8 Bethune Street
8 Bethune Street, between Hudson and Greenwich Streets · West Village
BBL 1006240022 · BIN 1011375
- Year built
- 1895
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Common laundry, bicycle storage and private basement storage lockers
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Greenwich Village Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
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8 Bethune Street is an L-shaped apartment house erected in 1895–96 for Minnie M. Mott to designs by Henry Anderson. Its original stoop and projecting roof cornice survive, with stone at the first story and brick above. LPC records that its second and third floors were used as a hotel in the final years of the nineteenth century.
The present cooperative has 15 residences on a short West Village block beside Abingdon Square. Its one- and two-bedroom homes occupy a five-story walk-up, with common laundry and basement storage serving the apartments.
Architecture and unit composition
The facade's stone-and-brick contrast gives the entrance level a different weight from the upper stories. A projecting cornice finishes the roofline. The building's L-shaped footprint also creates different exposures within a compact apartment house.
Homes include one-bedroom plans with an additional den or office and two-bedroom configurations. South-facing living-and-dining rooms overlook Bethune Street; rear-facing rooms can have garden exposures. Eat-in kitchens appear in some layouts, while others use a pass-through between the kitchen and living space.
Interior features include high ceilings, original built-in cabinetry, hardwood floors and decorative fireplaces. Some apartments have retained transoms and exposed brick. Renovations have also introduced in-unit laundry and individually controlled cooling in certain homes. The top-floor apartments are reached by the common stair, with no elevator serving the five-story building.
Building operations
Common laundry and bicycle storage are in the building, and private basement lockers accompany individual homes. These lockers supplement apartment closet space; their assigned use belongs in the particulars of the purchase.
An assessment has been scheduled through July 2027 — confirm its current term with the managing agent. It is separate from ordinary maintenance and should be distinguished from the cooperative's recurring charge when comparing carrying costs.
Policy framework
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Financing: Up to 80%, with a minimum 20% down payment — confirm with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre and guarantors: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
In-unit washer/dryer: Installation may be approved by the board — confirm with the managing agent.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Bike storage, storage, laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2025 | 14 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,050,000 | -4.1% | |
| May 2, 2025 | 15 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $732,500 | -8.3% | |
| Jun 6, 2022 | 7 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $995,000 | +10.7% | |
| Jul 28, 2016 | 2C | 1 BA | $480,000 | -2.0% | |
| Sep 23, 2009 | 7 | 1 BR · 600 sf | $500,000 | $833/sf | -9.1% |
| Aug 3, 2006 | 2 | 2 BR · 675 sf | $560,000 | $830/sf | -8.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2009): a median $833/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 6.1% 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.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00624-0022). 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.
Closed rents at 8 Bethune Street, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 3 | $6,250 |
3 closed sublet leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease March 2026. Based on few leases. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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Comparable buildings
- The Liberty, 571 Hudson Street: A similarly small late-nineteenth-century cooperative around the corner.
- 281 West 11th Street: A prewar cooperative with a modestly larger association and a similar five-story form.
- 652 Hudson Street: A small prewar cooperative farther north, with comparable ownership scale.
- 79 Perry Street: A smaller prewar cooperative in another low-rise West Village building.
- 323 West 11th Street: A larger prewar cooperative close to the same Greenwich Street corridor.
More West Village buildings
- 3 Sheridan Square (Parker Towne House) — 1958 co-op
- 3 Weehawken Street — 1876 condominium
- 5 Charles Street — 1847 co-op
- 8 Charles Lane, 8 Charles Lane and the associated Charles Street homes — 1979 co-op
- 9 Barrow Street (The Halloran) — 1895 co-op
- 10 Christopher Street — 1937 condop
The neighborhood
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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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