- Year built
- 1920
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,452
- Listing discount
- 3.4%
- Recorded sales
- 69
- On record
- 2005–2024
65 Worth Street belongs to the generation of Tribeca loft conversions that turned the neighborhood's nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century commercial buildings into one of the most desirable residential districts in Manhattan. The building sits in the heart of the Tribeca East Historic District, on a stretch of Worth Street defined by its marble- and cast-iron-fronted store-and-loft buildings — survivors of the era when this was the city's dry-goods and textile trade.
The appeal is the loft itself: column-and-beam floor plates, oversized windows, and ceiling heights that postwar and new construction rarely match. Where a typical apartment is built down to a number, a converted loft like this one starts from the bones of a commercial building — generous footprints, deep light, and the architectural texture of original masonry and structure. Buyers come to Tribeca for exactly this, and 65 Worth delivers it in a small, low-density condominium of 30 homes across seven floors.
As a condominium rather than a cooperative, the building also offers what loft buyers increasingly want: ownership flexibility. Condominium purchase is structurally lighter than a co-op board process, financing is unconstrained by co-op caps, and the resale and rental latitude that condominiums provide is part of the building's long-term liquidity.
Architecture and unit composition
The building reads as a piece of lower Manhattan's mercantile history — a masonry-and-cast-iron loft structure of the kind the Tribeca East Historic District was created to protect. Its restoration as a residential condominium kept the scale and the street wall intact while bringing the interiors up to a modern residential standard. Worth Street here is a low, dense corridor of similar buildings, and the cohesion of that streetscape is a large part of why the conversion has held its value.
The 30 residences are loft-format homes — wide, light-filled floor plates with high ceilings, large windows, and the open-plan flexibility that lofts allow. Unit sizes run generously by Manhattan standards, with full-floor and near-full-floor layouts among the building's larger homes. Original structural elements — columns, beams, and masonry — are part of the architectural character buyers are paying for, alongside the modern kitchens, baths, and systems installed in the conversion.
Building operations
65 Worth is a self-managed loft condominium operated for a small, owner-occupied community rather than as a full-service tower. Security is handled through attended video and virtual-doorman systems with a superintendent presence on site — a model common to boutique Tribeca conversions, where buyers trade the cost of round-the-clock staffing for lower common charges. Common amenities are unusually deep for a building of this size, anchored by a shared fitness and wellness suite with sauna and steam and a resident lounge, plus private storage and elevator service.
As a condominium, ownership and transfer rules are condominium-standard: financing is not capped the way it is at a cooperative, purchases clear through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board interview, and subletting and investment ownership are materially freer than at a co-op. Pet policies and house rules are set by the condominium board; the building has historically run as a residential, owner-occupied community. Because the building sits in a historic district, any exterior change is subject to Landmarks review — a protection that preserves the streetscape and, with it, the value of the address.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $30,359/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $101,992/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $84 – $283
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2024 | 3D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,859 sf | $2,700,000 | $1,452/sf | -3.4% |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 2F | 2 BR · 3 BA · 2,257 sf | $3,820,000 | $1,693/sf | -4.4% |
| Jul 21, 2022 | 5A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,492 sf | $4,100,000 | $1,645/sf | -1.8% |
| Jan 19, 2022 | 4D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,875 sf | $3,150,000 | $1,680/sf | -4.4% |
| Jul 1, 2021 | 3F | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,233 sf | $3,150,000 | $1,411/sf | -4.4% |
| Mar 23, 2021 | 2B | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,571 sf | $4,850,000 | $1,886/sf | -6.6% |
| May 21, 2020 | PHE | 4 BR · 2 BA · 2,015 sf | $3,550,000 | $1,762/sf | -2.7% |
| Mar 26, 2019 | 3A | 4 BR · 2,498 sf | $4,100,000 | $1,641/sf | -13.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,452/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 3.4% 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 1-00173-7502) 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
Buy the loft, not the floor plan. The reason to be in a building like this is the architecture — the height, the light, the structure, the footprint — and those qualities vary meaningfully from home to home. The best values are the lofts whose layout, exposure, and condition make the most of the original bones.
Understand the condominium model. As a self-managed boutique condominium, 65 Worth runs leaner than a staffed tower: common charges reflect the lighter service model, and the building's reserves and financial management are worth reviewing closely. The upside is the condominium's flexibility — open financing, lighter transfer mechanics, and freer subletting than any co-op nearby. We help buyers read the condominium's financials, governing documents, and house rules before they commit.
Factor in the historic district. Exterior and structural changes are subject to Landmarks review, which preserves the building's character but adds process to certain renovations — a consideration for buyers planning significant work.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the loft and the district. A Tribeca East Historic District address, original loft architecture, and full-floor scale are the durable selling points — they distinguish a home here from the smaller, newer product in the surrounding market.
The condominium structure widens your buyer pool. Open financing, lighter closing mechanics, and subletting flexibility make a resale here accessible to buyers — including pied-à-terre and investment buyers — who would be screened out of a co-op. That breadth should be front and center.
Condition and ceiling height set your number. In loft sales, the buyer is paying for volume and light; a well-renovated, high-ceilinged full-floor home sits at the top of the building's range, and pricing should be calibrated to where a specific unit falls.
Benchmark to the Tribeca loft set. Comparable analysis belongs against the neighborhood's other historic-district loft conversions, not against new construction or postwar inventory.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 65 Worth Street, also evaluate Tribeca's other historic loft conversions:
- 108 Leonard Street — landmark conversion in Tribeca's historic core
- 56 Leonard Street — Tribeca condominium tower nearby
- 66 Leonard Street — a 1901 Henry J. Hardenbergh Beaux-Arts loft landmark converted to 46 Tribeca condominium
- 157 Chambers Street — Tribeca loft-format condominium
- 91 Leonard Street — newer Tribeca condominium for contrast
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Tribeca — read The Roebling Team Guide to Tribeca.
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