59 Fourth Avenue
59 Fourth Avenue, between East 9th and East 10th streets · Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
BBL 1005550011 · BIN 1008955
- Year built
- 1897
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Two elevators and a furnished shared roof deck
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $997
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 20
- On record
- 2004–2025
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59 Fourth Avenue is an eight-story commercial loft building adapted for cooperative residences. Neville & Bagge designed the original structure, and Joseph Pell Lombardi's later work converted upper floors to residential lofts. The building retains the generous floor plates of its store-and-loft origins, with broad open living spaces and barrel-vaulted ceilings in some homes.
The address sits on the short Fourth Avenue stretch south of Union Square. Apartments typically occupy half a floor, with larger combinations also present. A furnished common roof deck adds shared outdoor space above the cooperative.
Architecture and unit composition
The original building belongs to the late-nineteenth-century commercial expansion of this part of the Village. Its neoclassical exterior encloses a roughly 30,000-square-foot structure. Residential conversion work continued beyond the initial adaptation: a DOB alteration associated with Lombardi changed second-floor commercial space to residential use, and another second-floor alteration was permitted in 2016.
The lofts often measure approximately 1,700 to 1,900 square feet. Two-bedroom plans can include a separate office, while larger homes and combinations offer more extensive living areas. Corner apartments have more than one exposure. The internal arrangement follows successive renovations, with open kitchens in some homes and more enclosed rooms in others.
Barrel-vaulted ceilings are a notable surviving feature in selected apartments. These ceilings span living areas that retain the width of the former commercial spaces. In-unit washers and dryers appear in renovated homes.
Building operations
Two elevators serve a small residential inventory. The cooperative's shared outdoor amenity is furnished for residents' use. Commercial space remains part of the building's history and ground-floor arrangement, while upper floors contain the loft homes.
The property's existing floor area is larger than the current residential zoning allowance. Its status outside a designated historic district does not alter that zoning relationship.
Policy framework
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent. Pied-à-terre purchases: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent. Subletting: Permitted under cooperative rules — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2025 | 6B | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $2,475,000 | +10.0% | |
| Sep 2, 2021 | 6B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $1,925,000 | -1.3% | |
| Mar 6, 2019 | 2A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,900 sf | $1,915,000 | $1,008/sf | +0.8% |
| Mar 16, 2018 | 8A | 1 BR | $2,038,000 | +7.5% | |
| Aug 16, 2017 | 7A | 2 BR · 1,700 sf | $1,995,000 | $1,174/sf | +0.0% |
| Apr 9, 2015 | 2B | 2 BR · 1,889 sf | $1,995,000 | $1,056/sf | -33.4% |
| Apr 1, 2015 | 1F | 2 BR · 2,300 sf | $2,475,000 | $1,076/sf | +3.3% |
| Oct 31, 2013 | 6A | 2 BR · 1,700 sf | $2,000,000 | $1,176/sf | +0.3% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2019): a median $997/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
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 1-00555-0011) 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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Comparable buildings
- 34–36 East 10th Street — An early-twentieth-century elevator cooperative with a small residential inventory close to Fourth Avenue.
- 30 East 10th Street — A taller prewar cooperative with a limestone exterior and a similarly limited number of apartments.
- Onyx Court — Harde & Short's Art Nouveau apartment building offers purpose-built prewar layouts and cooperative ownership.
- 832 Broadway — A Ralph Townsend commercial-loft conversion with full-floor homes and large windows.
- 55 East 11th Street — A former warehouse with elevator service and a small cooperative inventory of loft apartments.
More Greenwich Village buildings
- 56 Cooper Square (The Carl Fischer Building) — 1926 condominium
- 57 Greene Street — 1877 condominium
- 57 Thompson Street — 1905 co-op
- 59 West 12th Street — 1931 condominium by Emery Roth
- 60 East 9th Street (The Hamilton) — 1954 condop by H.I. Feldman
- 60 University Place (The Wordsworth) — 1925 co-op by Sugarman & Berger
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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