- Year built
- 1881
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
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
- $1,454
- Listing discount
- 1.4%
- Recorded sales
- 39
- On record
- 2004–2022
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 — that new construction can only approximate, in a building with the character that only the original masonry stock carries.
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.
With 36 homes across ten floors, the residences run large by Manhattan standards, averaging well over 1,900 square feet on a per-unit basis. Expect the loft hallmarks: high ceilings, hardwood floors, oversized windows, and open, flexible layouts that owners have tailored over the years. Full-floor and near-full-floor configurations are part of the building's vocabulary, and the deep plates lend themselves to the gracious entertaining proportions that drew buyers to Tribeca lofts in the first place.
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.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| 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 across 1 sale. 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) 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.
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. Co-op ownership rewards buyers who intend to live in the building; for the right owner-occupant, the trade-off is access to loft scale and a stable, low-turnover building in the best part of Tribeca.
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, the attributes new construction cannot manufacture. Sellers should foreground the loft proportions and the boutique, owner-occupied character of the building, both of which separate a home here from the deeper inventory of newer downtown condominiums.
Inventory is thin and turnover slow, so a well-prepared listing competes against few direct peers. 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 — boutique Tribeca loft conversion
- 134 Duane Street — an 1859–60 Italianate store-and-loft cooperative
The neighborhood
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