The childhood home of Beastie Boy Ad-Rock in Greenwich Village is now on the market for $1.79 million.
Adam Horovitz, who is currently married to pioneering feminist punk singer/songwriter Kathleen Hanna, grew up in this duplex co-op at 726 Washington, located between Bank and West 11th streets.
In September, the Beastie Boys were honored in New York City when the Lower East Side corner of Ludlow and Rivington, which was featured on the cover of their 1989 hip hop album “Paul’s Boutique,” was named Beastie Boys Square.
“Thank you, New York, for teaching us what to look at, what to listen to, what to wear, how to love, and how to live,” said Horovitz. “It makes me really happy to know that some kid on the way to school 50 years from now is gonna look up and say, ‘What the f–k is a Beastie Boy? Why do they get a square?'”
Horovitz was accompanied by co-Beastie Boy Michael Diamond, also known as Mike D, whose own childhood home on the Upper West Side recently sold for $13.5 million. The third member of the trio, Adam Yauch, passed away in 2012.
The three-bedroom, 1½-bath unit features a double-height ceiling in the living room, a windowed dining area, a mezzanine loft space, and a central staircase.
Horovitz and his brother Matt were raised in this apartment by their artist mother, Doris Keefe, after their father, playwright Israel Horovitz, left the family in 1969.
The apartment served as a gathering place for the Beastie Boys, according to listing broker Asit Parikh of Compass.
Mark and April Hallenbeck purchased the unit for $333,294 in 2006 when the building was still rent-stabilized. It converted to a co-op in 2008.
“It’s a great apartment. We had a great life here, but our children are grown now, and there’s no longer a need for all the space,” said Mark Hallenbeck, who has lived in the complex for 40 years. The fourth-floor home comes with $2,868 in monthly maintenance fees and offers access to private green space, including grills and patio tables, as well as bike storage in the building.
Separately, Horovitz and Hanna sold their Chelsea loft at 129 W. 22nd St. for $3.2 million in 2021, slightly above the asking price of $3.15 million, according to property records.
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