- Year built
- 1875
- Type
- Condominium
- Floors
- 5
- Amenities
- Elevator; virtual doorman; locked package closet; in-unit laundry
- Landmark status
- Individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Virtual doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2007–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2025
- $1,147
- 2 sales
- Listing discount
- 11.2%
- Recorded sales
- 8
- On record
- 2007–2025
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About the building
8 Thomas Street was built in 1875–76 as a store for soap manufacturer David S. Brown. Jarvis Morgan Slade designed its Venetian Gothic elevation with red brick, alternating light and dark stone arches, slender columns and a cast-iron storefront. A small arcade and projecting cornice sit beneath a gable pierced by a circular window. The upper floors were already occupied as living lofts when LPC designated the building in 1978. Jeffrey Cole's residential alteration received its DOB signoff in September 2009.
The four residences include full-floor loft accommodation and a penthouse duplex with a roof terrace. Large arched windows are a defining part of the interiors, while the top home occupies the building's distinctive roof form. The condominium registration separates four residential units from one storage unit. Modern common services include an elevator, remote entry service and a secured package closet, alongside laundry within the apartments.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Virtual doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Virtual or video entry
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- StorageSource: 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 closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2025 | 2 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,170 sf | $2,400,000 | $1,106/sf | -9.4% |
| Jul 1, 2025 | PH | 4 BR · 3 BA · 3,198 sf | $3,800,000 | $1,188/sf | -20.0% |
| Oct 17, 2018 | 1 | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 2,900 sf | $2,500,000 | $862/sf | -15.1% |
| Feb 11, 2014 | PH | 4 BR · 3,197 sf | $4,699,500 | $1,470/sf | -13.0% |
| Jun 25, 2012 | 1 | 1 BR · 2,902 sf | $2,700,000 | $930/sf | — |
| Oct 20, 2010 | 1 | 1 BR · 2,902 sf | $1,614,600 | $556/sf | -3.6% |
| Feb 25, 2008 | 2 | 3 BR · 2,170 sf | $2,581,264 | $1,190/sf | -0.5% |
| Jun 11, 2007 | 3 | 2,219 sf | $1,922,552 | $866/sf | — |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,147/sf (recorded) across 2 sales. Median listing discount 11.2% 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 1-00151-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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What to know if you’re buying
The ornamental façade is a shared obligation of four residences. Its stone arcades, cast-iron storefront and patterned brickwork require repairs compatible with the individual landmark designation. Work on those specific elements can involve specialist contractors and LPC approval, with costs allocated through a very small association. The separately registered storage unit also makes the exact storage interest conveyed with an apartment worth establishing.
Comparable buildings
- 66 Reade Street — an Italianate store-and-loft conversion with a marble front and a later rooftop addition.
- 92 Chambers Street — four residences in a converted commercial building, with retail retained below.
- 87 Leonard Street — a larger loft conversion with seven residences and substantial nineteenth-century architectural detail.
More Tribeca buildings
- 5 Harrison Street — 2000 condominium
- 7 Harrison Street — 1894 condominium
- 7 Hubert Street — 2004 condominium by BKSK Architects
- 8 Warren Street — condominium
- 8–10 White Street — co-op
- 9 Murray Street — 1900 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Tribeca — read The Roebling Team Guide to Tribeca.
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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