29 King Street
29 King Street, New York, NY 10014
BBL 1005207501 · BIN 1008142
- Year built
- 1886
- Type
- Condop
- Floors
- 4
- Ownership structure
- Cooperative; the city classifies the tax lot as a condominium (a condop structure)
- The Roebling Team's building profile
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Requires confirmation
The former Grammar School No. 8 sales history: 23 recorded sales
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2025
- $2,167
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 3.4%
- Recorded sales
- 23
- On record
- 2004–2025
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at The former Grammar School No. 8 would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
A converted nineteenth-century schoolhouse on one of the best-preserved blocks in the Village. King Street between Sixth Avenue and Varick is lined with Federal and Greek Revival row houses from the 1820s, and the whole block sits inside the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District, designated in 1966. No. 29 is the block's one civic building: a Queen Anne public school built in 1886 on the site of earlier row houses, and converted in 1982 into a 38-unit condominium.
The structure is simple. King Street School Associates recorded the condominium declaration in October 1982 and sold units to individual buyers from the first day, with closings running through 1984. ACRIS shows every one of the 38 unit lots in separate private ownership, and no sponsor holdings. The records reviewed refer to an amended declaration dated 2022 and to a 2023 recording; confirm the execution and recording dates on the recorded instrument, and review what changed.
Turnover is low. ACRIS shows only a handful of deeds a year since the late 1980s, and seven of the 38 units have not changed hands since the original sell-out. For a buyer that means limited inventory; for a seller it means few direct comparables.
Architecture and unit composition
The building fronts King Street with three stories of red brick above a limestone ground floor, finished with stone quoins, pedimented windows, a bracketed cornice and a central parapet framing a stone bullseye window and a date panel. Queen Anne was an unusual choice for a city school of the period, and the facade was restored at conversion.
Inside, the conversion divided the schoolrooms into apartments that are small by square footage — mostly under 1,200 square feet on the DOF roll — with schoolroom ceiling heights that many owners have used for mezzanines. DOB filings from 2003, 2010 and later show owners enlarging existing mezzanines and adding bathrooms at mezzanine level, so many units live larger than their recorded size. A penthouse level sits above the original roofline; its two units were combined in 2012. Apartment designations run by floor and letter (1A, 2D, 4H, PHA).
Building operations
Capital work on record. DOB filings show masonry reconstruction in 2004, facade repair in 2010 and a roof replacement in 2019. The building is four stories plus a penthouse, and DOB recorded it in 2010 as not subject to the facade inspection program (FISP), which applies to buildings above six stories.
J-51. DOF's historical J-51 file shows the conversion's J-51 abatement on all 38 unit lots from the 1983 tax year through 1993. Nothing has been on the roll since. Carrying costs are fully taxed, with no burn-off ahead.
Staffing and amenities. No doorman or amenity program is documented. Confirm staffing, storage and any shared outdoor space with the managing agent.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Requires confirmationSources differ. Confirm with building management.
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
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
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $27,821/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $61
- Modeled exposure split equally across 38 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Recent sales
The King Street Condominium trades as small-unit Village condominium product, and price per square foot is the right measure, with one adjustment: a unit with a legal mezzanine lives larger than its recorded footage, so compare on usable area and ceiling height, not the DOF figure alone. Units facing King Street look onto a landmarked row-house block; rear units face the interior of the block. With few sales a year, benchmark against small prewar and conversion condominiums in the South Village and Hudson Square.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2025 | 3I | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,200 sf | $2,599,990 | $2,167/sf | -13.3% |
| Nov 27, 2023 | 4E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 510 sf | $1,275,000 | $2,500/sf | -1.5% |
| Jul 27, 2023 | 1G | 621 sf | $1,210,000 | $1,948/sf | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 598 sf | $1,302,500 | $2,178/sf | -6.6% |
| May 13, 2019 | 1A | 1 BR · 880 sf | $1,980,000 | $2,250/sf | — |
| Feb 25, 2019 | 3H | 1 BR · 851 sf | $1,825,000 | $2,145/sf | -8.8% |
| May 6, 2016 | 3D | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,048 sf | $2,150,000 | $2,052/sf | -3.4% |
| Aug 26, 2014 | 4E | 1 BR · 530 sf | $1,025,000 | $1,934/sf | -4.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $2,167/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 3.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 1-00520-7501; 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
Verify the mezzanine. Ask whether the unit's mezzanine is on DOB plans and signed off. A legal mezzanine is real space; an undocumented one is a problem for your lender and your resale.
Read the amended declaration. The source references a 2022 amendment and a 2023 recording; confirm the separate execution and recording dates on the recorded instrument and find out what changed.
Get the rules in writing. Sublet terms, pets, pied-à-terre use and any right of first refusal are not documented in public records. Get them from the managing agent before you sign.
Respect the landmark. Window, façade and rooftop changes can require LPC approval; staff permits may cover qualifying work, while other proposals require a Certificate of Appropriateness. Ordinary maintenance may be exempt; confirm the route for the actual scope.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the building and the block. A converted 1886 Queen Anne school on a landmarked Federal row-house block is the story.
Document the mezzanine and any combination. Have the DOB sign-offs ready. Buyers will pay for space they can verify.
Be accurate about the history. Built in 1886, converted in 1982, 38 unit lots — not built in 1900, as some records show.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 29 King Street, also evaluate:
- 50 King Street — 1955 elevator cooperative on King Street, in the same historic district
- 2 King Street — postwar cooperative at the Sixth Avenue corner of King Street
- 11 Charlton Street — boutique elevator cooperative one block south, off Sixth Avenue
- 104 Charlton Street — 14-residence loft conversion condominium in Hudson Square, west of Varick
- 204 West Houston Street — loft-building conversion cooperative on the Houston Street edge of the Village
- 2 Charlton Street — full-service Hudson Square cooperative
- 100 Vandam Street — Hudson Square condominium built around an 1888 warehouse
- 70 Charlton Street — 2016 new-construction condominium nearby
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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