West Village.
Trade-up couples 35-45, charm-over-square-footage, walking distance to Hudson River + Greenwich Ave
Where this memo's data comes from.
We cross-check every claim against multiple authoritative sources before generating the essay. If a source disagrees or is missing, we say so.
- • Only one closed-sale source (acris) is available. Cite the source by name when referencing sold-side numbers.
The cohort, in plain terms.
West Village active inventory sits at 130 listings with a median ask of $2,137,499 and a median $2,570 per square foot — a PSF premium of roughly 25% above Midtown South and nearly double the Manhattan-wide median for co-ops. Median days on market registers 52, indicating sellers are not moving product at list price on contact; absorption at this price tier reflects deliberate buyer underwriting rather than hesitation. The active pool includes only 4 new-construction listings and 6 loft units, meaning the overwhelming majority of supply is legacy pre-war and mid-century co-op stock where board approval timelines compound the already-extended DOM. That structural illiquidity is a feature of the product type, not a signal of demand softness.
ACRIS records 233 deeds closed in the 12-month trailing period at a median of $3,600,000 — a figure $1.46 million above the current active median, which reflects a composition effect: the closed pool skews toward larger, higher-floor, and corner units that cleared during a period of compressed inventory. At the building level, ACRIS records 16 closings at 118 West 13th Street at a $10,892,296 median, the single highest-volume, highest-price address in the dataset, consistent with its position as one of the neighborhood's trophy townhouse-conversion properties. 110 Charlton Street posted 11 closings at a $2,950,000 median, while 299 West 12th Street and 45 Christopher Street recorded 10 and 8 closings respectively at sub-$820,000 medians, reflecting the studio-and-one-bedroom co-op tier that continues to transact at meaningful volume. The spread between 118 West 13th Street and 45 Christopher Street — more than $10 million in median closing price — underscores the segmentation within a single zip code that aggregated neighborhood statistics routinely obscure. Compared to Greenwich Village directly to the east, West Village commands a consistent PSF premium on comparable pre-war stock; compared to Tribeca, where new-development condos drive median closed prices above $4 million, West Village's active ask median positions it as the lower-entry alternative for buyers seeking historic fabric over glass-tower amenity packages. The 52-day median DOM and 233 annual ACRIS deeds confirm the market clears at a measured but sustained pace.
The two cohorts you actually came for.
Pre-1930 envelope · ≥1,200 sqft · condo or condop
- 799 GREENWICH Street · 3N2BR · 1,500 sqft · 1900 · PSF $1,399$2.1M
- 357 W 12th Street · 1E1BR · 1,828 sqft · 1910 · PSF $1,365$2.5M
Built 2020+ or sponsor sale
- 150 Barrow Street · 2B2BR · 1,170 sqft · 2023 · PSF $3,415$4.0M
- 111 LEROY Street · 3C/D2BR · 1,722 sqft · 2021 · PSF $2,901$5.0M
- 150 Barrow Street · PHA4BR · 4,287 sqft · 2023 · PSF $4,630$19.9M
Per-building liquidity, side-by-side.
Asking-side data from the active Cotality (REBNY RLS) feed. Closing-side data from ACRIS deeds (NYC.gov), last 12 months, ≥ $50,000 consideration only — gifts and intra-family transfers excluded. Median throughout; the high/low pair is the actual range across all units in that building.
