53 Wooster Street · SoHo Lower Level
750 SF · ASKING $4,450 / MO N
Private entry from the street leads to an open lower level with exposed brick, tile flooring, bright recessed lighting, and a private restroom. Suitable for office, gallery, creative studio, or storage use. Food and beverage not permitted.
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Lower Level Description
53 Wooster Street offers 750 square feet on the lower level, available directly from the owner. Private steps lead down from the street, giving the space its own entrance and a distinct SoHo presence. The open layout suits office, showroom, gallery, creative studio, storage, or low-volume showroom retail use. Exposed brick and tiled floors give the interior texture and warmth. Recessed lighting and a private restroom complete the space. Food and beverage use is not permitted. Set among galleries, design firms, and studios, the address stands in the center of SoHo’s creative district.
Ceiling Height
8’
Frontage
18’
Availability
Immediate
Cultural Legacy
Choreographer Trisha Brown used the rooftop of 53 Wooster in her 1971 performance Roof Piece, which spanned multiple buildings across SoHo and helped define the era’s experimental site-specific dance. By the late 1970s, the building’s ground floor had become a gallery space. In the early 1990s, it housed Giuliano Bugialli’s Florence-based Italian cooking school.
Historical Overview
53 Wooster Street was originally built around 1825 as a two-and-a-half-story brick residence with a marble stoop, part of a modest but respectable stretch of middle-class homes. As the neighborhood shifted toward commercial and transient uses by the mid-19th century, the building transitioned accordingly. In 1870, the attic was expanded into a full third story, a cast-iron storefront was installed, and the façade was updated with bracketed sills, cornices, and fluted pilasters, giving the building its present form in the neo-Grec style. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it housed a sewing machine shop, a French dyeing establishment, a commercial printing firm, and a suitcase frame factory. In 1945, it was acquired by Plymouth Marine Contractors, who remained through the postwar era. As SoHo evolved into an arts district in the 1970s, the building became part of that transformation, notably serving as one of the rooftop sites for Trisha Brown’s 1971 performance piece Roof Piece. The structure now contains retail and residential units, and its preserved 19th-century storefront remains a rare example of pre-Civil War fabric still visible amid the cast-iron streetscape. It is listed as a contributing building in the SoHo–Cast Iron Historic District Extension.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The bathroom included with this space is private.
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