New York City's skinniest townhouse is just 9.5. feet wide, but photos show a nearby home that's even more narrow
Joey Hadden
- The skinniest house in New York City isn't what it seems.
- NYC's most narrow townhome, in Greenwich Village, is 9.5 feet wide and could be worth more than $6 million.
- A home in the East Village is actually a foot skinnier, but it's an extension of another building, not a standalone townhouse.
New York City's most narrow building is a townhome at 75.5 Bedford St. in the Greenwich Village neighborhood.
The residence at 75.5 Bedford St. is considered the narrowest townhome in New York City, according to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The 19th-century residence clocks in at 9.5 feet wide and is likely worth more than $6 million.
The home was built in 1873 between two townhomes in a Greenwich Village alleyway, Insider previously reported. While it was sold for $3.25 million in 2013, the 999-square-foot home is likely worth double that now, according to the same article.
While I explored New York City in search of the skinniest homes, I learned that a rental in the East Village is even skinnier than the Bedford Street spot.
The building located at 39 St. Mark's Place, which is in New York City's East Village neighborhood, measures 8.5 feet wide, according to the Greenwich Society for Historic Preservation. It appears to be the skinniest townhome in Manhattan.
The 8.5-foot wide rental at 39 St. Mark's Place looks like its own building, but it didn't meet the standards of the superlative on a technicality.
The 8.5-foot-wide unit rents for $3,100 a month, according to a listing on Street Easy.
It's actually an extension of a larger, wider building from the 1860s, although it appears to stand alone.
The townhome at 39 St. Marks Place measures 8.5 feet wide, which is actually more narrow than the house at 75.5 Bedford St., according to the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.
However, since the St. Marks Place home was technically built as an extension of the address's original building, it's not considered the narrowest home in the city, according to the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.
The extension was "built right out to the property line rather than flush with the original building, thus distinguishing it entirely from the original 1860's house," according to the same article.
There are skinny homes of all styles and backgrounds standing on streets all over the city, and they each have their own story.
These are just two of the 11 narrow residential buildings I've seen around New York City. Each home has its own character, and price points vary tremendously.
Skinny houses exist in cities across the world. A $1 million home in London, a spite house in Boston, and a luxury townhouse in New York City are just a few examples of these thin-looking structures where people live.
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