- The New York townhouse where Bob Dylan lived quietly with his children from the 1980s to 2005 is for sale.
- The enclave, with just 20 houses and a communal garden, remains a favorite spot for actors and musicians.
- It’s just a coincidence that the movie about his life is in theaters now, the listing agent said.
A house in New York where Bob Dylan lived quietly for years is for sale.
The legendary singer-songwriter rented the townhouse on East 49th Street in Manhattan in the 1980s — then loved it so much that he bought it under a partner’s name in 1990 for an unbelievable amount. disclosed.
In 2005, he sold it to the current owners for $4.45 million; they put it on the market with an asking price of $7.25 million.
The five-story home is in Turtle Bay Gardens, an iconic enclave of 20 townhouses built in the 1860s on East 49th and 48th whose backyards lead to a residents-only communal garden.
Dylan, one of best-selling music artists of all timehad young children at the time and liked privacy, Dylan’s “local repairman at the time” told the real estate news site. Bordered.
Turtle Bay Gardens has long attracted creative types, including big names from Hollywood and Broadway. Previous tenants of Dylan’s house at 242 East 49th Street included Mary Tyler Moore.
Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim called No. 244 home for 60 years until his death in 2021; it sold for $7 million in 2023, according to real estate records. Katharine Hepburn lived next door at 244 East 49th Street. Child actress turned fashion designer Mary-Kate Olsen and her ex Olivier Sarkozy owned 226-228 East 49th Street from 2024 to 2022.
The current owners of Dylan’s house used it as foot on the groundaccording to Sotheby’s International Realty agent Lisa Larson, who holds the listing with colleague Angela Wu.
“They didn’t come to New York very often, so they rented it, and now they decided to sell it,” Larson told Business Insider.
It hit the market on December 5. Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown“, starring Timothy Chalamet as Dylan, hits theaters on Christmas Day, December 25.
Larson said the timing was a happy accident.
“I didn’t even know there was a new Bob Dylan movie,” Larson said. “It was totally a coincidence because we were just waiting for the last tenant to move out.”
Take a look at Dylan’s old house, which features a mix of old-world features and modern amenities, and the secret garden it sits on.