An 1830s West Village townhouse with a thin house file and active street-level commercial spillover.
An 1836 West Village two-family townhouse sitting on Bedford Street. It traded for $4.8M in October 2023 from a long-holding family trust into private hands, with very few filings against the house itself. Three things to know:
A long family trust holding ended in a $4.8M sale in late 2023. A family trust held title for years before selling to private buyers for $4.8M in October 2023. Long trust holdings followed by a multi-million-dollar deed transfer typically mark a full transition to end-user ownership rather than investor turnover.
The surrounding blocks carry heavy curb activity and night noise. Within three blocks, street filings show 228 illegal-parking reports over the last year—mostly posted-sign violations—alongside 222 residential-noise calls. The house stays out of these calls, but late-night West Village foot traffic dominates the curb.
Commercial food and air-quality calls cluster on the surrounding blockface. Within three blocks, neighbors logged 37 food establishment calls and 10 indoor air quality reports over the trailing 12 months. Kitchen exhaust drift and restaurant venting are common unknown frictions in dense dining blocks that only show up after move-in.
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40 Bedford Street is a two-family home in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1005860003). This building is associated with Saperstein, Benjamin. Brix does not yet have a current violation read for this property (not enough recent data), along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1836, this two-family home sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
The building last changed hands on October 5, 2023 for $4,800,000, according to recorded deeds.
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