- Year built
- 1880
- Type
- Former commercial building with residential lofts above ground-floor commercial space
- Amenities
- Keyed elevator; bicycle room; private outdoor space in some homes
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District Extension
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median, 2023–2026
- $3.9M
- 2 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $2.8M – $5M
- Listing discount
- 3.8%
- Recorded transfers
- 26
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478 West Broadway occupies a through-block site with frontages on West Broadway and Thompson Street. Designed by D. & J. Jardine for developer Amos R. Eno, the five-story building began as commercial space and now contains large cooperative lofts. Its broad masonry elevations and shallow overall height produce a different residential scale from the taller commercial towers farther east in SoHo.
Architecture and unit composition
The brick façades have seven bays, with cast-iron columns at street level, projecting window sills and a corbelled cornice. A central gable marks the West Broadway roofline. The building's early users included paper-bag and box manufacturers; later occupants included the Central Falls Restaurant and galleries. LPC documents the transition to residential lofts on the upper floors.
The apartments include open lofts, divided bedroom plans and larger penthouse configurations. Several ordinary-floor resales have involved homes of roughly 1,750–1,800 square feet, while penthouse transactions have included larger spaces. Keyed elevator entry is part of the loft access arrangement. Renovated interiors can incorporate enclosed bedrooms around an open living and dining area, with the extent of enclosure varying by home.
Private outdoor space belongs to selected residences. It should be valued with the particular apartment's interior area and access, especially when comparing upper-floor homes with lofts below. Central air conditioning and in-unit laundry occur in individual homes, but renovation history and equipment vary across the cooperative.
Building operations
The building combines residential ownership with ground-floor commercial premises. Its two street frontages mean commercial storefronts and residential entrances occupy different portions of the same property. The bicycle room provides shared storage for bicycles, while the elevator is a central service for the upper-floor lofts.
Historic-district designation covers the building's exterior, including both street elevations. Work to windows, storefronts and rooftop elements falls within that preservation setting. The building also contains more floor area than the current residential zoning allowance shown for the lot; additional buildable space should not be inferred from its five-story height.
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Not verified
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Bike 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
- $398/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $2
- Modeled exposure split equally across 17 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; how a building allocates a shared cost depends on its governing documents.
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 →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 6, 2026 | 4N | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,200 sf | $4,975,000 | $2,261/sf | -5.7% |
| Jun 9, 2023 | 2 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,700 sf | $2,812,500 | $1,042/sf | -13.5% |
| Aug 30, 2021 | 4B | 1 BR · 2 BA | $2,200,000 | -10.2% | |
| Jun 6, 2019 | 3 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,800 sf | $2,700,000 | $1,500/sf | -1.8% |
| Aug 17, 2016 | 4B | 1 BR | $1,900,000 | -8.4% | |
| Aug 10, 2010 | 2N | 1 BR · 1,750 sf | $1,650,000 | $943/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 3, 2010 | PH5S | 3 BR · 2,535 sf | $3,995,000 | $1,576/sf | +0.0% |
| Sep 25, 2007 | 4SW | 1 BR · 1,200 sf | $1,395,000 | $1,163/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $2,261/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.3% 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 1-00516-0026). 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
- 465 West Broadway — A nearby prewar cooperative for comparing substantial SoHo lofts within the same street market.
- The West Broadway Arches — A commercial-era cooperative with a more strongly arched façade and a larger residential inventory.
- Tri-Prince, Inc. — A small loft cooperative offering a similar ownership scale on Prince Street.
- 459 West Broadway — Another older loft cooperative with fewer residences, useful for comparing how building costs are shared.
- 451 West Broadway — A close architectural and tenure comparison among the street's nineteenth-century commercial conversions.
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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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