45 East 7th Street

The condominium runs on a contemporary boutique model: an attended lobby during peak hours paired with a virtual doorman, a fitness center, a landscaped roof deck with a grill, a second-floor garden terrace, private storage, and a bike room. In-unit washer/dryers and central heating and cooling serve the residences. The staffing model keeps costs contained while providing security and package coverage.

As a condominium, ownership is by deed rather than shares. Purchases avoid the share-loan structure and interview process of a cooperative; financing is a matter between buyer and lender; and pied-à-terre, investment, and subletting uses are permitted under the bylaws. The building is pet-friendly. Any transfer fee and specific sublet terms should be confirmed against the current bylaws at offer stage.

Morris Adjmi designed No. 45E7 as an act of contextual craftsmanship. The hand-laid brick facade is organized as a tripartite composition — base, middle, and frieze crowned by a cornice — separated by stone banding, echoing the neighborhood's nineteenth-century tenements. Three distinct brick patterns give the elevation its depth: single-corbel piers at the ground, a custom L-shaped "checkerboard" motif across floors two through six, and a double-corbel frieze near the top, capped by a perforated-metal cornice. Seven-foot European-engineered windows carry the light deep into the homes.

Inside, the 21 residences run from studios and one-bedrooms up to three-bedroom and full-floor homes, plus a penthouse with a private keyed elevator. Interiors — including kitchens, vanities, and millwork — were designed by the architect. Nearly every home carries a private terrace or balcony, and each unit has in-unit laundry and central heating and cooling.

The 21-unit count and seven-story height keep the building intimate and the light generous, a deliberate contrast to both the neighborhood's walk-ups and the larger new-development buildings nearby.

The building stands on a site with a solemn recent history. It occupies the ground where three nineteenth-century tenements at 119, 121, and 123 Second Avenue were destroyed in the March 2015 East Village gas explosion, which took two lives. The site sat vacant for years before the current development. Adjmi's design deliberately reinterprets the neighborhood's tenement vernacular as an act of contextual repair, and the project includes a permanent memorial plaque honoring the two who died — a quiet acknowledgment built into the building itself.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $2,083/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. 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 0.0% from the last ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00463-7502). 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.

This is a condominium, so the path is straightforward: no board interview, financing set by your lender, and a review of the building's financials, reserve, and bylaws during due diligence. Read the bylaws on pet rules, any transfer fee, and sublet terms, and confirm them at offer stage. As a recent new-construction building within a historic district, review the reserve and any capital-planning history on the envelope and systems — contemporary construction carries its own diligence profile.

The reasons to buy are the design and the flexibility: an architect-designed contextual building with new-construction systems, private outdoor space in nearly every home, and deeded ownership with pied-à-terre and investment latitude, all in a boutique scale in the heart of the East Village.

The story is contextual design and modern living in the East Village. A Morris Adjmi building with hand-laid brick, private outdoor space, and a full amenity package is a specific, marketable proposition that sells to buyers who want architecture and contemporary systems inside the neighborhood. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: square footage, floor, light, outdoor space, and condition drive the number. We position the architectural narrative, benchmark against the right tier of boutique East Village condominiums, and market to the design-minded downtown buyer.

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