81 Bedford Street
81 Bedford Street, New York, NY 10014
BBL 1005840061 · BIN 1009850
- Year built
- 1952
- Type
- Cooperative
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Greenwich Village Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Flip tax
- 1% of the purchase price, paid by the seller
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2024
- $1,925
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 1.8%
- Recorded sales
- 35
- On record
- 2003–2026
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81 Bedford Street is a postwar building on one of the most intact nineteenth-century corners in the Village. When the Greenwich Village Historic District was designated in 1969, this six-story brick apartment house was sixteen years old. It was included anyway, because landmark districts are drawn by boundary rather than building by building. That has two practical effects for a buyer: the building's exterior is regulated like its older neighbors, and the building behaves, as housing, like a 1950s elevator building.
The lot is unusual. It sits where Commerce Street bends north to meet Barrow, so the building has frontage on Bedford, Barrow and Commerce Streets, and city agencies disagree about which address to use: Finance says 79 Bedford, HPD says 79–83 Bedford, LPC lists all three streets. Anyone searching records for a transaction here should use the BBL rather than a street number.
The architects matter too. Schuman & Lichtenstein was founded in 1941 and, as SLCE Architects, went on to become one of the most prolific residential firms in New York; its later work includes Metropolitan Tower and 31 Jane Street nearby. 81 Bedford is early work from that practice, built for the 31-33 Commerce Street Corporation, and it stayed in single corporate ownership for three decades before its 1984 conversion to Bedford Street Owners Corp.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is a six-story brick elevator building on a lot of about 75 by 74 feet. The record shows six apartment lines, A through F, on each of six floors. The roughly 24,635 square feet of gross building area across 36 units does not establish original interior sizes or bedroom counts; check the original unit schedule and plans. The building's recent history has been combination. DOB filings record a fifth-floor pair joined in 2006, another combination in 2015, and a 2020 job joining a combined fifth-floor apartment to 6D with a new terrace door. A 1C/2C transfer in 2025 is consistent with a duplex across the first two floors.
That tells you how to read the building. The standard product is a compact postwar apartment with 1950s ceiling heights and window openings. The less common and more valuable product is a combination, a duplex, or an upper-floor apartment with outdoor space. Confirm what a given apartment's windows face: the lot has three street frontages, and exposure varies more than it would in a mid-block building.
Building operations
The public record shows routine long-cycle upkeep: an oil-tank relining in 2002, façade repair permits in 2007, and a 210-foot sidewalk shed in 2008 during remedial work. A shed that long matches a building with three street frontages, and it also means façade inspection cycles cover a lot of wall. Most of the remaining filings are apartment renovations.
ACRIS shows the underlying mortgage refinanced several times, most recently a 2019 consolidation and extension with Valley National Bank to $1.6 million. Its maturity date matters to a buyer, because a refinancing at a higher rate feeds directly into maintenance. The maturity, rate, reserve position and assessment history are not public. Have your attorney get the last two years of audited statements and current board minutes.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of October 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
- Terms
- Equal to one percent (1%) of the gross sales price
- Rate
- 1% of the purchase price
- Paid by
- Seller
Source: building management's published schedule, as of October 2026
Purchase
7 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $750 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $175.00 per adult person | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Move-in Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $150 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Closing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
| Recognition Agreement FeeConditionalConditions: If financing | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $250 | Refundable Not stated |
| Transfer Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $950 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $150 | Refundable Not stated |
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $700 | Refundable Not stated |
| Credit Report FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $120 (for each applicant) | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Move In Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $150 | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Refundable |
Refinance
1 item
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $700 | Refundable Not stated |
Ownership transfer
2 items
Transfer: trust
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trust Transfer Application Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Coop Attorney Review Fee | Paid by Buyer | When Upon approval | Amount To be determined | Refundable Not stated |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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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 →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
The 36-unit count does not establish the usable sales sample, and the apartments vary, including through combinations. A compact original one-bedroom and a combined upper-floor apartment with a terrace are different products and should be priced apart. Compare total price, carrying charges, reliable interior area and room count, and test differences associated with combinations, outdoor space, floor, exposure and condition. Test any price difference from prewar alternatives using matched sales and reliable apartment measurements rather than assigning a discount to construction era or estimating how location changes it.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,050,000 | -12.5% | |
| Jun 23, 2025 | 2C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,695,000 | -5.8% | |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 3F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $1,100,000 | $1,833/sf | +0.0% |
| May 24, 2023 | 2E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,050,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jan 5, 2023 | 3B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $1,100,000 | $1,571/sf | +0.0% |
| Dec 16, 2022 | 2C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,660,000 | +10.7% | |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 4D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $1,400,108 | $2,334/sf | +16.7% |
| Jul 19, 2022 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,050,000 | +10.5% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $1,925/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 1.8% 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.
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 1-00584-0061). 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
Use the BBL. Three agencies use three different addresses for this lot. Give your attorney, lender and insurer block 584, lot 61.
Get the policy stack in writing before you offer. Financing ceiling, minimum down, liquidity, sublet terms, flip tax, pied-à-terre and entity rules. The reviewed material does not establish the current terms; obtain them from management and the operative documents.
Ask about the underlying mortgage. Maturity date, rate and balance on the Valley National loan, plus any assessment in place or under discussion.
Price in the Landmarks constraint. Exterior work runs through LPC even though the building is postwar. Run the Renovation Cost Calculator with that in mind.
What to know if you’re selling
Collect the board's requirements before you list. A buyer who hears the financing ceiling for the first time in week two of contract may walk.
If you have a combination or outdoor space, lead with it. Those apartments are the building's scarce product, and the listing should say so.
Settle the address question once. Search results and city data will show 79 Bedford Street. Explain it in writing at the start.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 81 Bedford Street, also evaluate:
- 31 Jane Street — a 1963 Schuman & Lichtenstein cooperative; same firm, a decade later
- 100 Bank Street — 1955 West Village cooperative; the closest postwar match on vintage
- 14 Horatio Street — H.I. Feldman's 1960 cooperative; larger postwar alternative
- 45 West 10th Street — H.I. Feldman's 1956 cooperative inside the historic district
- 49 West 12th Street — 1952 Village cooperative of the same postwar vintage
- 442 Hudson Street — 1920s prewar cooperative on the same tax block
- 79 Barrow Street — small prewar co-op on the same block
- 15 Jones Street — six-story cooperative in two combined c. 1889 tenements nearby; the prewar alternative
More West Village buildings
- 79 Perry Street — 1895 co-op
- 80 Clarkson Street — new-construction condominium by COOKFOX Architects
- The Hampton, 80–82 Perry Street — 1887 co-op
- 84 Bedford Street — condominium
- 84–88 Charles Street, 84–86 and 88 Charles Street — co-op
- 90 Morton Street — 1911 condominium by Isaac & Stern Architects
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across West Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to West Village.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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