Condominium · 1892
The Cammeyer
650 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10011
Buildings·Condominium

The Cammeyer

650 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10011

At a glance
Year built
1892
Type
Condominium
Landmark
Designated

The Cammeyer is one of the genuine retail-palace conversions of Ladies' Mile — a seven-story masonry-and-cast-iron building raised in 1892, when Sixth Avenue between roughly 14th and 23rd Streets was the most fashionable shopping district in America. The original tenant was the Cammeyer shoe emporium, one of the great Gilded-Age department merchants, and the building was designed at the scale and ornament that era demanded: oversized arched windows, a heavily articulated façade, and the deep, column-free floor plates that defined the cast-iron commercial type.

When the district faded from retail and the area was protected as the Ladies' Mile Historic District, buildings like this one were too good to demolish and too distinctive to ignore. The 2008 residential conversion turned the upper floors into 67 condominium homes that kept what made the building extraordinary — the ceiling heights, the window walls, the loft proportions — while delivering modern systems, an elevator, and a full amenity package. The result is a condominium that reads as authentically downtown loft while sitting at one of the most convenient transit-and-retail crossroads in Manhattan.

For buyers, the appeal is specific: a true Ladies' Mile loft, in condominium form, at the exact seam where Flatiron, Chelsea, Union Square, and the West Village converge.

Architecture and unit composition

The exterior is the building's pedigree — a richly detailed 1892 commercial palazzo, restored as part of the conversion and protected by its position inside the Ladies' Mile Historic District. The arched, oversized fenestration that once lit a department-store floor now lights residential lofts, and that is the building's defining residential asset.

Inside, the 67 residences run to authentic loft proportions: ceiling heights reaching roughly ten-and-a-half to twelve feet, oversized windows, hardwood floors, and open layouts carved from the original deep floor plates. Several homes incorporate decorative ironwork balconies and flexible living/sleeping configurations using sliding glass partitions. Layouts span lofted one-bedrooms through larger two- and three-bedroom homes, with the lower-floor units carrying the most dramatic scale. As a 2008 conversion, the building pairs that pre-war volume with contemporary kitchens, baths, central systems, and an elevator — the combination that distinguishes a converted landmark from an unimproved loft.

Building operations

The Cammeyer runs as a full-service boutique condominium. There is an attended lobby with concierge service and resident superintendent coverage, a fitness room, a common roof deck, bicycle storage, and private storage. As a condominium, the building offers the ownership flexibility that buyers increasingly prioritize — financing latitude, pied-à-terre and investment use, and resale through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a co-op board admissions process. The building is pet-friendly. Washer/dryers are accommodated within the residences in the loft tradition.

Local Law 97

Carbon-penalty exposure
🟡
Moderate — manageable today, 2030 cliff likely
2024–2029 annual penalty
$0 (under cap)
2030–2034 annual penalty
$72,593/yr
Per unit / month range
$0 – $90
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Facade safety — Local Law 11

Local Law 11 / FISP · last inspection 2020–25
Safe
What this means for you

The facade passed its last inspection with no required repairs — nothing to budget for here, and no facade assessment on the horizon for roughly five years.

Inspection history
2015–20
Safe
2020–25
Safe
2025–30
Due
Next report due
by Feb 2029
On record
$2,000 in filing penalties
The three grades, in buyer terms
SafeGood for ~5 years — no facade assessment on the horizon.
SWARMPSafe now, repairs due on a deadline — budget for the work or a possible assessment.
UnsafeActive hazard: sidewalk shed and repairs now. Expect disruption and an assessment.

QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.

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Recent sales

With 67 condominium units, The Cammeyer turns over at a measured boutique cadence — typically a handful of resale closings in an active year, weighted toward the loft one- and two-bedrooms that define the building. Pricing tracks the Flatiron/Ladies' Mile loft market, with a premium for the dramatic-ceiling, oversized-window homes on the lower floors and discounts for smaller upper-floor layouts. Because the public sales record for this address is generated directly from the building's tax lot, the most current closed-sale history is best read from that live record; the pattern to expect is scarcity-driven — a small building where well-presented lofts trade quickly when they appear.

What to know if you’re buying

Buying here is buying a landmark loft in condominium form. Ownership is flexible — condominium financing rules apply, pied-à-terre and investor purchases are customary, and there is no co-op board package or interview. The architecture is the asset: the ceiling heights, window walls, and loft volume are difficult to replicate, and they hold value. Evaluate each home on light and floor — the lower floors carry the grandest proportions, while upper floors trade scale for quiet and views. As with any conversion of a protected building, exterior alterations are governed by Landmarks review, and that protection is precisely what keeps the façade — and the address — distinctive. We help buyers read the offering plan, the common-charge structure, and the comparison set across the Flatiron and West Chelsea loft market.

What to know if you’re selling

Lead with the loft. A resale here sells on what new construction cannot offer at this price: authentic 1892 cast-iron-era proportions, oversized arched windows, and ceiling heights in a protected landmark. Benchmark to the Ladies' Mile and Flatiron loft set, not to glass-tower new development — the buyer for this home wants character and scale. The condominium structure is itself a selling point — a faster, more predictable closing than the surrounding co-op stock and a wider buyer pool that includes pied-à-terre and investment purchasers. Presentation matters disproportionately in a loft: the best results come from homes that show the volume and light to full effect.

Comparable buildings

If you're considering The Cammeyer, also evaluate nearby Flatiron and Ladies' Mile loft and conversion inventory:

The Roebling Team at The Cammeyer

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in downtown loft and conversion inventory — Flatiron, Ladies' Mile, Chelsea, and the Greenwich Village corridor. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers at a converted landmark deserve building-specific intelligence: the architecture, the condominium structure, the amenity program, and where pricing sits against the broader downtown loft market.

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Corey Cohen, Principal · The Roebling Team at Compass
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