84 Third Avenue
84 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10003
BBL 1005567502 · BIN 1088780
- Year built
- 2012
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 84 Third Avenue would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
84 Third Avenue is a piece of the East Village's twenty-first-century rebuild, dropped onto a corner that long-time downtowners remember as the site of Nevada Smith's, the soccer bar that stood here for decades. Karl Fischer designed the nine-story building, which delivered around 2012 as one of the wave of new condominiums that reshaped the Third Avenue and Cooper Square spine — the stretch where the East Village meets NoHo and the campus of Cooper Union.
The building's value proposition is location and ownership flexibility rather than architectural monumentality. It is a contemporary mid-rise of roughly 85 residences, built for ownership, that puts buyers in the thick of one of Manhattan's most dynamic downtown corridors: walking distance to Union Square, St. Mark's Place, the NoHo retail blocks, and the express and crosstown trains. For a buyer who wants to own downtown — with the financing latitude and lighter governance of a condominium rather than the strict caps of the neighborhood's pre-war co-ops and tenement conversions — 84 Third is a practical, well-positioned option.
The mix of unit sizes, skewed toward studios and one- and two-bedrooms, makes it a natural fit for first-time buyers, pied-à-terre owners, and investors who value the corridor's deep rental demand from the surrounding student and young-professional population.
Architecture and unit composition
Karl Fischer's design is straightforward contemporary: a nine-story mid-rise in glass and masonry, scaled to the avenue and set among the older walk-ups and newer infill of the East Village. The building reads as clean and current rather than ornamented, with large windows pulling light into the homes — the priority for a building on a busy downtown avenue.
The roughly 85 residences run from studios through two-bedrooms, with finishes keyed to early-2010s new-construction standards: hardwood floors, open kitchens with stone counters and stainless appliances, and modern baths. A share of the homes carry private outdoor space, and the building includes a common outdoor area — meaningful amenities in a neighborhood where outdoor space is scarce. The compact, efficient layouts suit the building's role as an entry point into downtown ownership.
Building operations
The building runs with concierge service and a practical amenity set: a fitness room, common outdoor space, and bicycle and private storage. As a condominium, it bills common charges and real-estate taxes per unit and carries the lighter ownership posture buyers expect — washer/dryers in the homes, pets generally accommodated, and subletting and pied-à-terre ownership subject to the modest restrictions typical of a condominium rather than the strict caps of a co-op. Purchases clear through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board interview, which makes the building accessible to financed, pied-à-terre, and investment buyers alike.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $72,041/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $152,188/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $71 – $149
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
421-a Tax Abatement
- Last year of benefit
- FY2025
- Fully taxed from
- FY2026 (2025–26)
- Program
- 421-a (10-year)
The 421-a benefit has run its term. Taxes on these units have stepped up toward the full assessed amount, so the low carrying cost this building once carried is no longer available. Price from the current tax bill, and treat any comparable sale made while the abatement was still running as a different asset.
Source: NYC Dept. of Finance property-tax exemption records (421-a), refreshed 2026-09-06 · The Roebling Research Library. Confirm the exact step-up schedule on the building’s DOF tax bill. Years shown are NYC tax years, which start July 1 — FY2026 runs July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. The benefit last appears on the 2025 assessment roll, which is what dates the end of the term.
What to know if you’re buying
Buy it for accessible downtown ownership. As a condominium, 84 Third offers financing latitude, a fast right-of-first-refusal close, and the ability to own through a trust or entity — useful for first-time buyers stretching to enter the market, for pied-à-terre owners, and for investors targeting the corridor's reliable rental demand. The compact layouts keep entry pricing within reach relative to the larger homes downtown.
Prioritize light and outdoor space. On a busy avenue, exposure and floor matter; the higher homes and those with private outdoor space are the ones to chase, and outdoor space is genuinely scarce in this part of the East Village. Review the building's condominium financials and reserve picture as you would for any building of this vintage, and weigh the corridor's energy — convenient, lively, and walkable — against your tolerance for a busy downtown avenue.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with location and flexibility. A contemporary condominium steps from Union Square, Cooper Square, and the NoHo retail blocks, with concierge service and private outdoor space on select homes, is an easy story to tell to the downtown buyer pool. The condominium structure itself is a selling point against the neighborhood's board-governed co-ops.
Benchmark to other recent East Village and NoHo condominiums rather than to converted tenements or pre-war co-ops, and market outdoor-space and upper-floor homes on exactly those attributes. Emphasize the building's appeal to both end-users and investors — the corridor's rental depth means a well-priced home draws interest from multiple buyer types, which supports both pace and price.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing 84 Third Avenue, also evaluate nearby downtown ownership product:
- 111 Third Avenue — full-service tower on the same corridor
- 205 Third Avenue — Gramercy-edge cooperative to the north
- 170 Second Avenue — pre-war East Village cooperative nearby
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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