- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 15
- Floors
- 4
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Pets permitted under the condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2023
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $482
- Listing discount
- -5.2%
- Recorded sales
- 8
- On record
- 2004–2023
69 Bank Street — known as Bank Strand — is a boutique West Village condominium with a genuine piece of New York institutional history behind it. The building was the original home of the Bank Street College of Education, the pioneering progressive-education institution that grew out of the Bureau of Educational Experiments and operated here for decades before relocating uptown. That heritage gives the building a solid, purpose-built masonry frame and a story that few boutique condominiums can match.
What buyers respond to is the setting and the scale. Bank Street is one of the most beloved blocks in the West Village — quiet, tree-lined, and closely associated with the neighborhood-preservation legacy of Jane Jacobs, who lived nearby. Converted to residential use, 69 Bank holds just 15 homes across four stories, a low-density, intimate configuration on a landmark-district block. This is West Village living at its most characterful.
The building is for buyers who want an intimate West Village condominium with real architectural bones and a storied provenance, on one of the neighborhood's finest blocks.
Architecture and unit composition
69 Bank Street is a solid, early-20th-century masonry building — built to institutional standards as the Bank Street College's original home, which gives the structure a substantial frame and generous floor plates uncommon in a residential building of this scale. Converted to condominium use, the building reads as a boutique, low-rise loft building rather than a converted townhouse.
Inside, the 15 residences benefit from the building's institutional origins: wide floor plates, good light, and the kind of loft-scale proportions that adapt well to residential layouts. With only a handful of homes on each of the four floors, the building is quiet and private. As in any boutique conversion, the specific residence — its floor, exposure, layout, and condition — drives value far more than any building average.
Building operations
Bank Strand operates as a boutique condominium — intercom entry rather than a staffed lobby, with common charges scaled to a small, low-overhead building. That structure keeps monthly carry modest relative to full-service buildings, which suits the intimate scale. As with any converted building, buyers should review the condominium's reserves, the history and quality of the residential conversion, and the current financials during due diligence.
Recent sales
As a condominium, 69 Bank Street prices on a price-per-square-foot basis, with floor, exposure, layout, outdoor space, and condition driving value more than any building average. Turnover is light in a 15-home building, and both resale and owner-rental activity occur, but this is an ownership condominium rather than a rental building. The West Village block, the provenance, and the loft-scale layouts support pricing for homes that present well.
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2023 | 403 | 1,390 sf | $670,000 | $482/sf | off-mkt |
| Aug 29, 2022 | 203 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,390 sf | $3,100,000 | $2,230/sf | +12.7% |
| Jun 13, 2016 | 101 | 1,780 sf | $1,247,000 | $701/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 23, 2013 | 303 | 1,390 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,367/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 10, 2013 | 101 | 1,780 sf | $1,295,000 | $728/sf | off-mkt |
| Oct 7, 2004 | 502 | 1,323 sf | $2,276,900 | $1,721/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 14, 2004 | 103 | 2 BR · 1,580 sf | $1,850,000 | $1,171/sf | -2.4% |
| Jul 7, 2004 | 302 | 1,105 sf | $999,999 | $905/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2023) cleared a median $482/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount -5.2% over ask.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00624-7502) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re buying
The block and the provenance are the story. Bank Street is among the West Village's most celebrated blocks, and the building's history as the original Bank Street College is a genuine differentiator.
This is a boutique low-rise. Fifteen homes across four floors — intimate and private, with modest common charges rather than tower amenities.
Institutional bones are a feature. The building's purpose-built masonry frame and wide floor plates give the residences scale that a typical townhouse conversion can't match.
Condo flexibility is real. Pied-à-terre, subletting, foreign buyers, and LLC/trust ownership are permitted under the declaration; closings run on condo timelines.
Mansion tax thresholds apply. At this building's pricing, the $1M, $2M, and higher cliffs can be in play. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
Variable board financial policy — confirm at offer stage. Financing percentages and any sublet terms specific to your situation should be confirmed in writing before you commit.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the block and the history. The Bank Street setting and the Bank Street College provenance are the differentiators; marketing should foreground them.
Pricing requires apartment-level comps. With 15 homes, floor, exposure, layout, and condition all move the number.
Present the scale. In a loft-scale conversion, photography that reads the floor plates and the light supports price.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 69 Bank Street, also evaluate these West Village condominiums:
- 100 Bank Street — nearby West Village condominium on the same street
- 75 Bank Street — nearby West Village building on the same street
- 99 Bank Street — nearby West Village building
- 164 Bank Street — nearby West Village condominium
- 270 West 11th Street — nearby West Village building
The Roebling Team at 69 Bank Street
The Roebling Team at Compass works the full West Village and Greenwich Village market, including its boutique converted condominiums. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of character-specific buildings deserve building-level intelligence — architecture, amenity reality, and apartment-level pricing context — rather than generic market commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 69 Bank Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires.
The neighborhood
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