The loft
Unit 5A at 137-141 Duane Street is a two-bedroom Tribeca loft of nearly 2,200 square feet with 12-foot pressed-tin ceilings. Exposed brick, painted hardwood floors and oversized windows run through the main room, which in the photographs has white floors and black steel window frames, large enough to hold both the living and dining areas with room left over, and the listing suggests it suits entertaining or simply living with space.
The apartment is on the fifth floor. Beyond the main room are two generously sized bedrooms, plenty of storage and a washer and dryer in the apartment. The kitchen and bath keep to the age of the building. The listing calls it an authentic loft rather than a cookie-cutter renovation, with the original architectural details still in place.
The building
The Diamond on Duane is a condominium of 19 residences with a key-locked elevator and a Butterfly video intercom. City records list five floors, and 137 Duane Street dates to the 1860s by the city and 6sqft accounts, though the two disagree on the year, so no single date is given here. The street sits in South Tribeca among historic buildings, restaurants and independent shops, with several subway lines close.
The name comes from Diamond Shoe Corporation, which bought 137 Duane Street with its adjoining buildings in 1926 and combined them, according to 6sqft citing the Tribeca South designation report. Lesler Group converted the building to condominiums in 2007.
The terms
The loft is available mid-November, and a two-year lease is preferred. Pets are considered case by case.
