- Year built
- 1831
- Type
- Condop
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Elevator; in-home laundry; outdoor space at penthouse level
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About the building
39 White Street began as a house built for Thomas Barron in 1831–32. Its conversion for commercial use in 1860–61 raised the existing structure to insert a ground-floor storefront and added height above. The resulting exterior combines the earlier house with Italianate commercial alterations. Today the residential cooperative owns the four-apartment portion of a condominium, with the commercial space on a separate condominium lot.
The 25-foot-wide building contains elevator-served lofts with tall ceilings, exposed brick and surviving pressed-metal ceilings in some interiors. Architect Jon Handley's penthouse enlargement created a duplex with decks and skylights; that alteration was permitted in 2010 and signed off by DOB in 2015. The private outdoor areas are associated with the upper residence.
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 | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2025 | 3 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,000 sf | $3,400,000 | $1,700/sf | -2.7% |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 3 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $3,200,000 | -11.0% | |
| Apr 12, 2007 | 4 | 1,925 sf | $1,600,000 | $831/sf | +10.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,700/sf across 1 sale.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00175-7502) 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; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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What to know if you’re buying
A residential purchase here transfers cooperative shares and a proprietary lease. The condop structure also places the four-home residential corporation inside a broader condominium, so buyers should distinguish the residential board's approval powers from the condominium's allocation of building-wide expenses.
Comparable buildings
- 47 Walker Street — Another historic loft condop with distinct residential and commercial ownership.
- 9 White Street — A three-residence loft cooperative offering an even smaller shareholder group.
- 1 Worth Street — A loft cooperative in a warehouse designed by McKim, Mead & White.
More Tribeca buildings
- 38 North Moore Street — 1902 condop
- 39 North Moore Street — 1908 condominium
- 39 Vestry Street — 2000 condominium
- 39–41 Worth Street — co-op
- 40 Mercer Street — 2007 condominium
- 41 North Moore Street — 1903 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Tribeca — read The Roebling Team Guide to Tribeca.
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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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