479 Greenwich Street
479 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013
BBL 1005947501 · BIN 1010288
- Year built
- 1909
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 18
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Confirm current house rules at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2023
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $2,129
- Listing discount
- 3.3%
- Recorded sales
- 23
- On record
- 2004–2023
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 479 Greenwich 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.
479 Greenwich Street is a boutique loft condominium near the corner of Canal and Greenwich Streets, at the Hudson Square / West Tribeca border. Built around 1909 as a low-rise masonry loft/warehouse, it is a roughly six-story building with approximately 18 residences. The condominium spans a small assemblage of adjoining Greenwich Street addresses; 479 serves as the primary address.
The proposition is authentic loft living in a low-density building near Hudson River Park and SoHo. It offers the masonry-loft character buyers seek in West Tribeca, at a boutique scale that keeps operations simple. For the buyer who wants a quiet, tightly held loft condominium at the Hudson Square edge of Tribeca, the building is a rare find.
Building operations
The condominium runs lean and loft-appropriate: an elevator, private storage, and superintendent / part-time staff, with no full-time doorman documented — the right service level for a boutique low-rise loft building, and a factor in keeping common charges contained. Describe it as a boutique loft condominium with an elevator and superintendent rather than a full-service building.
As a condominium, ownership is by deed: purchases are subject to the condominium's right of first refusal rather than board approval, and financing, pied-à-terre use, and subletting are generally more flexible than in a co-op. Confirm the current pet policy, common charges, real estate taxes, and any assessments at offer stage.
Architecture and residences
Built circa 1909 as a low-rise masonry loft/warehouse, the building rises approximately six stories with roughly 18 residences. It carries the loft attributes buyers look for — masonry construction, high ceilings, and generous floorplates — at a boutique scale that keeps the condominium simple to operate. Because the condominium spans a small assemblage of adjoining Greenwich Street addresses, comparables should treat 479 as the primary address and account for the assembled footprint. (The original architect is not documented in the public record.)
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 record last verified September 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. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
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. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
Condo pricing is read on a price-per-square-foot basis, and 479 Greenwich sits within the Tribeca / Hudson Square loft market, where price-per-square-foot is generally strong. The building is tightly held with thin trades, so resale volume is genuinely light — comparable data is limited and any single sale carries outsized weight. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the floor, the ceiling height, the exposure, and renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average, and account for the thin resale volume plainly. Genuinely variable financial figures should be confirmed at offer stage.
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4B | 3 BR · 3,264 sf | $5,900,000 | $1,808/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 2B | 2 BR · 3,276 sf | $4,500,000 | $1,374/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 10, 2020 | 3B | 3 BR · 2 BA · 3,284 sf | $3,900,000 | $1,188/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 28, 2019 | — | 4,003 sf | $3,995,000 | $998/sf | off-mkt |
| Dec 28, 2018 | 5B | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,276 sf | $6,125,000 | $1,870/sf | -12.4% |
| Jan 19, 2016 | 6B | 2 BR · 4,596 sf | $9,975,000 | $2,170/sf | off-mkt |
| Oct 6, 2014 | 5B | 3,000 sf | $3,950,000 | $1,317/sf | -12.2% |
| Jul 21, 2014 | PHB | 4 BR · 4,579 sf | $8,500,000 | $1,856/sf | -5.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2023) cleared a median $2,129/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 3.3% 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 1-00594-7501). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a condominium, so the path is a purchase application and the condominium's right of first refusal rather than a board interview — a more flexible process than a co-op on financing and use. Read the house rules on the points that matter to you, review the condominium's reserve and any planned capital work given the building's age, and confirm how the adjoining addresses factor into the condominium's structure. The reasons to buy are the location and the character: an authentic masonry loft near Hudson River Park and SoHo, at the quieter Hudson Square edge of Tribeca.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the loft character and the location. The circa-1909 masonry origin, the boutique scale, and the Hudson Square / West Tribeca setting sell to a specific buyer who wants an authentic loft near Hudson River Park. Because trades are thin, pricing is an apartment-specific exercise supported by careful comparable work: floor, light, ceiling height, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the building's loft character and location, account plainly for the thin resale volume, and benchmark against the right tier of Tribeca and Hudson Square loft condominiums.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 479 Greenwich Street, also look at these nearby Tribeca and downtown loft buildings:
- 137 Duane Street — landmarked cast-iron loft condominium in Tribeca
- 7 Bond Street — landmarked cast-iron loft condominium in NoHo
- 306 Mott Street — boutique loft-style condominium at the Nolita border
- 832 Broadway — landmarked full-floor loft co-op near Union Square
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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