{"id":101336,"date":"2026-01-15T17:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/101336\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:39:10","slug":"exclusive-bob-dylans-former-harlem-home-just-saw-a-250k-price-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/101336\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Bob Dylan&#8217;s former Harlem home just saw a $250K price cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Dylan \u2014 the voice of his generation now known as an American \u201cliving national treasure,\u201d and who is currently on tour \u2014 once called this landmarked Harlem townhouse his home.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the historic Renaissance Revival property can be yours for $2.75 million \u2014 a quarter of a million dollars less than its <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/01\/real-estate\/bob-dylans-former-harlem-home-has-listed-for-3m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">$3 million ask<\/a> six months ago.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-foot-wide, four- to five-bedroom spread was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White. Built in 1893, the home, at 265 W. 139th St., is remarkably preserved and modern.<\/p>\n<p>At 84, Bob Dylan is still touring. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The elegant townhouse was built in 1893 by Gilded Age starchitect Stanford White. Allyson Lubow for Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel laureate singer-songwriter came to New York from Minnesota in the 1960s. While he famously spent his early years in Greenwich Village, he was also drawn to Harlem\u2019s blues and jazz history \u2014 and spent 14 years in this townhouse.<\/p>\n<p>The musician\u2019s first New York City home, a third-floor walk-up in Greenwich Village, at 161 W. Fourth St., is in a building that hit the market for $8.25 million in July, and was de-listed in November, according to StreetEasy.<\/p>\n<p>Another one of Dylan\u2019s former residences at 242 E. 49th St. was asking $7.25 million and sold for $6.8 million last June, according to property records. <\/p>\n<p>Another cozy room features built-in bookcases and an additional fireplace. Allyson Lubow for Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>The eat-in chef\u2019s kitchen is fully chic and modern. Allyson Lubow for Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>Dylan bought this Harlem townhouse in 1986 and lived there until 2000, when he sold it for $560,000, proeprty records also show.<\/p>\n<p>The current sellers are Isam Salah, a lawyer, and Elaina Richardson, the former editor-in-chief of Elle magazine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/10\/books\/elaina-richardson-yaddo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">who just stepped down<\/a> after running Yaddo, the famed Sarasota Springs artists\u2019 colony, which she headed for the past 25 years, calling it \u201cthe job of a lifetime,\u201d in a New York Times interview.<\/p>\n<p>The gracious dining room features another fireplace. Allyson Lubow for Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>The original details, such as this stove, are divine. Allyson Lubow for Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>The couple purchased the residence for $3.17 million in 2018, according to property records.<\/p>\n<p>The 4,500-square-foot home is part of Strivers\u2019 Row, in the St. Nicholas Historic District. It\u2019s part of a row of houses designed in 1891 to 1893 by White\u2019s firm, McKim, Mead &amp; White.<\/p>\n<p>Other perks include plenty of outdoor space, including a gated carport and a rear alleyway, which offers unusual privacy in the city.<\/p>\n<p>A light-filled bedroom features a fireplace. Allyson Lubow for Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>The home opens to a striking wood-paneled vestibule that leads to a 19-foot salon. A large, eat-in chef\u2019s kitchen, which includes a full-height wine fridge, spills onto a terrace.<\/p>\n<p>Design details include original moldings, pocket doors, crown molding, wainscoting, inlaid hardwood floors and high ceilings. There are also six original decorative fireplaces, built-in bookcases, an original range stove and a 4-foot-tall safe \u2014 now used as a bar \u2014 plus\u00a0a rooftop skylight.<\/p>\n<p>Upstairs, a main bedroom includes a marble bath with radiant floors on the third floor, while the fourth floor has additional bedrooms. There\u2019s also a cellar with laundry, a workshop bench and lots of storage.<\/p>\n<p>The listing brokers are Colin Montgomery and Stan Ponte, of Sotheby\u2019s International Realty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob Dylan \u2014 the voice of his generation now known as an American \u201cliving national treasure,\u201d and who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15940,1022,2450,469,1023,9,56,63,65,64,1491,3006,6069],"class_list":["post-101336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-bob-dylan","tag-celebrity-real-estate","tag-gimme-shelter","tag-harlem","tag-luxury-real-estate","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-real-estate","tag-residential-real-estate","tag-townhouses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}