59 Fourth Avenue
59 Fourth Avenue, between East 9th and East 10th streets · Greenwich Village
BBL 1005550011 · BIN 1008955
- Year built
- 1897
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Two elevators and a furnished shared roof deck
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
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, 2019
- $997
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- 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.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Roof deckSource: 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
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $6,128/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $41,278/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $36 – $246
- Modeled exposure split equally across 14 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. 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 data last refreshed October 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (floor-adjusted) 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). 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
- 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
- 51 Fifth Avenue — 1929 co-op
- 53 West 11th Street — 1891 co-op by George F. Pelham
- 55 East 11th Street — 1908 co-op
- 59 West 12th Street — 1931 condominium by Emery Roth
- 60 East 8th Street — 1965 condop
- 60 East 9th Street (The Hamilton) — 1954 condop by H.I. Feldman
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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