61 North Moore Street

The building is a seven-story late-nineteenth-century warehouse: iron and cast iron at the base, orange iron-spot brick above, capped with a metal cornice. It occupies a 4,850-square-foot lot with roughly 56 feet of frontage on North Moore Street and 88 feet of depth, and it holds 23,266 gross square feet. The 1907 alteration by James Gavigan is part of the fabric LPC designated, and the whole elevation is regulated.

Residences are identified by floor and orientation — east and west halves on the lower and middle floors, with a top-floor residence whose area should be verified from its plans. Recorded transfers over the last two decades cover apartments 1E, 1W, 2W, 3E, 5E and 5W among the nine unit lots. Layouts are loft-derived: the conversion reapportioned floor area rather than dividing the plates into conventional apartments, and the residences carry fireplaces, central air conditioning and in-unit laundry, with private storage in the building.

The 12-versus-10-versus-9 unit question deserves one more sentence, because it recurs in every data source touching this address. The DOB application proposed twelve dwelling units for zoning and egress purposes. The market record from the conversion period describes ten. The recorded condominium created nine residential unit lots, and nine is what the Department of Finance assesses and what ACRIS transfers. Those records describe different dates and potentially different populations; reconcile the current approved dwelling schedule, occupancy records and amendments before choosing a physical or legal apartment count.

The recorded schedule contains nine residential unit lots. Reviewed materials describe an elevator without doorman coverage or an amenity program, but recent listing tags indicate part-time door coverage. Confirm the current staffing schedule. A smoke and sprinkler alarm system was filed in 2002, immediately after the first closings, and DOB records show façade repair with a heavy-duty sidewalk shed in 2000 and scaffolding with rigging in 2001 during the conversion, and interior partition work on the third and fourth floors in 2012 and in apartment 3E in 2019. The reviewed filing record since conversion is limited; that does not establish current work practices or unpermitted activity. Request actual project records and signoffs.

The operating question a buyer should press is reserves. Review the governing allocations for the landmarked masonry façade, applicable façade inspections, elevator and roof; nine recorded residential lots do not establish nine owners or equal cost shares. Ask for the current budget, the reserve balance, the assessment history and the most recent façade filing status before contract. Ask as well how the condominium treats its unused development rights, whether they have ever been the subject of a proposal, and whether the bylaws say anything about their disposition.

Original use and date: commercial warehouse, 1897, altered 1907, per LPC.

The alteration that created residential use: DOB Alteration Type 1, job 102647067, filed 2 March 2000 by William Fegan, RA, for 59-63 N. Moore Associates LLC. Existing occupancy commercial, proposed occupancy residential; twelve dwelling units proposed at seven stories; filed for zoning and egress. Approved 8 September 2000, fully permitted 12 September 2000, signed off 24 July 2003.

Condominium creation: DOB condominium subdivision job 102962206, filed and approved in August 2001. First unit deeds recorded October 2001 through May 2002 as condominium number 1206, unit lots 1401–1409.

Zoning, BSA and JLWQA: the lot is C6-2A within the Special Tribeca Mixed Use District, a commercial district in which residential use is permitted. No Board of Standards and Appeals application for this block appears in the BSA's published applications record, and the change of use was filed with DOB as an Alteration Type 1 for zoning and egress. The zoning in force when that job was filed in 2000 has not been confirmed here; the C6-2A mapping is the current one. The Joint Live-Work Quarters for Artists framework does not apply here. JLWQA is a SoHo and NoHo manufacturing-district regime conditioning residential occupancy on artist certification; it has never governed this Tribeca lot.

Loft Law / IMD: no Loft Board Interim Multiple Dwelling registration for this lot is identifiable in published city records, but the reviewed register, the stated commercial occupancy through 2000 and a permitted conversion do not by themselves exclude historical IMD coverage. Obtain the complete Loft Board and occupancy history before reaching that conclusion.

J-51: none. The Department of Finance's J-51 file contains no entry for this block and lot in any year, and the nine unit lots carry no exemption on the assessment roll. Underwrite full unabated taxes.

