BANK NEARY INC

The residential real estate firm Bank Neary, Inc. deeply mourns the unexpected passing of its founding partner, GIl Neary, a well-respected and beloved longtime member of the Chelsea and Greenwich Village communities. After a courageous year-long battle with tongue cancer, Neary was finally cancer-free when he veered off the road while driving in Maine. He passed away on the morning of August 24, 2024. We will miss him terribly.

Bank Neary will continue under the leadership of Neary’s partner and friend, Matthew Bank.

Beloved Chelsea broker Gil Neary dies at 67 in car crash Gil Neary, founder of gay-owned brokerage Bank Neary, died in a one-car crash in Maine after nearly five decades in real estate.

You just know he’d be back at work already. GIl Neary

Our founder, president and broker GIl Neary died early this morning. We are heartbroken and speechless with plans to share much more soon. His impact in the community is now a legacy we will strive to carry on in his honor. Tonight, dance for Gil.

Our new summer portraits give us another opportunity to introduce ourselves.

A fourth-generation New Yorker, Bank Neary Real Estate Vice-President and Associate Broker Matthew Bank was born on the Upper West Side, and spent much of his childhood in Larchmont. He went to Harvard College, and majored in Visual and Environmental Studies, focusing on architecture, design, and photography. He continued his studies in photography at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, enrolled in its MFA program.

Matthew started his career at the Museum of Modern Art, working in the esteemed department of painting and sculpture. After that, he worked as a graphic designer specializing in nightlife and entertainment flyers and invitations in the heady club era of the early 1990s. He was a co-founder of the seminal Chelsea-based nightlife and entertainment magazine HX, and he ran the company that published it from 1991 to 2009. He received his Real Estate License in 2010 and began selling properties, while also helping to establish and run AlphaBetterCare, a primary-care and HIV medical practice. In addition, he took on some exciting interior design projects.

Real Estate became Matthew’s main focus soon after, and he eventually got his Broker license and became a partner in Bank Neary Real Estate, founded in 1988. He has always been peripatetic, moving over 20 times in the city alone. That experience has given him a true appreciation for many different neighborhoods in New York, and he treats each client’s home buying or selling transaction as a journey and an adventure! An avid French Bulldog lover, Matthew adopted Hazel, a sweet rescue pup, after losing his long-time best friend Rocky in 2021.

We represented the buyers on a sweet one bedroom with massive outdoor terrace in the heart of the East Village. Photos courtesy of Compass NY.

🏡: 107 Avenue A, Apt 2R
💰: $950,000
🛌: 1 BD || 2 BA
Represented the Buyers: Matthew Bank

You’re invited!

Come tour this renovated prewar, Art Deco, two-bedroom, two-bathroom home in a landmarked doorman building on the famed Grand Concourse.

Enjoy a light dinner of sandwiches and snacks paired with white wine on us. Delicious food, delicious wine, and a delightful evening!

Feel free to bring a guest. Please RSVP to [email protected] to attend.

Associate Broker: Matthew Bank

Rarely available legal two family with Certificate of Occupancy in prime Morris Park!

Semi-detached brick house with beautiful backyard and two terrific apartments. Walk upstairs to the lovely tiled front porch and enter unit 2’s foyer. Perfectly laid out, you’ll find your living room and dining area in the front of the house. Pass the kitchen and bathroom and you’ll arrive at the bedrooms which face the quiet backyard.

Unit 1 has its entrance off the front patio, and has three terrific bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, and direct access to a backyard deck. Down the stairs to the amazing walk-out basement, where there’s a huge den, storage area, and second full bath. Plus, if you would like to use the house as a one-family, there’s already a staircase that could be re-opened to join the two units to make an easy 5, 6 or 7 bedroom home!

Lovingly maintained with recent updates (many new windows, updated bathrooms, new gutters), this is a true gem! Delivered fully vacant. Associate Broker: Matthew Bank

Showing only during posted open house times.

