49 West 9th Street
49 West Ninth Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues · Greenwich Village
BBL 1005730069 · BIN 1009496
- Year built
- 1855
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Elevator and laundry; private outdoor space in selected residences
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Greenwich Village Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2020
- $1,875
- 1 sale
- Recorded sales
- 9
- On record
- 2005–2024
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About the building
49 West Ninth Street began as a house built in 1855. Howard & Cauldwell rebuilt its front and rear walls in 1897 for use as a boarding residence. Their French Classical design combines a rusticated first story, Flemish-bond brickwork, stone window surrounds and a tall slate mansard roof. A carved panel and arched pediment emphasize the entrance. The building became a seven-apartment cooperative following its sale in the 1970s.
The present layouts include substantial single-level apartments, combined homes and duplex penthouses. Upper duplexes have private terraces. Apartment sizes vary considerably, from one-bedroom layouts to homes with several bedrooms and separate entertaining rooms. An elevator serves the building, and the original broad-house proportions remain evident in the width of the principal rooms.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2020 | 4AB | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,000 sf | $3,750,000 | $1,875/sf | -13.8% |
| Mar 13, 2017 | PH5A | 1 BR · 1,000 sf | $2,850,000 | $2,850/sf | — |
| Apr 17, 2008 | PH5B | 3 BR · 2,018 sf | $3,750,000 | $1,858/sf | +13.6% |
| Mar 3, 2005 | PH5A | 1 BR · 1,000 sf | $1,375,000 | $1,375/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2020): a median $1,875/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2024.
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 1-00573-0069). 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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What to know if you’re buying
The penthouses occupy a historic roof structure. Terrace access and alterations near the slate mansard, dormers and copper cresting can involve both the cooperative's rights and LPC approval. Those exterior elements belong to the building's designated architectural character, even where the outdoor space is reserved for a particular apartment.
Comparable buildings
- 226 West 11th Street: A cooperative with a similarly small inventory in a nineteenth-century building.
- 53 West 11th Street: A low-rise prewar cooperative with a larger ownership group.
- 16 East 11th Street: Another cooperative in older low-rise buildings for comparing converted layouts.
- 35 West Ninth Street: A larger apartment-house cooperative on the same block.
More Greenwich Village buildings
- 48 East 13th Street (35 East 12th Street), 48 East 13th Street and 35 East 12th Street — 1900 co-op
- 49 East 12th Street — 1910 co-op
- 49 West 12th Street — 1952 co-op
- 51 Fifth Avenue — 1929 co-op
- 53 West 11th Street — 1891 co-op by George F. Pelham
- 55 East 11th Street — 1908 co-op
The neighborhood
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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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