- Year built
- 1960
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $1.1M
- Recent range
- $680K – $2.2M
- Listing discount
- 1.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 78
486 Avenue of the Americas is a post-war cooperative at the corner of Sixth Avenue and West 12th Street — one of the central, walk-everywhere addresses in Greenwich Village. Built in 1960, it is a 16-story elevator co-op of 107 residences sitting directly on the neighborhood's busiest north-south retail spine, a block from the heart of the Village and within easy reach of the West Village, Union Square, and the subway lines that converge along Sixth Avenue and 14th Street.
The building's appeal is squarely a lifestyle one: a full-service, doorman elevator co-op in a price tier that keeps the Village accessible, on a corner where everything a resident needs — groceries, restaurants, cafés, the subway — is at the door. For buyers who want the Greenwich Village address and the convenience of full-time service without the premium of a marquee pre-war co-op, it is a practical, well-located choice.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is a straightforward, well-built post-war masonry tower — clean mid-century massing rather than pre-war ornament — with ground-floor retail at its base and residences above served by elevator. Its value is in its bones and its corner: a solid structure on one of the Village's best-connected intersections.
The 107 residences run from studios through one- and two-bedroom layouts, the practical apartment sizes typical of a 1960 co-op, with the parquet floors, windowed kitchens, and efficient plans of the era. Higher floors capture more light and longer outlooks over the low-rise Village rooftops and down the Sixth Avenue corridor. The mix makes the building a natural fit for singles, couples, and pied-à-terre-style use within a primary-residence cooperative.
Building operations
486 Avenue of the Americas runs as a full-service elevator cooperative, with attended lobby and doorman service, elevators, and central laundry, and ground-floor retail tenancy that supports the building's economics. As a cooperative, purchases are subject to board review and the building's financing and residency policies, the standard structure for a Village co-op of this type.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $50,635/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $39
Facade safety — Local Law 11
Safe to live in today — but the last inspection flagged repairs that are due on a deadline, so facade work and its cost are coming. Whether that’s a real concern depends on the scope, the timing, and how the building plans to pay for it — reserves or an assessment — which is exactly what we’d dig into 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2025 | 6BC | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,550,000 | -2.8% | |
| Feb 24, 2025 | 14E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $1,060,000 | $1,413/sf | -16.9% |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 11G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,075,000 | +2.4% | |
| Sep 4, 2024 | 2B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $705,000 | +7.6% | |
| Jan 25, 2024 | 13A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,230,000 | -0.9% | |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 5G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf | $1,040,000 | $1,300/sf | -5.0% |
| Feb 15, 2023 | 11C | 1 BA | $710,000 | -1.4% | |
| Sep 27, 2022 | 14B | 1 BA | $675,000 | -3.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,115/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 1.7% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2025 | 11B | $680,000 |
| Feb 9, 2023 | 11E | $785,000 |
| Nov 15, 2022 | 14C | $725,000 |
| Feb 15, 2022 | 8E | $995,000 |
| Jul 27, 2021 | 4FG | $2,550,000 |
| Apr 15, 2021 | 7G | $945,000 |
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 1-00576-0001) 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
This is a cooperative, so a purchase runs through a board package and interview, and the building maintains the financing and residency policies typical of a Village co-op. Buyers should plan for a primary-residence purchase and a standard board process.
The case for the building is location and service: a full-service elevator co-op on a prime Greenwich Village corner, steps from the neighborhood's restaurants and shops and a short walk to the subway lines along Sixth Avenue and 14th Street, in a price tier that keeps the Village within reach. The most important on-site distinctions are floor and exposure — higher, lighter homes away from the avenue's noise hold the most appeal. Comparable analysis belongs against Greenwich Village's full-service post-war cooperatives.
What to know if you’re selling
Location and full service are the marketing core. A doorman elevator co-op on the Sixth Avenue corner at West 12th Street is a strong, simple story — central, convenient, and full-service — and that combination does the selling.
Benchmark within the building and against Village post-war co-ops. With regular in-building turnover, recent comparable sales here are the first reference point; floor, light, exposure, and renovation status determine where a unit lands.
Light and quiet are the on-site differentiators. Higher-floor homes with strong light and exposures set back from the avenue should anchor positioning; renovated kitchens and baths add measurably to value.
Prepare the board package early. A clean, complete package and a well-qualified, primary-residence buyer move a co-op sale efficiently — we manage that process end to end.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 486 Avenue of the Americas, also evaluate nearby Greenwich Village cooperatives:
- 2 Fifth Avenue — Lower Fifth Avenue cooperative
- 24 Fifth Avenue — Greenwich Village cooperative
- 33 Fifth Avenue — Lower Fifth Avenue cooperative
- 45 Fifth Avenue — Greenwich Village cooperative
- 100 West 12th Street — full-service Village cooperative
The Roebling Team at 486 Avenue of the Americas
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Greenwich Village, the West Village, and the broader downtown market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating a full-service Village cooperative deserve building-specific intelligence — the building's character, its ownership structure, its service model, and how floor and exposure drive value within it.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 486 Avenue of the Americas, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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