78 Bedford Street (Star Corner)
78 Bedford Street, New York, NY 10014
BBL 1005877501 · BIN 1009975
- Year built
- 1920
- Type
- Condominium
- Floors
- 5
- Pets
- Not documented in public records. Confirm with the managing agent
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Greenwich Village Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Leasing by owners
- Permitted with conditions
- Doorman
- No doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $2,584
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 43
- On record
- 2003–2026
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Star Corner sits on one of the West Village's quiet interior corners, where Commerce and Barrow Streets meet Bedford. The building was designed by Philip L. Goodwin, the architect who later designed the Museum of Modern Art's 1939 building on West 53rd Street with Edward Durell Stone. LPC's records list Goodwin as both architect and owner: he developed this five-story house himself in 1920–21, nearly two decades before the museum.
The ownership structure is straightforward. The building was converted to condominium ownership in 1986, and the sponsor sold its last recorded units in 2012, per ACRIS. Every one of the 30 unit lots has since passed to a separate owner. Apartments are conveyed by deed, which rules out the condop structure some prewar Village conversions use. There is no co-op board interview; purchases run through the condominium's application and right-of-first-refusal process, and financing rules should be confirmed in the declaration and by-laws.
This is also a small-apartment building. DOF's unit records show compact studios and one-bedrooms throughout, with the A line on the Bedford side the largest. That is how the building trades: as a Village condominium entry point in a landmarked prewar building, not as a family-size address.
Architecture and unit composition
Goodwin's building is five stories of brick and stone, per LPC, with a separate entrance on each street and three apartments per floor behind each entrance. Unit numbering follows the entrances: apartments on the 78 Bedford side carry a "78" prefix in city records, and those on the 27 Commerce side a "27" prefix. Unit sizes are small and consistent within each line. Owners have combined units over time, including a 2017 combination of two apartments on the Bedford side. Several DOB filings from 2009 to 2020 record interior renovations with kitchen relocations and new partitions, which is typical of a building this age where layouts have been updated unit by unit.
Building operations
The materials on file do not document the managing agent, staff, amenities, the building's current budget, or its façade inspection (FISP, Local Law 11) status. DOB records show a sidewalk shed installed in 2008 during remedial repairs. Because the building is landmarked, windows, masonry and any rooftop work go through LPC. Ask for the current budget, reserve level, any open or planned assessment, and the most recent façade filing.
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Leasing by owners
- Permitted with conditionsBoard approvalSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- No doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
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
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2026 | 785C | 521 sf | $1,340,000 | $2,572/sf | — |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 3A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 708 sf | $1,600,000 | $2,260/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 24, 2021 | 781B | 398 sf | $837,500 | $2,104/sf | — |
| Jul 9, 2021 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 750 sf | $2,150,000 | $2,867/sf | +7.8% |
| Oct 23, 2019 | 784C | 521 sf | $1,350,000 | $2,591/sf | — |
| Jul 9, 2018 | 2B | 1 BR · 415 sf | $1,049,000 | $2,528/sf | -8.7% |
| Apr 5, 2017 | 3A | 2 BR · 738 sf | $1,600,000 | $2,168/sf | +1.6% |
| Sep 6, 2016 | 5A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 524 sf | $1,149,500 | $2,194/sf | +21.1% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $2,584/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. 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 1-00587-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Closed rents at Star Corner, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 2 | $6,325 |
| 2 bedroom | 4 | $6,747 |
6 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease August 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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What to know if you’re buying
Buy the line, not the address. Unit sizes differ a lot between lines and entrances. Check the specific apartment's layout and any combination history in DOB records.
Confirm vertical access. DOF classes the building as walk-up. If elevator service matters, verify it in person.
Get the governing documents. No offering plan was located in the libraries on file. The declaration, by-laws, house rules, current budget and board minutes are the diligence set. Ask specifically about leasing rules, pets and any transfer fee.
Plan exterior changes around LPC. Window replacement and any visible exterior work need Landmarks approval.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the corner and the architect. A landmarked three-street corner in a Philip L. Goodwin building is a distinction few small Village buildings have.
Sell condominium ownership against the co-op alternative. Much of the competing small-apartment inventory on nearby blocks is co-op. No co-op board interview and leasing permitted with conditions are advantages for a buyer; confirm financing rules in the declaration and bylaws. Put them up front.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 78 Bedford Street, also evaluate:
- 90 Morton Street — 1911 prewar building converted to 35 condominium residences, on nearby Morton Street
- 1 Sheridan Square — 1902–03 prewar loft building nearby, converted to condominium in 1988; a larger, earlier building
- 22 Perry Street — boutique 1987 condominium in the historic district
- 382 Bleecker Street — 1914 building converted to about 21 condominium residences
- 81 Bedford Street — 36-unit co-op across Bedford Street, on a different tax block; the co-op alternative on the same street
- 79 Barrow Street — small prewar co-op nearby on Barrow Street
- 32 Morton Street — 1919 co-op of 25 units nearby; the same vintage under co-op tenure
More West Village buildings
- 72 Perry Street — 1868
- 75 Bank Street (Abingdon Court) — 1938 co-op
- 77 Horatio Street — 1835 condominium
- 78 Charles Street — 1897 co-op
- 79 Barrow Street — 1906 co-op
- 79 Perry Street — 1895 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across West Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to West Village.
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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