Novare
135 West 4th Street, between MacDougal Street and Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village
BBL 1005527503 · BIN 1087257
- Year built
- 1859
- Type
- Condominium
- Amenities
- Elevator, virtual doorman and common storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Greenwich Village Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Requires confirmation
Every recorded sale at this building, 2007–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,411
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 19
- On record
- 2007–2026
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About the building
Novare is the residential conversion of the former Washington Square Methodist church, designed by Gamaliel King and built in 1859–1860. Its marble façade, narrow buttresses and stained-glass windows survive within the Greenwich Village Historic District. FLANK's conversion inserted new floors into the existing envelope and introduced rear openings and light wells to serve the apartments. The residential work was permitted in March 2006 and signed off in June 2008, with original sales beginning in 2007.
Eight homes occupy the converted structure, including lower garden residences, paired middle-floor apartments and large duplex penthouses. The middle layouts are approximately 1,800 to 2,050 square feet, while the penthouses approach 3,500 square feet. Direct elevator access, tall interior volumes and retained stained glass distinguish the residential spaces. Private gardens and upper terraces accompany selected homes; the entrance atrium and common storage serve the association.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Requires confirmationSources differ. Confirm with building management.
- Concierge
- YesSource: recent listing records
- Virtual or video entry
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- GardenSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | 2W | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,807 sf | $2,550,000 | $1,411/sf | -1.9% |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 3E | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,050 sf | $2,400,000 | $1,171/sf | -7.7% |
| Oct 3, 2019 | ONEWEST | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,900 sf | $2,900,000 | $1,526/sf | -12.0% |
| Nov 11, 2016 | 3EAST | 2 BR · 2,027 sf | $3,000,000 | $1,480/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | PHW | 3 BR · 3,500 sf | $10,750,000 | $3,071/sf | -14.0% |
| Aug 4, 2015 | 2E | 2 BR · 1,884 sf | $3,150,000 | $1,672/sf | -3.1% |
| Sep 24, 2014 | 3W | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,033 sf | $3,200,000 | $1,574/sf | — |
| Feb 15, 2013 | 2E | 2 BR · 1,874 sf | $1,990,000 | $1,062/sf | — |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,411/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00552-7503; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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What to know if you’re buying
The retained marble façade and stained glass require specialized maintenance within an eight-home association. Those historic elements form part of the apartments' appeal while remaining tied to the building's protected exterior; alterations and replacement work have to account for preservation requirements and the condominium's allocation of responsibility.
Comparable buildings
- The Village Condominium — A small loft conversion with full-floor residences in a former commercial building.
- 147 Waverly Place — A larger prewar condominium conversion nearby, providing a different inherited building form.
- 30 West 9th Street — A low-rise prewar condominium conversion with a broader apartment inventory.
More Greenwich Village buildings
- The Claremont at Union Square, 126 University Place — 1950 condominium
- 130 East 12th Street (First Village) — 1905 condominium
- 135 West 3rd Street — 1907 condominium
- 137 East 13th Street — condominium
- 173 MacDougal Street — 1890 condominium
- 177 Thompson Street — 1903 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Greenwich Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenwich Village.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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