Service across 10012 and 10013 — the cast-iron loft buildings between Houston and Canal along Broadway, West Broadway, Mercer, Greene, Wooster, Spring, Prince, and Grand. Photo studios, ground-floor retail, residential loft conversions. COI-ready, freight-elevator-savvy, cobblestone-tolerant.
Photo + your building name → exact total → COI emailed to your managing agent within an hour.
Upload Photos & Get Quote →SoHo's signature housing is the cast-iron loft — late-1800s buildings originally built as textile warehouses and small manufacturing, mostly between Houston Street (the north border) and Canal Street (the south border), and between Lafayette and West Broadway. The cast-iron facades on Mercer, Greene, and Wooster Streets are landmarked. Inside, lofts vary widely: some retain their original wide-open warehouse layouts and high ceilings; others have been chopped up into multi-bedroom conversions. Many have working freight elevators, some operator-attended, some self-service, some down for repair more often than they should be.
The other layer of SoHo housing is the newer condo conversions — buildings where loft floors have been converted to luxury condos with concierge service and dedicated loading docks. These are the easier jobs in the neighborhood.
What makes SoHo harder than UES or UWS isn't the buildings — it's the streets. Broadway and West Broadway are tourist-foot-traffic corridors with constant retail delivery competition. The side streets (Mercer, Greene, Wooster) have working cobblestone or Belgian-block paving that slows truck movement. Curbside loading windows are tight; scheduling is everything.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Sofa / Couch | $159 |
| Sectional Sofa (2-Piece) | $190 |
| Sectional Sofa (3-Piece) | $249 |
| Sectional Sofa (4+ Piece) | $307 |
| Mattress — Queen | $139 |
| Mattress — King / Cal King | $154 |
| Refrigerator | $171 |
| Washer or Dryer (each) | $129 |
| Dining Table (6-8 Seat) | $139 |
| Wardrobe / Armoire | $165 |
| Dresser (Standard) | $106 |
| Desk (Standard) | $112 |
| Bed Frame (any size) | $92 |
| TV (42–65") | $91 |
| Peloton / Smart Bike | $108 |
Per-item base prices, same across all NYC boroughs (no borough or floor surcharge). $75 minimum order. 10% bulk discount on 5+ items. Full-cleanout truck-fill pricing also available — from $175 for 1/8 of a 16-cubic-yard truck up to $895 for a full truck. Upload a photo at junkrabbit.nyc for the exact total in 7 seconds.
Most SoHo residential addresses require a Certificate of Insurance to the managing agent. Standard $1M general liability + $1M umbrella; we email the COI within an hour of booking. Once approved, the building's super or resident manager assigns a freight-elevator slot.
Freight reliability varies in cast-iron buildings. Some have well-maintained modern freight elevators with reliable scheduling. Others have older operator-attended freight that runs limited hours (often weekday 9 AM-noon and 1-4 PM only, no weekends). A few are perennially broken. We check status with the building before booking and re-quote if the freight is unavailable — never surprise pricing at the door.
Yes — operator-attended freight is common in older SoHo buildings on Mercer, Greene, and Wooster. We book the slot through your building's super and the crew arrives at the assigned window. Most operator-attended freight buildings allow weekday morning slots (9-noon) and afternoon slots (1-4); weekend freight is rare and often limited to one Saturday per month.
Yes. Photo studio cleanouts are a regular SoHo job type. Easels, light stands, broken backdrops, large-format printer carcasses, broken seamless rolls, palletized samples, the post-show breakdown. We coordinate the freight elevator and provide written disposal manifests for your landlord if the lease requires proof of removal. Pricing is per-item plus any truck-fill bulk rate for high-volume jobs.
Same-day is possible at modern condo conversions with dedicated loading docks (the buildings on Crosby, Spring, and some of the newer Greene Street conversions). For traditional cast-iron lofts with freight elevators, the COI process and freight-slot booking usually mean 24-48 hours from booking to pickup. Book before noon for the fastest turnaround.
Cobblestone and Belgian-block streets (Mercer, Greene, Wooster, parts of Crosby and Broome) slow truck movement but don't damage anything. We use trucks with appropriate suspension and tire compounds for cobblestone work. Load-out itself happens at the curb, not on the cobblestone, so the building entry is normal pavement.
"Loft on Mercer — selling the unit, needed to clear it before the staging service came in. Freight slot was Tuesday 9 AM, crew was waiting at the side-street entrance at 8:55. Done in 90 minutes, no fuss with the operator-attended elevator."
"Closing my photo studio on Wooster — three full kits of light stands, broken backdrops, a busted seamless roll system, two large-format printers. They coordinated through the freight, gave me a written disposal manifest for the landlord. Saved my deposit."
"Newer condo on Spring — building loading dock, freight slot at 8 AM, crew was efficient. Old couch and a queen mattress out before the retail morning rush started. Quote was the price, nothing extra at the door."