Ownership form: condominium. There is no co-op board admission; purchases run through the condominium's application and right-of-first-refusal process. No offering plan for this building was located in The Roebling Research Library or the Compass Offering Plan Library at the time of writing, so the bylaws and house rules should be read directly.

Pets, pied-à-terre, subletting, LLC and trust purchase: the reviewed material does not establish these permissions. Obtain the declaration, bylaws, house rules and current application requirements for the proposed ownership and use.

Financing: no cooperative financing ceiling applies. In a nine-unit condominium, however, lender review turns on the condominium questionnaire — single-owner concentration, commercial square footage, reserve funding, insurance and litigation (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac retired their established-project owner-occupancy test in March 2026, though some lenders still ask). Get the questionnaire completed early; allow time for the lender's review without assuming a ranked cause of delays.

Resale capital contribution: not documented in public records. Confirm with the managing agent whether the bylaws impose one.

Real estate taxes: the assessment roll shows no exemption and full assessment since 2001; check the apartment's tax bill for any abatement. Future bills still change with assessments and rates.

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 (2025) cleared a median $2,132/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00188-7504; 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.

Distinguish nine recorded interests from the differing dwelling counts. The DOB application said twelve, the conversion-era market record said ten, the recorded condominium has nine, and the Department of Finance assesses nine. Confirm the relevant current unit schedule and actual allocation rules for each calculation; the discrepancy alone does not establish how a valuation model treats the property.

Do not confuse this building with its neighbours. 53 North Moore Street is a separate and much larger condominium on the same block, and 39 North Moore Street is a different building on block 190. The controlling identifiers here are BBL 1-00188-7504 and BIN 1002121.

Underwrite full taxes and a thin denominator. The records show no J-51 or other exemption on this lot; confirm on the apartment's tax bill. For the condominium’s landmarked façade and elevator, review the reserve balance alongside debt, operating cash flow, assessments and the actual capital plan before ranking financial exposure.

Confirm the certificate of occupancy against the apartment as built. The Alt-1 was signed off in July 2003 after a three-year conversion; make sure the C of O reflects the configuration you are buying.

Test the lender early. Small condominiums can fail financing on questionnaire items — single-owner concentration, reserve funding, insurance — rather than on the borrower. Request lender review early and address outstanding items within the contract's actual deadlines; clearance is not guaranteed.

Ask about the development rights. A simple lot-area comparison suggests roughly 5,900 square feet of unused residential floor area, though that does not establish legal zoning floor area or what could be built. Any use is constrained by the Tribeca West Historic District, and a buyer should know what the board thinks about it.

Lead with the documentation. An 1897 warehouse by Buchman & Deisler, designated in the Tribeca West Historic District, converted under a fully signed-off Alteration Type 1 and a recorded condominium subdivision. Provide the underlying records for counsel’s review of the specific apartment.

Document the current tax posture. Provide the apartment’s current tax bill and exemption or abatement record. The reported absence of a J-51 benefit does not fix future assessments, rates or bills.

Have the condominium package ready before you list. Assemble the questionnaire, budget, reserve statement, governing allocations and façade status for review. Complete records support diligence but do not guarantee the closing schedule.

Price the residence, not the building. Verify floor, orientation, measured interior area and layout for each apartment. A ratio based on building gross area and recorded lots is not an apartment price-per-square-foot measure.

If you're considering 61 North Moore Street, also evaluate:

• 53 North Moore Street — the larger condominium on the same block; the immediate scale comparison
• 39 North Moore Street — separate Tribeca condominium a block east; different block, different building
• 31 North Moore Street — small North Moore Street loft building
• 27 North Moore Street — boutique North Moore loft conversion
• 25 North Moore Street — North Moore loft building at comparable unit scale
• 387 Greenwich Street — the corner building on the same block front; the closest neighbour by lot
• 335 Greenwich Street — Tribeca loft conversion nearby, at larger scale
• 19 Beach Street — small Tribeca loft condominium around the corner
• 11 Beach Street — Tribeca conversion with a very different amenity and price profile
• 28 Laight Street — Tribeca loft building; the western-Tribeca alternative
• 140 Franklin Street — boutique Tribeca loft condominium at comparable unit count