59 Pineapple Street

Slee & Bryson's six-story brick building carries the firm's quiet manner: the value is in proportion, masonry, and street presence rather than ornament. The 1982 share schedule covered 71 apartments weighted toward studios, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms — classic Heights prewar scale — with the superintendent's unit at 1-H outside the offering; today's DOF count is 66 units, a difference that combinations would explain but that the records reviewed do not document apartment by apartment, so line-to-line comparison matters less here than the specific apartment's light, floor, and renovation state. North-side units face Pineapple Street's row-house and garden frontage; the Clark Street corridor and the Promenade approaches are each a short block away. Exterior work, windows included, runs through the LPC under the district designation.

59 Pineapple Corp. has operated the building since the 1983-era closing. The operating model is the district's standard for buildings of this scale — resident superintendent, elevator, laundry — and the co-op's financial statements in The Roebling Research Library run from the late 1990s forward, supporting trend-level diligence on maintenance growth and capital practice. Conversion-era service contracts and staffing (including the five-doorman schedule) are historical record rather than current fact; confirm today's staffing and any assessment history with management. Review ordinary façade condition and planned repairs at this 1926 masonry building; establish DOB's actual height classification and whether the greater-than-six-story FISP threshold applies before requesting a statutory cycle report.

Subletting: Under the plan as filed, a sublet requires board approval or, if refused, consent of holders of at least 65 percent of the shares — a shareholder-override provision whose current applicability requires the operative lease, bylaws and valid amendments. Confirm the current sublet policy and any term limits directly with the board.

Resale: Board approval in the standard cooperative form; the plan bars fees on sponsor and unsold-share transfers, a provision whose present applicability depends on current qualifying interests and valid amendments.

Pets, pied-à-terre, washer-dryer, financing limits, flip tax: Not established in the materials reviewed for this profile; confirm against the current house rules and purchase application during diligence.

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.

Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $975/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-00226-0035). 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.

This is the classic district co-op purchase. Prewar rooms, elevator, superintendent, moderate scale — evaluate it on apartment condition and light, and review the building's current budget, audited statements, debt and any assessments.

Confirm the current unit and share ledger. The 1982 plan listed 71 apartments and city records now list 66; the count alone does not show which apartments were combined or whether shares were reallocated. Your attorney should verify the specific unit's shares and any combination approvals.

Ask for current policy in writing. Obtain current written rules and management responses, and have counsel reconcile them with the operative lease, bylaws, plan and valid amendments; age and management responses do not by themselves supersede governing provisions.

The micro-location is the amenity. Fruit Streets quiet, the Promenade three blocks west, and the 2/3 express around the corner — the daily-life case for the building is the block itself.

Name the architects. Slee & Bryson attribution — with 15 Clark Street and the Appellate courthouse as neighbors-in-portfolio — gives the listing a specific architectural history to describe without claiming exclusivity.

Lead with condition. In a building where combinations and renovations set the spread, documented renovation quality and Landmarks-clean alteration files are the price-makers.

Compare the district's six-story buildings using consistent room counts and documented interior areas. Consider moderate-scale prewar cooperatives and relevant full-service Montague corridor buildings, adjusting for actual staff, services, maintenance and apartment features.

Surface the co-op's financial record. A long, steady financial history is an underwriting asset with boards and lenders alike; put it to work in the deal room.

If you're considering 59 Pineapple Street, also evaluate:

• 60 Pineapple Street — the loft-style conversion co-op directly across the street; open plans versus 59's prewar rooms
• 45 Pineapple Street (Hamilton House) — the block's postwar full-service alternative
• 44 Pineapple Street — large co-op neighbor on the same block
• 15 Clark Street — Slee & Bryson's own Heights apartment house one block north; the direct pedigree comparable
• 35 Clark Street — prewar co-op peer on the Clark Street corridor
• 54 Orange Street — Fruit Streets co-op one block south
• 72 Orange Street — moderate-scale Fruit Streets co-op peer
• 160 Henry Street — prewar elevator co-op two blocks south on Henry Street