Washington View
39½ Washington Square South, at MacDougal Street · Greenwich Village
BBL 1005430052 · BIN 1008759
- Year built
- 1889
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Common laundry and storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the South Village Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median, 2025
- $2M
- 2 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $915K – $2M
- Listing discount
- 8.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 15
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Washington View places an eleven-residence cooperative directly across from Washington Square Park. Thom & Wilson designed the building for developer Martin Disken in 1889–1890, using the heavy arches and textured masonry of the Romanesque Revival. Its corner position opens the façade toward the park and MacDougal Street, with the original building name incorporated into the architecture.
The property was built as multifamily housing. Its five-story scale, ornamented entrance and irregular park-edge address distinguish it from the taller residential blocks elsewhere around the square. The building stands within the South Village Historic District.
Architecture and unit composition
Brick, stone and terra-cotta ornament create a layered façade. A broad arched entrance, carved details and projecting cornice frame the upper windows. Historical records describe decorative brick patterns and a parapet carrying the Washington View name. The building occupies a roughly 34-foot-wide corner lot, with commercial space beneath the residential portion.
The apartments include one- and two-bedroom arrangements, with some larger homes retaining separate dining rooms and generous kitchens. Park-facing rooms gain an open northern outlook across the square. Other rooms look along MacDougal Street or toward the rear, so the park relationship depends on orientation within the building.
Fireplaces, moldings and tall windows survive in parts of the inventory, alongside renovated interiors. The building is a walk-up. Access to the upper homes therefore involves stairs even where the apartment has the broadest park outlook.
Building operations
Common laundry and storage support the small cooperative. The property includes a commercial component at the base, with the apartments above sharing the roof, stair and masonry exterior. The historic façade's brickwork, carved elements and cornice require a preservation approach compatible with its district designation.
Tax Class 2 applies to the property, and no property-specific tax abatement is recorded. The existing building contains more floor area than the current residential FAR allowance; the zoning figure should not be read as permission to reproduce the existing envelope in a new project. Visible exterior alterations remain subject to LPC review.
Policy framework
Pets: Allowed — confirm with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $316 per room a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Laundry roomSource: 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 transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2025 | 9 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,401 sf | $1,999,000 | $1,427/sf | -12.9% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 10 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,906,000 | +3.0% | |
| Oct 18, 2023 | 2 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $915,000 | -8.0% | |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 1 | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,195,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jun 11, 2019 | 4 | 3 BR · 1 BA · 1,050 sf | $1,750,000 | $1,667/sf | -7.7% |
| Nov 20, 2018 | 10 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,625,000 | -4.4% | |
| Aug 22, 2017 | 9 | 2 BR | $2,375,000 | -10.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,427/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 7.7% 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 1-00543-0052). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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Comparable buildings
- 520 LaGuardia Place — A small nineteenth-century cooperative south of the park.
- 53 West 11th Street — A similarly scaled prewar cooperative on an interior Village block.
- 1 Minetta Street — A larger low-rise cooperative within the South Village.
- 32 Downing Street — Older cooperative housing with a modest building scale farther west.
- 32 Washington Square West — A taller prewar cooperative for buyers prioritizing direct park frontage.
More Greenwich Village buildings
- 38 West 9th Street (The Portsmouth) — 1882 co-op by Ralph S. Townsend
- 39 East 12th Street (University Mews) — 1900 co-op
- 39 Fifth Avenue — 1922 co-op by Emery Roth
- 40 East 9th Street (The Sheridan) — 1950 co-op
- 40 Fifth Avenue — 1929 co-op
- 40 University Place — 1926 co-op by Sugarman & Berger
The neighborhood
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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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