Stable 49
49 Downing Street, between Bedford and Varick Streets, West Village
BBL 1005280082 · BIN 1008412
- Year built
- 1896
- Type
- Cooperative
- Floors
- 4
- Amenities
- Basement storage and intercom; private elevator, garage and terrace associated with the large penthouse
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2024
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median, 2024
- $1.1M
- 2 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $1.1M – $1.2M
- Listing discount
- -0.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 17
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Stable 49 retains a projecting horse's head above its brick entrance arch, an unusually direct reminder of its original use. Werner and Windolph designed the building in 1896 as a stable and a residence for truckman John F. Caragher. The broad loft interiors reflect the working building behind its Romanesque Revival facade.
After successive commercial uses, it became a multiple residence in 1987. Its ten cooperative homes now range from compact lofts to a very large penthouse, giving the building a more varied inventory than the usual small apartment house. The property joined the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II in 2010.
Architecture and unit composition
Heavy timber posts and beams, exposed brick and tall ceilings survive within the apartments. The building's wide interior spaces accommodate both open loft plans and more extensively divided homes. Smaller apartments around six hundred to nine hundred square feet coexist with larger homes exceeding fifteen hundred square feet.
The penthouse is a separate configuration at the top of the building, with its own entrance, elevator, garage and terrace. Its access and outdoor provisions should not be generalized to the other residences. Most apartments use the common stairs.
Duplex and mezzanine arrangements also appear within the inventory. Later alterations include the reconfiguration of a mezzanine within an existing duplex.
Building operations
Stable 49 is self-managed. Each apartment has a separate water heater. Basement storage and the entry intercom serve the cooperative.
The facade's brick arches and horse-head ornament are part of the designated exterior. Visible changes to these elements, exterior openings and rooftop work fall under LPC review. The building's four-story scale keeps its common circulation compact, while the penthouse's private facilities have their own allocation of use and upkeep.
Policy framework
Pets: Allowed — confirm with the managing agent.
In-unit washer/dryer: Allowed — confirm with the managing agent.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- Requires confirmationCity records and our profile differ.
- Amenities noted
- Garage, 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
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →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 29, 2024 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,100,000 | -2.2% | |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 3B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 871 sf | $1,195,000 | $1,372/sf | +0.0% |
| Feb 16, 2021 | 3A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,700 sf | $1,375,000 | $809/sf | -8.3% |
| Apr 28, 2017 | 2A | 2 BR · 1,600 sf | $2,450,000 | $1,531/sf | -7.5% |
| Oct 7, 2016 | G3 | 1 BR · 1,100 sf | $1,500,000 | $1,364/sf | -24.1% |
| Jun 5, 2015 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 620 sf | $760,000 | $1,226/sf | +8.7% |
| Apr 8, 2014 | 4 | 3 BR · 5,700 sf | $8,300,000 | $1,456/sf | +27.7% |
| Oct 30, 2013 | G1 | 1 BR | $1,595,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,372/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount -0.0% over ask.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2006 | 3C | $335,000 |
| Apr 13, 2006 | 1G | $795,000 |
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 1-00528-0082). 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
- 204 West Houston Street — A nearby loft-to-residential cooperative conversion with shared courtyard space.
- 32 Morton Street — A former commercial building converted to elevator cooperative apartments.
- 459 West Broadway — A small loft cooperative with ground-floor commercial space.
- 451 West Broadway — A similarly small loft cooperative with keyed elevator access.
- 32 Downing Street — A prewar cooperative on the same street, useful for comparing a more conventional apartment-building form.
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- The Luminary, 41–43 Seventh Avenue South — 2008 condominium
- 44 Morton Street, 44 Morton Street · West Village — condominium
- 45 Christopher Street — 1931 condominium by Boak & Paris
- 55 Morton Street — 1900 co-op
- 56 Jane Street — 1852 co-op
- 59 Barrow Street — 1908 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across West Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to West Village.
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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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