306 West 4th Street
306 West 4th Street, between Bank and West 12th streets · West Village
West Village
BBL 1006240052 · BIN 1011387
- Year built
- 1886
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
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306 West 4th Street is an 1886 brick apartment house designed by Charles Rentz for Charles Frank. It retains a five-story residential form on the short stretch of West 4th Street between Bank and West 12th streets. The cooperative's homes are predominantly smaller prewar apartments, with combinations creating a second category of larger residences.
LPC records a 1938 alteration that removed the original stoop. A high parapet was also added later. The building became a cooperative in the late 1980s and now contains a small shareholder inventory within the Greenwich Village Historic District.
Architecture and unit composition
The facade's stone window lintels turn down at their ends to form short vertical blocks, which meet horizontal stone bands. Those details give the brick elevation a stronger horizontal organization than a plain tenement front. The altered entrance and high parapet are part of its later architectural history.
Apartments include one-bedroom plans with high ceilings, original moldings and decorative fireplaces. Some homes have both eastern and southern exposures. Windowed kitchens and bathrooms appear in the inventory, with room arrangements and renovations varying among the homes.
Larger residences have been created by joining adjacent apartments. Such combinations can preserve a passage between two original plans, with more than one kitchen or bathroom arrangement remaining before a comprehensive renovation. A combined offering may therefore represent substantial space with further work needed to unify its circulation.
Building operations
The cooperative is professionally managed, with an off-site superintendent and voice-intercom entry. Bicycle storage and other basement storage serve shareholders. Heat and hot water are included in maintenance.
The building is a walk-up. The lack of an elevator directly affects access to the upper floors, while lower-floor homes can offer larger combined layouts within a shorter stair climb. The historic-district designation brings exterior alterations under LPC review, including changes affecting the street-facing windows and facade.
Policy framework
Financing: Up to 80 percent, requiring at least 20 percent down — confirm with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre use: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Subletting: Permitted subject to the cooperative's terms — confirm with the managing agent.
In-unit laundry: Electric washers and dryers may be installed with board approval — confirm with the managing agent.
Flip tax: None — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2025 | D3 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $930,000 | -2.1% |
| Jul 14, 2025 | B1B2 | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,625,000 | -3.0% |
| Mar 19, 2021 | C1 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $925,000 | -5.1% |
| Oct 14, 2020 | E1 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $980,000 | -1.5% |
| Jan 10, 2019 | A3 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $890,000 | -3.8% |
| Apr 23, 2018 | A1 | 1 BR | $925,000 | -5.1% |
| Apr 15, 2014 | E1 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $901,550 | +13.4% |
| May 21, 2013 | C1 | 1 BR | $827,000 | +4.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2009): a median $1,009/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 1.4% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2009 | E2 | $550,000 |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00624-0052) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
Fireplace use: Apartments retain decorative fireplaces. A mantel isn't permission to burn wood; confirm with the managing agent which fireplaces can be used.
Comparable buildings
- 281 West 11th Street: A nearby small prewar cooperative with a similar five-story form.
- The Liberty: A similarly scaled nineteenth-century cooperative on Hudson Street.
- 79 Perry Street: A smaller prewar cooperative on another West Village side street.
- 652 Hudson Street: A low-rise prewar cooperative with a similarly limited inventory.
- 84–88 Charles Street: A larger prewar cooperative alternative within the same neighborhood.
More West Village buildings
- 296 West 10th Street — 1998 condominium
- 299 West 12th Street — 1930 condominium by Emery Roth
- 302 West 12th Street — 1929 condominium by Boak & Paris
- 321 West 13th Street — 1907 condominium
- 323 West 11th Street — 1897 co-op by Neville & Bagge
- 343 West 12th Street — 1833 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across West Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to West Village.
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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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