- Year built
- 1895
- Type
- Cooperative — five-story walk-up
- Units
- 11
- Floors
- 5
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Central laundry and bicycle storage per brokerage records
- Pets
- Pet-friendly per brokerage records; the house rules on file condition animals on written consent — verify current practice
- Financing
- 20 percent minimum down per listing records — verify current requirements
Perry Street between Bleecker and West 4th is arguably the most photographed residential block in the West Village — the townhouse at No. 66 across the street has drawn daily pilgrimages since Sex and the City used its stoop as Carrie Bradshaw's — and 79 Perry Street is one of the few ways to own on it below seven figures. The building is an 11-unit walk-up cooperative inside the Greenwich Village Historic District, which has protected the block's scale and streetscape since 1969. Nothing larger can be built here, and nothing on the block changes without Landmarks review; the setting is the asset.
The ownership structure is a piece of early co-op history. The conversion plan on file in The Roebling Research Library was first offered on June 13, 1973 — years before the conversion wave of the 1980s — by sponsor Perry Eleven Corp., with the entire building offered at a total purchase price of $105,000 across 1,000 shares and a $48,000 reserve fund retained by the apartment corporation. Five decades later, those numbers read like a different city, but the framework they created persists: a small, self-governing corporation of eleven shareholders running a lean building with low fixed costs.
That structure defines the buyer profile today. With no staff, no elevator, and no sublet pathway documented in brokerage records, this is an owner-occupant building — the policy stack effectively selects for residents who want the block more than they want services. For buyers priced out of the Village's townhouses and full-service co-ops but unwilling to compromise on location, buildings like this are the entry mechanism, and they trade on scarcity: eleven units produce only a handful of sales per decade.
Architecture and unit composition
The building rises five stories in brick on a roughly 22-foot-wide lot, a late-19th-century flats building (1895 per city records; some brokerage records carry 1910) holding eleven apartments. The offering plan's share schedule shows the original organization: paired front and rear five-room apartments on the upper floors — the front lines facing Perry Street's tree canopy, the rear lines overlooking townhouse gardens — with smaller three-room units at the base. Pre-war bones run through the stock: high ceilings and period proportions per listing records, with renovation quality varying unit to unit as is typical of small co-ops. Apartments here are compact by Manhattan averages but efficient, and the rear garden exposures are quieter than almost anything else at this price point in the Village.
Building operations
This is self-service co-op ownership in its purest form: no doorman, no super on site, a central laundry and bicycle storage in the cellar, and a board of neighbors making decisions for eleven units. Maintenance runs low relative to staffed buildings — brokerage records consistently flag the building's low carrying costs — and the trade is logistical: packages, repairs, and renovations all run through a small shareholder community. The offering plan, by-laws, and house rules are on file in The Roebling Research Library; the house rules document the building's original operating framework (laundry scheduling, carpet coverage requirements, written consent for animals) and should be checked against current board practice during diligence.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Recent transfers at this building, sourced from NYC Department of Finance records. Apartment-level detail (line, condition, asking-price context) verified upon consultation request.
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2026 | 1B | $945,000 |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 3R | $1,180,000 |
| May 9, 2025 | 1R | $1,509,950 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2F | $1,550,000 |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 4R | $1,450,000 |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 5R | $1,200,000 |
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 1-00622-0066) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
The block is the purchase. Bleecker-to-West 4th on Perry is protected, low-rise, and permanently in demand — the historic district guarantees the setting that the price reflects. Walk it at different hours before offering; the No. 66 foot traffic is real, though it concentrates across the street and dissipates by evening.
Underwrite the walk-up honestly. Five floors, no elevator, no staff. Upper-floor units carry the best light and quiet and the most stairs; resale liquidity follows the same math. Price your own tolerance before falling for the top floor.
The sublet prohibition cuts both ways. Brokerage records indicate subletting is not permitted. That removes investor exit optionality — but it is also why the building stays fully owner-occupied, which lenders and future buyers read favorably in a small co-op.
Small co-op diligence is specific. With eleven shareholders, the financials turn on a handful of decisions: reserve levels, any underlying mortgage, and how assessments have been handled. Have your attorney review the corporation's recent financials carefully — there is no large shareholder base to absorb surprises. Run the Co-op Board Qualification Calculator before offering.
Verify the policy stack at offer stage. The 20 percent minimum down convention, pet consent mechanics, pied-à-terre posture, and any flip tax are thinly documented publicly. We verify against the offering plan and house rules on file, and against the managing agent's current requirements, during diligence.
What to know if you’re selling
Scarcity is the headline. Eleven units on this block means your listing has no same-building competition and rarely a same-block peer. Market against the Village's walk-up co-op stock broadly, then let the address do the work.
Lead with the carry. Low maintenance is a structural advantage over the neighborhood's staffed buildings — state the monthly number plainly and frame it against the full-service alternatives buyers are cross-shopping.
Condition decides the premium. In a building where trades are scarce, buyers anchor on renovation quality. A crisp renovation clears quickly at this address; an estate-condition unit should be priced to the renovation math — run the Renovation Cost Calculator against your asking strategy.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 79 Perry Street, also evaluate:
- 77 Perry Street — the immediate neighbor; like-for-like boutique walk-up co-op
- 88 Charles Street — walk-up co-op stock one block south
- 270 West 11th Street — boutique pre-war co-op on a comparable tree-lined block
- 350 Bleecker Street — nearby co-op with elevator service; the convenience step-up
- 45 Christopher Street — pre-war elevator co-op near Sheridan Square at accessible price points
- 75 Bank Street — pre-war elevator co-op on a prime Bank Street block
- 299 West 12th Street and 302 West 12th Street — Emery Roth's Bing & Bing co-ops; the full-service pre-war alternative
- 173 Perry Street — Richard Meier's glass condo at the river end of Perry; the modern contrast at a different price tier
The Roebling Team at 79 Perry Street
The Roebling Team at Compass works the West Village and the broader downtown co-op market as a core practice area. We publish this building profile because Perry Street buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — conversion documentation, policy framework, and walk-up co-op comparables — not generic neighborhood commentary.
If you're considering a transaction at 79 Perry Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.