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 5 | $6,800 |
| 2 bedroom | 8 | $11,997 |
| 3 bedroom | 3 | $16,000 |
16 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease September 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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At the recent median sale of $2.32M (4 sales in the past 24 months, since October 19, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $96,925 to close, or 4.2% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $29,031
- Mortgage recording tax: $33,531
- Title insurance: $10,451
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $23,911
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
The 16,000 sf amenity infrastructure with indoor pool, garage, fitness center, and spa is among the most comprehensive at the East Village condominium scale.
The Danish brick facade with 15-foot ceilings in select units is structurally distinguishing.
The 82-unit operational scale supports comprehensive amenity infrastructure.
Developer: Steiner. Steiner Studios has substantial NYC real estate body of work.
Roebling cross-references the offering plan through the Roebling Research Library during diligence.
Comparable buildings
- The Jefferson (211 East 13th) — BKSK 2013 LEED Gold; nearby East Village condo peer
- Village Green (311 East 11th) — 2009 first LEED Gold East Village residential; nearby East Village condo peer
- 111 East 14th Street (Zeckendorf Towers) — Davis Brody 1987; nearby East Village condo peer
- Astor Place Tower, 445 Lafayette Street — Gwathmey Siegel 2005; nearby East Village trophy peer
- 123 Third Avenue — Perkins Eastman 2010; nearby East Village condo peer
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.
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- 503 East 13 Street (Del Este Village), 503 East 13th Street — 1999 condominium
- 511 East 11th Street — 1999 condominium
- 518 East 11th Street — 1900 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across East Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to East Village.
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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