50 King Street
50 King Street, New York, NY 10014
BBL 1005190014 · BIN 1008086
- Year built
- 1955
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 57
- Floors
- 10
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Live-in superintendent, elevator, central laundry, bike storage, and an on-site parking garage, per management-sourced and listing records. No attended lobby is documented
- Pets
- Permitted per listing and management-sourced records — confirm size and count limits in the house rules
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $713K
- Recent range
- $565K – $2.4M
- Listing discount
- 7.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 54
The Charlton–King–Vandam Historic District was the fourth historic district New York ever designated, in August 1966, and it protects the city's densest surviving concentration of Federal-style row houses — three quiet blocks laid out on the ground of the old Richmond Hill estate and developed by John Jacob Astor in the 1820s. 50 King Street is not one of those houses. It is a ten-story brick apartment building from 1955, built on the block a decade before the district existed, and swept inside the boundary when the lines were drawn.
That is the whole thesis of the building. It is the only way to buy an elevator apartment, with a garage, on a landmarked Federal row-house block in Hudson Square. Everything around it is two to four stories and two hundred years old. Nothing of this scale can be built here again — the lot is already developed at 5.78 FAR against an R6 residential allowance of 2.43, so the building is substantially non-complying under current zoning, and the historic district forecloses replacement in any case. The apartments' light and outlook are protected by the same designation that protects the neighbors.
The trade is real and buyers should see it clearly. This is a plain post-war building, not an architectural object — LPC's own surveyors classified the design as vernacular and could not identify the architect or the original developer. There is no attended lobby, no fitness room, no roof deck in the public record. What there is: an elevator, a live-in superintendent, central laundry, bike storage, an on-site garage, and a location that has quietly become one of the best-connected addresses in lower Manhattan, with the 1 at Houston, the C and E at Spring, and Hudson River Park four blocks west.
The building has also been through something. The February 2022 Local Law 11 cycle-9 filing returned UNSAFE, and it took four subsequent filings across three years before an amended report in February 2025 restored a SAFE status, which the February 2026 cycle-10 initial filing confirmed. Over the same window the cooperative's blanket mortgage was consolidated in September 2020 at $2,750,000, including about $1.65 million of new money. Those are two separate facts from two separate public records, and we are not going to assert a causal link the record does not state — but any buyer should ask the managing agent what the 2020 borrowing funded, what the façade program cost, and whether any of it was assessed.
Architecture and unit composition
Ten stories of brick on a 75-by-100-foot interior lot, 43,346 gross square feet, of which 40,346 is residential. Divided across the as-built 57 apartments that is roughly 700 gross square feet per unit — this was built as a building of studios, one-bedrooms and modest two-bedrooms, and the small-unit character still governs the resale stock.
The counterweight is combination. Department of Buildings filings show shareholders merging side-by-side apartments steadily since 2001 — the C and D lines on the second, third and fourth floors, the B and C lines on the ninth twice over, E and F on the sixth, and more in 2014 and 2019. The result is a building with two distinct products: original-footprint small apartments, and a growing set of combined units that read as genuine two- and three-bedroom homes. City data has not kept up with any of it, which is why PLUTO's 57 should be treated as a historical number.
Penthouse-level apartments carry terraces — DOB filings record terrace door and window replacement at Penthouse A in 2007 and parapet repair at the penthouse level in 2014. The lobby and entrance doors were renovated under a 2000 filing, and an accessibility ramp was constructed in 2017.
Building operations
The building is staffed by a live-in superintendent rather than a doorman, which is the ordinary configuration for a cooperative of this size and vintage. Central laundry, bike storage and the on-site garage are documented in management-sourced and listing records; the garage is consistent with the 3,000 square feet of commercial area PLUTO assigns to the lot. Management is by a third-party agent.
Capital work visible in the public record runs steadily rather than in bursts: façade restoration filed in 2011 with a sidewalk shed, further façade and scaffold work in 2014–2015, partial rear façade repair in 2015, a gas service conversion at the boiler in 2012, and a combined façade and roof repair filing in June 2020. The cycle-9 façade sequence described above sits on top of that history.
Policy framework
We are publishing only what we can support, and for this building that is less than we would like.
Pets, pieds-à-terre, guarantors, co-purchase and parental purchase are all reported as permitted or considered in listing and management-sourced records. Those are the flexible end of the co-op spectrum and, if current, they widen the buyer pool meaningfully relative to comparable downtown cooperatives.
