The North Moore (53 North Moore Street)
53 North Moore Street, New York, NY 10013
- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 46
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Pets permitted under condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2002–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $2,139
- Listing discount
- 4.1%
- Recorded sales
- 63
- On record
- 2002–2025
The North Moore at 53 North Moore Street is a prewar loft-conversion condominium in the heart of Tribeca — a larger boutique building assembled from adjoining historic industrial structures at the corner of North Moore and Hudson Streets. The complex carries the prewar industrial fabric that defines the neighborhood's most desirable inventory: masonry and cast-iron-detailed facades, oversized windows, and the deep, column-supported loft floor plates that originally served warehouse and light-manufacturing use. The residential condominium conversion in the early 2000s reimagined that industrial fabric as for-sale loft residences with street-level retail below.
The building is a flagship example of the Tribeca loft-conversion story. Beginning in the 1990s and accelerating through the 2000s, the neighborhood's prewar warehouses were converted — building by building — into some of the most coveted residential inventory in Manhattan. The North Moore executes that pattern at a more substantial scale than the smallest boutique conversions: by assembling adjoining historic buildings into a single condominium, it delivers a meaningful number of loft residences while preserving the architectural pedigree that gives Tribeca lofts their value. Its peers along the Hudson corridor — 443 Greenwich Street, 145 Hudson Street, 195 Hudson Street, and 155 Franklin Street — each execute a version of the same loft argument at different scales.
What distinguishes The North Moore is the balance it strikes: large enough to support a real condominium operation and a deeper, more liquid transaction history than the smallest boutique buildings, yet still rooted in authentic prewar loft architecture rather than the glass-tower idiom of the modern downtown condominium. The corner siting at North Moore and Hudson gives many apartments strong light and outlook, and the street-level retail anchors the building in the daily life of one of Tribeca's most architecturally intact pockets.
Architecture and unit composition
The roughly 46 residences are distributed across the assembled buildings' approximately six to seven stories. Apartments carry the loft-conversion vocabulary that defines Tribeca's prewar inventory: open floor plates, oversized windows, and substantial ceiling heights — loft residences with ceilings reported in the range of roughly 9 to 13 feet. The masonry and cast-iron-detailed facades and the building's industrial massing place The North Moore firmly in the Tribeca prewar register.
Unit mix runs across the loft spectrum — from compact one-bedroom configurations to larger multi-bedroom loft floor plates, with apartments reported across an approximate range of roughly 1,000 to 2,450-plus square feet. As with any conversion of assembled buildings, floor plates vary by line and by which of the original structures an apartment occupies; each residence is best evaluated on its own dimensions, exposure, and condition.
Building operations
The North Moore operates as a mid-size loft condominium with full-time doorman and concierge service, a furnished common roof terrace, and private storage. The operational program is calibrated to a boutique resident base rather than to a large full-service amenity tower, which keeps common charges proportionate to the building's loft-conversion character.
As with any conversion of prewar fabric, prospective buyers should review the building's current financial statements, board meeting minutes, any reserve study, and the engineering condition of building systems during due diligence. Conversions of assembled industrial buildings carry a building-specific maintenance and capital profile that warrants careful review.
Recent sales
The North Moore's resale market behaves like a Tribeca prewar loft condominium — priced and traded on a price-per-square-foot ($/sf) basis, with apartment-level variation driven by floor, exposure, ceiling height, light, and condition rather than by a single building-wide figure. Tribeca loft inventory of this character generally trades at a premium to comparable downtown product, reflecting the neighborhood's architectural pedigree, the scarcity of true loft floor plates, and the desirability of the Hudson-corridor location.
Because the building is larger than the smallest boutique conversions, its transaction history is comparatively deeper: closings occur with greater regularity, which gives the building a more robust internal $/sf reference base than a 10- or 20-unit building can offer. Even so, apartment-level pricing remains the governing reality — renovated, turn-key residences with strong light and intact loft character command the top of range, while apartments needing work or with compromised exposure price accordingly. The mix of original structures within the complex also means floor plates and outlooks vary meaningfully across the building.
The condominium structure is itself part of the sales picture. Condo tenure supports the broadest possible buyer pool — including pied-à-terre purchasers, investors, and foreign buyers — which generally translates into more flexible pricing and faster closings than the comparable cooperative would.
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2025 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,750 sf | $3,750,000 | $2,143/sf | +15.4% |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 3J | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,373 sf | $3,400,000 | $2,476/sf | -2.9% |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 2F | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,450 sf | $4,250,000 | $1,735/sf | -1.2% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 4D | 2,153 sf | $3,500,000 | $1,626/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 14, 2024 | 2A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,740 sf | $3,100,000 | $1,782/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 5E | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,887 sf | $3,560,000 | $1,887/sf | -8.7% |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 4A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,746 sf | $3,492,000 | $2,000/sf | -3.0% |
| Apr 27, 2023 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,282 sf | $2,525,000 | $1,970/sf | -4.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $2,139/sf across 4 sales. Median listing discount 4.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2002 | PH6B | $1,225,000 |
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 1-00188-7503) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re buying
The loft architecture is the draw. Open floor plates, oversized windows, and soaring ceilings are what bring buyers to Tribeca. Confirm the specific ceiling height, light, and layout of the apartment in person — these vary across the assembled buildings.
Scale brings liquidity. A roughly 46-residence building transacts more regularly than the smallest boutique conversions, giving buyers a deeper internal comparable base to underwrite against.
Evaluate each apartment on its own floor plate. Floor, exposure, ceiling height, light, and which original structure the apartment occupies all drive pricing line by line.
Condo flexibility is real. 30–45 day closings; foreign buyers welcome; pied-à-terre and investment use permitted under the declaration; subletting allowed under the condominium documents. Specific financial sublet terms are governed by the offering plan and house rules.
Run the due diligence appropriate to a conversion. Review current financials, board minutes, any reserve study, and the engineering condition of building systems before going to contract.
Mind the mansion-tax thresholds. At Tribeca loft pricing, the $1M mansion-tax floor and higher cliff thresholds ($2M, $3M, $5M and up) routinely apply. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architecture and the location. The loft floor plates, the ceiling heights, and the corner Hudson-and-North-Moore siting are the building's structural identity anchors. Marketing should foreground them.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. Even with a deeper transaction history, pricing should be built from the apartment's own attributes against the building's internal $/sf base and the broader Tribeca loft benchmark.
Condo tenure broadens the buyer pool. Pied-à-terre, investor, and foreign-buyer interest are all available to a condominium — a marketing advantage to be used deliberately.
Closing timelines are condominium-fast. 30–45 days from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The North Moore, also evaluate:
- 443 Greenwich Street — landmark loft conversion; full-service Tribeca peer
- 145 Hudson Street — Tribeca loft condominium; Hudson-corridor peer
- 195 Hudson Street — prewar loft conversion; corridor peer
- 155 Franklin Street — 1882 sugar-warehouse conversion; boutique loft peer
- 108 Leonard Street — landmark conversion; prewar-into-condominium peer
- 70 Vestry Street — Robert A.M. Stern waterfront condominium; the higher-end Tribeca alternative
The Roebling Team at The North Moore
The Roebling Team at Compass works the Tribeca corridor as part of our broader Park-facing and downtown Manhattan practice. We publish this building profile because loft buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architectural context, operational reality, transactional mechanics, and apartment-level pricing analysis — not generic neighborhood commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at The North Moore, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires — financial structuring, due diligence priorities, comparable analysis at the apartment level, and the pacing strategy that fits your timeline.
The neighborhood
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