Real Estate Red Hook

Red Hook Loft With High Ceilings, Exposed Brick Asks $3,400 a Month

At one time home to the makers of Vaseline, the former factory contains true loft spaces with big windows and wood floors.

loft with lofted bed, kitchen along one wall

Photo via Living NY

by Susan De Vries

09/18/2025 0

In a former factory building, this old-school Red Hook loft for rent has high ceilings, wood floors, exposed brick, arched windows, and a sleeping loft. The industrial facility at 5 Delavan Street was converted to housing in the early 2000s.

Dubbed the Monarch Luggage Lofts after one of the last companies in residence before the conversion, the housing complex consists of two buildings. There is a late 19th century red brick one, which wraps around the corner of Dwight Street, and an early 20th century structure adjoining it on Delavan Street. Both have signage for the luggage company on their facades. Historic maps show the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, producer of Vaseline, occupied the block for much of the late 19th and early 20th century. The maps and historic newspaper accounts also show the name of the street was at one time spelled “Delevan” rather than “Delavan.” The residential conversion got its final certificate of occupancy in 2005 and many early renters used the units as live/work spaces.

In this second-floor apartment, three windows provide light to the high-ceilinged space. The kitchen stretches across one short wall and isn’t exactly lavish, but it does have wood upper and lower cabinets.

A steep ladder-like staircase, sans railing, leads to the sleeping loft. The ceiling is low up there, but the space looks large enough to fit at least a full sized bed plus storage.

The one full bath has white fixtures. The listing notes it has been renovated with a walk-in shower, but that isn’t shown in the photo.

The four-story, 100-unit elevator complex has a live-in super, laundry on each floor, and a shared courtyard.

Kelly Rogers of Living New York has the listing, and the loft is priced at $3,400 a month. What do you think?

[Listing: 5 Delavan Street #2E | Broker: Living New York] GMAP