The financing ceiling, minimum down payment, post-closing liquidity requirement, flip tax and sublet policy are not documented in any source we are willing to publish. No offering plan for 50 King Street was located in either the Compass Offering Plan Library or The Roebling Research Library, and the cooperative does not publish its policies. Every one of these terms should come to you in writing from the managing agent before you commit to a price, and your attorney should read the proprietary lease, the current house rules, and the last two years of financial statements and board minutes.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $10,002/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $15
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).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
50 King Street trades as the value entry to a landmarked, low-rise, high-demand pocket. Pricing here is a function of three things in this order: whether the apartment is an original small footprint or a combination, whether it has been renovated to a current standard, and floor and exposure. Combined apartments and penthouse-level units with terraces sit in a different band from the original-footprint stock and should be underwritten against Hudson Square and West Village elevator co-ops rather than against the district's row-house condominiums, which carry a scarcity premium this building does not.
Because the building is a cooperative, a buyer's monthly number is maintenance — which carries the shareholder's pro-rata share of real estate taxes and of debt service on the blanket mortgage — not common charges plus a separate tax bill. Compare it that way. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | 9A | 1 BA | $565,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 6AB | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,425,000 | -1.0% | |
| Nov 10, 2025 | PHA | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,650,000 | -18.5% | |
| Oct 7, 2024 | 2EF | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,530,000 | -14.8% | |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 9D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $775,000 | -8.8% | |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 8E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $650,000 | $1,083/sf | -7.1% |
| Jun 2, 2022 | 8B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,150,000 | +0.0% | |
| Feb 23, 2022 | 9BC | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,400,000 | -5.9% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $1,093/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 1.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2009 | 3E | $495,000 |
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 1-00519-0014) 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
Get the policy stack in writing first. The financing ceiling and flip tax are the two numbers most likely to change your offer, and neither is public. Ask for them, plus the sublet rules and any pied-à-terre conditions, before you fall in love with an apartment. Then run the Co-op Board Qualification Calculator against the actual requirement rather than a downtown average.
Read the façade file. A cycle-9 UNSAFE status that took from February 2022 to February 2025 to clear is a real event in a small building's finances. Ask what it cost, how it was funded, whether any assessment is still running, and what the engineer's cycle-10 report says about the next round.
Underwrite the blanket mortgage. The September 2020 consolidation restated principal at $2,750,000. In a 57-unit building that is a meaningful per-share obligation, and its rate and maturity belong in your carrying-cost math. Use the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator.
Confirm what you are actually buying. More than one consumer database lists this building as a condominium. It is a cooperative. If a listing, a lender or a title quote describes it otherwise, correct it early — the financing and approval timelines are not interchangeable.
Landmark status is a maintenance fact, not a decoration. Window replacement, façade repair and any exterior change on this lot need a Landmarks permit. That constrains both the building's capital program and any alteration you might contemplate at the penthouse level.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the block, then the building. A landmarked Federal row-house district with an elevator and a garage is a specific, findable proposition. Buyers searching Hudson Square and West SoHo for elevator service at this price point have a short list, and this building is on it.
Document the façade resolution. A SAFE cycle-10 filing dated February 2026 is a selling point, and it answers the first question a well-advised buyer's attorney will ask. Have the report, the closeout, and the assessment history ready.
If your apartment is a combination, say so and prove it. Combined units at 50 King Street are a different product from the original small footprints, and the DOB alteration record substantiates the work. That documentation shortens diligence and supports the price.
Condition is the swing factor. The original-footprint stock renovates well but rewards finished work. Run the Renovation Cost Calculator before deciding whether to sell as-is or to invest ahead of listing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 50 King Street, also evaluate:
- 2 King Street — the immediate cooperative comparable on the same street, inside the same historic district
- 11 Charlton Street — small cooperative one block north, in the same designation
- 2 Charlton Street (The Charlton House) — the corridor's larger full-service cooperative alternative
- 104 Charlton Street — condominium alternative on the same three-block grid
- 110 Charlton Street — newer condominium product in Hudson Square
- 208 Avenue of the Americas — cooperative on the same tax block, avenue-facing
- 182 West Houston Street (Breen Towers) — post-war elevator cooperative a few blocks north, similar operating profile
- 482 Hudson Street — small West Village cooperative for buyers weighing neighborhood against building
- 330 Spring Street — Hudson Square condominium with full amenity for buyers who want services
- 421 Hudson Street (The Printing House) — the amenity-heavy loft condominium comparison at a higher carrying cost
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Greenwich Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenwich Village.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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.
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