- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Video intercom; in-home laundry
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Tribeca South Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Maximum financing
- 75% of the purchase price
- Doorman
- No doorman
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About the building
70 Thomas Street is an 1870 brick store-and-loft building designed by John J. O’Neil. Its Italianate composition includes neo-Grec window-lintel detailing, and it stands within the Tribeca South Historic District. The building is now an owner-managed cooperative with a small number of large apartments above its street-level accommodation. The five-story façade preserves the narrow commercial-building proportions of this part of Thomas Street.
Full-floor lofts extend to approximately 2,250 square feet, with exposed brick and timber joists. Ceiling heights approach twelve feet in upper-floor accommodation, where skylights supplement the façade windows. Apartment alterations have introduced central air conditioning and in-home laundry. Access is by stairs; the uppermost homes require the full walk through the building. The interiors retain broad living areas and individually configured bedroom plans.
Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 75% of the purchase priceSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- No doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Virtual or video entry
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Recent transfers 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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2023 | 3 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 2,000 sf | $2,350,000 | $1,175/sf | -16.1% |
| Mar 3, 2020 | 2 | $2,200,000 | -18.5% | ||
| Aug 9, 2012 | 1 | 2,134 sf | $1,400,000 | $656/sf | -5.1% |
| Jan 20, 2010 | 5 | 1 BR · 2,250 sf | $1,150,000 | $511/sf | -4.2% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $1,175/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 10.6% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00147-0018). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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What to know if you’re buying
A DOB alteration filing proposed an additional story and an elevator. That proposal should not be treated as an existing amenity: the building continues to be described as a walk-up. Any purchase premised on future elevator access needs an enforceable, funded project and the required approvals; stairs are the current access arrangement.
Comparable buildings
- 56 Warren Street — A nearby small loft cooperative within a Tribeca historic district.
- 9 White Street — An Italianate store-and-loft cooperative with nineteenth-century commercial floor plates.
- 142 Duane Street — Another small Tribeca loft co-op, with a leasehold structure that materially changes its ownership comparison.
More Tribeca buildings
- 67 Franklin Street (Cast Iron House) — 1881 condominium
- 67 Hudson Street — 1893 condominium
- 67 Vestry Street — 1910 condominium
- 70 Vestry Street — 2018 condominium by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
- The Sterling Mason (71 Laight Street) — 2014 condominium by Morris Adjmi Architects
- 74 Reade Street — 1859 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Tribeca — read The Roebling Team Guide to Tribeca.
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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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