Robert De Niro’s longtime West Village townhouse sells for $12M

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Robert De Niro’s erstwhile New York City townhouse of astir 37 years has been sold for $11.98 million, The Post has learned. 

The four-bedroom, four-bathroom West Village spot belonged to the legendary actor from 1975 up until 2012, erstwhile helium sold it for $9.5 million, records show. 

Initially listed backmost successful 2019 for a whopping $22.75 million, the location saw a melodramatic terms chopped earlier it recovered a purchaser past month. 

It was besides rented concisely successful 2018 for $45,000 per month. 

The Italianate-style abode, built successful 1852, boasts views of James J. Walker Park. Made up of 4 stories and a cellar, the location was restored and renovated implicit the past 3 years, according to the listing. 

Features see a chef’s eat-in room with a marble-topped halfway land and a six-burner stove, a lounge country overlooking the backyard and garden, a mudroom, a ceremonial eating country with a fireplace, and 12-foot-high ceilings. 

The maestro suite leads to an outdoor terrace. 

The foyer.The foyer. Courtesy of Realtor.com
The surviving  country   with a occurrence  place.The surviving country with a occurrence place. Courtesy of Realtor.com
The kitchen.The kitchen. Courtesy of Realtor.com
The superior   bedroom.The superior bedroom. Courtesy of Realtor.com
One of 4  bathrooms.One of 4 bathrooms. Courtesy of Realtor.com
A sitting room.A sitting country connected the apical level. Courtesy of Realtor.com

Most townhouses person had trouble successful the marketplace implicit the past decade. Take for illustration “The Real Housewives of New York” prima Sonja Morgan, who has attempted to merchantability her Upper East Side home since 2013. 

De Niro, 78, has a main residence successful Gardiner, New York, which is situated connected a colossal 98 acres of land. When helium purchased the spot astatine the time, successful 1998, it lone outgo him $1.5 million. 

The rooftop terrace.The rooftop terrace. Courtesy of Realtor.com
The ceremonial  surviving  room.The ceremonial surviving room. Courtesy of Realtor.com
The ceremonial  eating  room.The ceremonial eating room. Courtesy of Realtor.com
One of 4  bedrooms.One of 4 bedrooms. Courtesy of Realtor.com
The garden.The garden. Courtesy of Realtor.com

He besides owns a location successful Montauk. 

De Niro has since rented retired a fewer different Manhattan pads, but successful 2012 — the aforesaid twelvemonth helium listed his longtime townhouse — helium reportedly purchased his archetypal London home.

The histrion has been successful the midst of a contentious divorcement conflict with his estranged wife, Grace Hightower. The 2 joined successful 1997. Last summer, astatine the tallness of the pandemic, De Niro’s lawyer, Caroline Krauss, revealed successful a Skype tribunal proceeding that helium would beryllium surviving successful his upstate New York location for the “foreseeable future.”

“He intends to reside successful Gardiner for the foreseeable future,” Krauss said of De Niro — who grew up successful Manhattan and has heavy roots successful the city. “He is aft each 76 and successful the class of radical for which COVID-19 is dangerous.”

Robert DeNiro and his woman  Grace Hightower astatine  the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival for the movie  "Love, Gilda" astatine  the Beacon Theatre. Robert De Niro and his woman Grace Hightower astatine the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival for the movie “Love, Gilda” astatine the Beacon Theatre. LightRocket via Getty Images

Last week, a justice denied Hightower’s request that she is entitled to fractional his earnings.

Hightower argued that a 2004 prenuptial statement that she struck with “The Irishman” prima entitled her to fractional of his net from erstwhile they were unneurotic — claiming they are marital assets to beryllium divided evenly.

But the Appellate Division rejected Hightower’s arguments, upholding a little court’s ruling from February.