SOLD FOR $1,600,000
· Sold at asking price · Closed December 2, 2025
$1,600,000
$1,056 per sq ft
161 15th Street #3C
Jensen Lewis Bldg
MLS® #RLS11030956
Listing by Corcoran Group
2
Bedrooms
1
Bath
1,515
Sq. Ft.
1938
Year Built
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Property Summary
Description
All showings are by appointment, please contact the listing agent through Corcoran.com SEEKING A BLANK CANVAS? A CLASSIC NYC LOFT WITH 12.5" CEILINGS? MASSIVE SOUTH FACING WINDOWS, ORIGINAL CONCRETE FLOORS and APPROX. 1,515 SQ FT OF SPACE? BRING YOUR DESIGNER, YOUR ARCHITECT, YOUR DOG, YOUR PRE-APPROVAL and COME SEE THIS EPIC RESIDENTIAL SPACE TODAY (AFTER REACHING OUT FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT FIRST). In 1980 the building was converted to a 64 unit Coop. The building features include a live-in superintendent, a full-ti me porter, video security, keyed elevators and bike storage. Located on the corner of 15th Street and 7th Avenue the next resident will have the city at their fingertips. Easy access to subways, parking garage and adjacent to the West Village, Highline and Union Square. Pet-friendly and 80% financing allowed. Guarantors, co-purchasers, gifting are all permitted on a case-by-case basis. The current floorplan shows the original interior bedrooms with loft, bathroom, washer dryer hookup and kitchen. Located in one of Chelsea's most iconic and historic pre-war buildings this property may be the most exciting opportunity on the market today! The stories these walls could tell! This unique space has seen its share of the artistic dynamism of the Village. Home to one of two sisters who fled the cultural wasteland of suburban New Jersey in the 1950s. This artist's salon-like space attracted painters, writers, social organizers and musicians for spirited conversation and sharing of artistic ideas. The operatic arias of the Julliard-trained owner were juxtaposed with the gritty originality of her sister, a 10th Street abstract expressionist painter and sculptor, founder of the March Gallery and denizen of the Cedar Bar. She is an artist featured in the Sotheby's Contemporary Discoveries Auction. A treasure trove of artists such as Franz Kline, de Kooning, Pollock, Motherwell, and Lee Krasner influenced these paint-spattered floors. Originally built in 1919, The Jensen Lewis Building was designed by Henry F. Kilburn as a factory for Street & Smith Publications, Inc. a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as dime novels and pulp fiction. They also published comic books and sporting yearbooks.
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