- Year built
- 1881
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Tribeca West Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2022
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2022
- $1,454
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 1.4%
- Recorded sales
- 38
- On record
- 2004–2022
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 47 Hudson Street 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.
47 Hudson Street is exactly the kind of building that defined Tribeca's transformation: a robust 19th-century commercial loft structure, built when this stretch of Hudson Street carried the warehouses and counting-houses of lower Manhattan's mercantile trade, later reborn as a cooperative of large, light-filled loft homes. With 36 residences across ten stories, it sits in the boutique, owner-occupied register that buyers prize in Tribeca — small enough to feel private, substantial enough to deliver true loft scale.
The location is the heart of the appeal. Hudson Street is one of Tribeca's defining north-south spines, lined with the cobblestone side streets, restored cast-iron facades, and destination restaurants that made the neighborhood the city's most coveted downtown address. The building sits within easy reach of the Hudson Square border, the West Side waterfront and its greenway, Washington Market Park, and the 1 train at Franklin Street, with the A/C/E at Canal a short walk east.
As a cooperative converted from commercial use, 47 Hudson offers the genuine loft product — high ceilings, deep floor plates, oversized windows — within an original masonry structure. Compare those features with specific new and converted alternatives rather than treating them as exclusive to older construction.
Architecture and unit composition
The building belongs to the family of late-19th-century Tribeca loft structures: a masonry elevation built for industry, with the generous fenestration and structural depth that made these buildings so adaptable to residential life a century later. That industrial origin is the asset — it produced the column-spanned, light-on-two-sides floor plates that command a premium in today's market.
The building contains 36 homes across ten floors. A building-area ratio of over 1,900 square feet per unit is not an interior measurement or proof that individual apartments are large; use the specific floor plan and verified dimensions. Expect the loft hallmarks: high ceilings, hardwood floors, oversized windows, and open, flexible layouts that owners have tailored over the years. Confirm any full-floor or near-full-floor configuration from the specific apartment's plans; the building's gross area and unit count do not establish it.
Building operations
47 Hudson runs as a cooperative at boutique scale, with superintendent service and the practical, owner-driven management style typical of a small Tribeca loft building. The intimacy is the point: fewer households, lower traffic, and a building culture set by long-term owners rather than a large management bureaucracy.
As a cooperative, ownership here follows the co-op model — purchases clear through a board review and admissions package, and the building's house rules govern subletting, financing, and alterations. That structure rewards committed, owner-occupant buyers, which is consistent with the building's profile and helps preserve the stability that makes boutique Tribeca co-ops attractive over the long term.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- StorageSource: 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
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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 →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2022 | 8B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,350 sf | $2,250,000 | $1,667/sf | -2.0% |
| Jun 24, 2019 | 8C | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,850 sf | $3,325,000 | $1,797/sf | +4.1% |
| Apr 8, 2019 | 2B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $2,050,000 | -7.9% | |
| Jan 28, 2019 | 4B | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,350 sf | $1,875,000 | $1,389/sf | -10.6% |
| Apr 30, 2015 | 3B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,350 sf | $2,095,000 | $1,552/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 4, 2014 | 4D | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,375,000 | +3.5% | |
| Aug 8, 2012 | 3D | 2 BR · 1,550 sf | $1,875,000 | $1,210/sf | -6.0% |
| Mar 15, 2012 | 7D | 2 BR · 1,550 sf | $2,150,000 | $1,387/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2022) cleared a median $1,454/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 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.
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 1-00143-0001). 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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What to know if you’re buying
The opportunity is real loft space in a boutique Tribeca cooperative — a combination that is genuinely hard to replicate. Buyers should evaluate each home on its own terms, since loft layouts vary widely in light, exposure, and how previous owners configured the open plates. The largest and best-positioned homes carry a premium that reflects the scarcity of comparable loft inventory downtown.
Because it is a cooperative, plan for a board package and admissions process, and review the building's posture on financing, subletting, and alterations before you commit. The purchase includes both the apartment and membership in the cooperative; evaluate the actual services, finances and occupancy rules rather than presuming stability from tenure.
What to know if you’re selling
The marketing core is the loft itself — ceiling height, light, and floor-plate depth in a converted 19th-century Tribeca building. Sellers should document the apartment's actual proportions, retained materials and condition, and compare them with specific alternatives; the conversion history alone does not establish unique features or current owner occupancy.
Establish current inventory and sale frequency from actual listings and dated transfers; the building's size does not establish scarce competition. Pricing should be benchmarked against the building's own history and the small set of comparable Tribeca loft co-ops, with condition and light driving the final number. Preparing a clean, complete board package and presenting the home's flexibility to a qualified owner-occupant buyer is the path to the smoothest transaction.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 47 Hudson Street, also evaluate these nearby Tribeca loft buildings:
- 100 Hudson Street — Tribeca loft building on the same corridor
- 16 Hudson Street — converted Tribeca warehouse cooperative
- 55 Hudson Street — Hudson Street Tribeca peer
- 145 Hudson Street — Tribeca loft building to the north
- 57 Reade Street — nearby Tribeca building; compare its construction and unit format separately
- 134 Duane Street — an 1859–60 Italianate store-and-loft cooperative
More Tribeca buildings
- 44 Lispenard Street — 1866 condominium
- 45 Lispenard Street — 1895 co-op
- 46 Lispenard Street — 1866 condominium
- 47 Walker Street — 1867 condop
- 48 Beach Street — 1905 condominium
- 50 Franklin Street — 2007 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Tribeca — read The Roebling Team Guide to Tribeca.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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