- Year built
- 1906
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 18
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Confirm current house rules at offer stage
- Subletting
- Set by board policy — confirm at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2011–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $1.8M – $1.8M
- Listing discount
- 2.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 10
79 Barrow Street is a small pre-war cooperative on one of the West Village's most desirable blocks, between Hudson Street and Commerce Street near Bedford. Built in the early twentieth century, it is a six-story townhouse-character low-rise with roughly 18 to 19 apartments — the kind of intimate, human-scaled co-op that anchors the core of the Village.
The proposition here is location and character. The building sits inside the Greenwich Village Historic District, so its exterior is protected, and the block delivers the quiet, tree-lined feel that defines the neighborhood, steps from the 1 train at Christopher Street. For the buyer who wants a genuine West Village address with pre-war bones and garden-level options, the building is a settled, boutique choice.
Building operations
The cooperative runs lean for its size: an elevator, private and basement storage, intercom entry, and superintendent service, with no doorman — appropriate and cost-efficient for a boutique pre-war building, and a meaningful factor in keeping maintenance contained. In-unit washer/dryer appears in some lines, and garden units offer private outdoor access.
As a cooperative, ownership is by shares rather than deed: purchases require board approval and a board interview, financing is capped at a board-set percentage, and pied-à-terre, sublet, gifting, and guarantor arrangements are evaluated case by case. Confirm the current pet policy, financing maximum, any flip tax, and sublet terms with the board at offer stage.
Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 79 Barrow trades on the strength of its core West Village location, which carries a strong price premium over comparable pre-war blocks elsewhere. A combined unit, for example, traded at approximately $1.8M. With only about 18 to 19 residences, resale volume is thin, with a small number of closings in an active year. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the floor, the exposure, any private outdoor space, and renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average. Genuinely variable financial figures should be confirmed at offer stage.
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2025 | 6AB | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,318 sf | $1,800,000 | $1,366/sf | +0.3% |
| May 23, 2022 | 6C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,700,000 | +1.5% | |
| Aug 6, 2020 | 5B | 1 BA | $570,000 | -3.2% | |
| Jan 22, 2020 | 6C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,045,000 | -12.9% | |
| Feb 4, 2019 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,230,000 | -5.0% | |
| Jul 17, 2013 | 4C | 1 BR | $900,000 | +1.7% | |
| Feb 27, 2013 | 5C | 1 BR · 705 sf | $850,000 | $1,206/sf | -1.7% |
| Jul 13, 2011 | PH6A | 2 BR | $1,900,000 | -4.8% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,366/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2017 | 2B | $750,000 |
| Feb 8, 2016 | 5B | $590,000 |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00584-0018) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so the path is a board package and interview, a financing cap set by the board, and underwriting of the building's financials and house rules. Read the rules on the points that matter to you — the pet policy, financing maximum, and sublet terms — and review the co-op's reserve and any planned capital work given the building's age. The reasons to buy are the address and the character: a genuine pre-war co-op on one of the best blocks in the core West Village, with garden-level and combined-unit options.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the location and the pre-war character. The townhouse-scale architecture, the intimate 18-to-19-unit size, and the prized Barrow Street block sell to a specific buyer who wants a core West Village address. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, floor, light, outdoor access, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the building's flexible ownership policies, prepare the buyer for the co-op process, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of boutique West Village cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 79 Barrow Street, also look at these nearby West Village and Village buildings:
- 116 West 14th Street — loft condominium on the Village / Chelsea border
- 832 Broadway — landmarked full-floor loft co-op near Union Square
- 306 Mott Street — boutique loft-style condominium at the Nolita border
- 7 Bond Street — landmarked cast-iron loft condominium in NoHo
The Roebling Team at 79 Barrow Street
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Manhattan's pre-war cooperative and condominium market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of boutique pre-war cooperatives deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture and neighborhood context, the cooperative structure, the staffing and amenity reality, and where pricing sits against the right comparable tier.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 79 Barrow Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
The neighborhood
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