| Building | Active asks | Asking range (low · median · high) | Closings · 12mo | Closing range (low · median · high) | Liquidity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 118 West 13Th Street | — | — | 16 | $2.4M·$10.9M·$21M | No current inventory |
02 110 Charlton Street | — | — | 11 | $326K·$3.0M·$5.3M | No current inventory |
03 299 West 12 Street | — | — | 10 | $149K·$817K·$6.3M | No current inventory |
04 45 Christopher Street | — | — | 8 | $262K·$779K·$3.6M | No current inventory |
05 302 West 12 Street | — | — | 7 | $393K·$2.4M·$3.4M | No current inventory |
06 299 West 12Th Street | — | — | 7 | $740K·$1.3M·$6.5M | No current inventory |
07 505 Greenwich Street | — | — | 7 | $1.5M·$2.7M·$4.6M | No current inventory |
08 165 CHARLES Street Built 2005 | 1 | $8.3M·$8.3M·$8.3M ≈ $3,502 PSF (median) | 6 | $3.3M·$7.8M·$8.4M sale -6.1% vs ask | Liquid ratio 6× |
09 15 Renwick Street | — | — | 6 | $2.2M·$6.9M·$8.3M | No current inventory |
10 421 Hudson Street Built 1920 | 2 | $2.5M·$2.7M·$3.0M ≈ $2,356 PSF (median) | 5 | $1.5M·$1.9M·$2.8M sale -31.8% vs ask | Liquid ratio 2.5× |
list_price across all currently-active listings in the building (Cotality REBNY RLS). Median, never average — resistant to a single high-end outlier.document_amt from ACRIS recorded deeds at this building’s tax block + lot, last 365 days. Excludes deeds < $50,000 — gifts, intra-family transfers, nominal $1 deeds.If I were representing a buyer here today.
Senior-broker memo, not investment advice. Compliance: we are a brokerage; this is tactical posture, not a recommendation.
West Village · Buyer Tactical Memo
The active cohort (130 units, $2,137,499 median ask, $2,570/PSF, 52-day median DOM) is sitting meaningfully below where deals are actually clearing — ACRIS shows a 12-month sold median of $3,600,000 across 233 closings, a spread that signals the active inventory skews smaller or lower-quality than what transacted.
1. Aged inventory to pressure: No single address in the active feed shows 90+ DOM flagged by name, but with 52-day median, anything listed pre-March is ripe — pull the tail of the Cotality feed and isolate units past 75 days at 302 West 12th Street, 299 West 12th Street, and 110 Charlton Street corridors for ask-cut leverage. 2. New construction to tour first: Four active new-construction listings exist in the snapshot — prioritize these two weeks before month-end when sponsor motivation to book a closing typically peaks. 3. Off-market angle: 118 West 13th Street — 16 ACRIS-verified closings with zero current active inventory signals a liquid owner base; a cold outreach letter to the board or building manager is warranted.
This cohort rewards disciplined buyers who anchor to ask price, not the cleared-sale median.
Time-on-the-clock, not distance-on-a-map.
Who actually buys here.
Cohort indicators sourced from public US Census ACS 5-year + Denza first-party transaction data. Refreshed quarterly.
Direct answers, in advance.
What's the median price in West Village?→
Across 130 active listings, West Village's median list price is $2.1M at $2,570 per square foot. Median days on market is 52.
What kinds of buildings dominate West Village?→
2 active loft listings (pre-1930 envelope, ≥1,200 sqft, condo or condop). 3 new-construction or sponsor-sale listings active. Top building by transaction volume in the past 12 months: 118 West 13Th Street.
How does West Village compare to neighboring areas?→
Our research memo compares the West Village cohort to peer neighborhoods on PSF, building age, and active inventory. Read the §2 essay for the side-by-side. Tap any of the comparable-neighborhoods cards below to read the corresponding memo.
Can I work with a Denza broker for West Village?→
Yes. Conquest is an active New York real estate brokerage; our AI handles initial discovery and a licensed broker negotiates and closes. AI-only path rebates up to 1.5% of the buyer-side commission at close. Full concierge with broker representation rebates up to 0.75%.
Where does the data come from?→
Active listings: REBNY-licensed Cotality (CoreLogic) Trestle MLS feed, refreshed every 6 hours. Cohort indicators: US Census ACS 5-year. Citation-only headlines: Miller Samuel public Elliman reports. None of this redistributes raw MLS rows; we publish only neighborhood-level aggregates and per-listing pages with full attribution to the listing brokerage of record.
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