5 Charles Street
5–7 Charles Street, between Greenwich Avenue and Waverly Place · West Village
West Village
BBL 1006120066 · BIN 1076909
- Year built
- 1847
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Basement storage; private decks or terraces in selected homes
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $963K
- Recent range
- $950K – $975K
- Listing discount
- 2.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 21
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5 Charles Street belongs to a pair of converted nineteenth-century houses with a carriage house behind them. The cooperative's arrangement preserves the depth of the old residential lots: apartments face either the street or the interior gardens, while the rear house occupies a separate position within the property. Its inventory includes compact studios and one-bedroom homes as well as that distinct rear residence.
LPC traces the houses to the 1847–48 development of this part of Charles Street, then called Warren Place. The north side was laid out through sales to people in the building trades. The surviving houses were designed in a restrained Gothic Revival vocabulary, with hood-like moldings above openings. Their later conversion brought altered entrances and enlarged upper windows.
Private outdoor space is a significant feature of some homes here. A rear-facing apartment can have an elevated deck overlooking the block's gardens, while other apartments have no comparable outdoor extension. The street's small-house form remains visible even where the interiors have been divided and renovated over time.
Architecture and unit composition
The brick fronts began as individual houses. LPC documented changes that moved entrances to basement level and raised attic openings; at number 5, a broad studio window replaced the original low attic windows. Number 7 retained a Gothic drip molding around the opening that replaced its earlier doorway. Those alterations account for the differences in the upper elevations and entry sequence.
Inside, the apartment mix centers on studios, junior one-bedrooms and one-bedrooms. Some plans put an open kitchen against the main living room, with sleeping space behind; others have a more fully separated bedroom. Recorded apartment areas include homes around 450–525 square feet, while the rear carriage-house transaction identifies a larger residence. Interior layouts have changed through individual renovations.
Exposed brick, ceiling beams and fireplaces appear in some apartments. A fireplace being there doesn't mean it can be used — both decorative and wood-burning versions exist at this address. Rear-facing rooms can look toward the courtyard and carriage house, and street-facing rooms have a southern exposure.
A one-bedroom sold in 2026 had a roughly 22-foot private deck elevated above the gardens, plus in-unit laundry. That outdoor area belongs to the apartment's particular configuration; it is not a communal roof deck or a feature shared by every home. The rear house also needs to be understood through its own access and floor plan.
Building operations
A part-time superintendent and professional management support the cooperative. Basement storage adds space outside the apartments. There is no elevator, so an upper-floor purchase includes the daily stair climb and the practical demands of moving furnishings through the existing house circulation.
The association maintains more than one residential structure, including the rear house. Its common work therefore includes multiple exterior surfaces and roof areas, with access routes through the property. An apartment with a private deck may sit directly above another part of the building; the allocation of waterproofing and structural obligations matters when that outdoor area is part of the purchase.
Policy framework
Financing: Up to 80%, implying at least 20% down — confirm with the managing agent.
Subletting: Permitted after one year of residency, with approvals and applicable fees — confirm with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre and purchase structures: Pied-à-terre ownership, co-applicants and guarantors are permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
In-unit laundry: Installed in some homes; approval for a new installation — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2026 | 3R | 1 BR · 1 BA | $950,000 | -3.6% | |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 2R | 1 BR | $975,000 | +11.4% | |
| Aug 2, 2022 | 5F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $875,000 | +6.1% | |
| Jan 6, 2020 | 4F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $695,000 | +0.0% | |
| May 23, 2017 | 1F | $350,000 | -6.7% | ||
| Oct 13, 2016 | 4F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $525,000 | -4.4% | |
| Sep 14, 2016 | 4F | 1 BR | $645,000 | -4.4% | |
| Sep 26, 2013 | 5R | 450 sf | $485,000 | $1,078/sf | -2.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2013): a median $1,078/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 0.8% 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 1-00612-0066) 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.
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Comparable buildings
- The Abingdon: A nearby prewar cooperative in a purpose-built apartment-house form.
- 84–88 Charles Street: A similarly scaled cooperative for comparing a larger masonry apartment building with converted houses.
- 281 West 11th Street: A small prewar cooperative with a comparable side-street setting.
- Village Mews: A low-rise cooperative whose mews arrangement is a useful peer for the rear-house component.
- The Unadilla: A prewar cooperative offering a taller apartment-house alternative close to Greenwich Avenue.
More West Village buildings
- 2 Horatio Street — 1929 co-op by Robert T. Lyons
- 2 Jane Street — co-op
- 3 Weehawken Street — 1876 condominium
- 8 Bethune Street — 1895 co-op
- 8 Charles Lane, 8 Charles Lane and the associated Charles Street homes — 1979 co-op
- 9 Barrow Street (The Halloran) — 1895 co-op
The neighborhood
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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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