Open Houses:
Sunday, June 16, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Tuesday, June 18, 4:30 - 6:30 PM

**Special Offer! Twelve-month lease with one month free. Net Effective Rent $9,167**

The Garden Duplex is an incredible spacious home with two large living areas, three bedrooms, three bathrooms and an enchanted, landscaped private backyard. The elegant wood and off-white kitchen cabinets exude stylish minimalism, and are accented by the incredible natural beauty of the dramatic quartzite countertop and backsplash. Stylishly built-in, the Bosch dishwasher, KitchenAid microwave, sleek induction cooktop, and Bosch oven bring subtle black and stainless-steel accents to the space, which are amplified by the Bertazzoni refrigerator—which boasts an automatic ice maker. The ultimate in contemporary style and convenience.

The Living Room faces North toward the city. The Primary Bedroom is ideally located facing South over the backyard, and gets amazing sun. Designer-finished and deluxe, the main bathroom has a roomy bathtub combination, and the jewel-box en-suite bath sports a frameless glass-enclosed shower.

On the lower level, you’ll find a true spa bathroom with separate shower and bathtub, double sinks, and a cream and wood palette that is the ultimate retreat from the city. And your bonus space: create a recording studio, gym, rec room, lounge, movie screening room, you name it! Walk out to the private backyard with its raised deck, pergola, and built-in seating areas and feel like you’ve found your nirvana.

66 15th Street is a pet-friendly, non-smoking building that is ready to welcome its first post-restoration residents. Schedule a visit to see the collection today!

Some photographs virtually staged. Associate Broker: Matthew Bank

We're very pleased to announce the sale and closing of 1 Morton Square, apartment L6BE. The crown jewel of our collection, the lucky buyers fell in love with this West Village oasis shortly after we listed last year. Congratulations to them and our sellers for achieving a deal on this truly unique home with massive outdoor space, meticulous renovation and sweeping river views. Broker: GIl Neary with Daisy Dowleh.

Bank Neary is relaunching our listing 1020 Grand Concourse, apartment 23P with a new price. Now only $595,000!

We’re proud to offer for sale this sophisticatedly modern luxury apartment so masterfully designed and crafted that it is simply one of a kind, and listed to offer gracious contemporary living at exceptional value. This is a chic downtown apartment perched high upon the Grand Concourse Historic District. You’ll have unmatched sweeping views from the Palisades, George Washington Bridge, the Art Deco splendor of the Grand Concourse neighborhood, down to the midtown Manhattan skyline. And watch and listen to crowds roar at Yankee Stadium. This is uptown living at its most compelling.

The apartment was created as his own home by a well-known NYC architect and president of AIANY, who has received multiple AIA and Interior Design awards, and is a recipient of the National AIA Young Architects Award.

This property gives the buyer the unmatched opportunity to experience a designer’s complete vision, and live in a bespoke home with all the luxury bells and whistles. Available completely or partially furnished, this turn-key residence must be seen by any design enthusiast. Associate Broker: Matthew Bank

Full listing here: https://www.bankneary.com/property/1020-grand-concourse-apt-23p/

Welcome to the newest and most luxurious renovated authentic townhouse in Gowanus! 66 15th Street is a collection of impeccable homes that will leave you breathless: perfectly located, perfectly executed, and perfect for you.

From the moment you walk through the beautiful doors into this vintage brick home, you know this is a unique building which blends stately original details with contemporary style and convenience. Everything has been restored, renovated, and upgraded from the sleek new kitchens to the hardwood floors, new windows and doors, sparkling baths, LG washtower clothes cleaning system, and split-system heat and A/C units. Each apartment is also equipped with a full suite of smart home features, including appliances and lighting controls, making life here truly the epitome of effortless 21st-century living.

Apt 1: The Garden Duplex (available soon)
Apt 2: The Terrace
Apt 3: The Penthouse

66 15th Street is a pet-friendly, non-smoking building that is ready to welcome its first post-restoration residents. Schedule a visit to see the collection today! Associate Broker: Matthew Bank

Some photographs virtually staged.

Congratulations to Bank Neary Real Estate Vice President and Associate Broker Matthew Bank. He ranked as one of the top five StreetEasy experts for sale transactions in the month of April. Great things have been happening at Bank Neary in 2024.

This weekend! We’re hosting open houses on both Saturday and Sunday for three of our listings at Executive Towers, the crown jewel of the Grand Concourse. By appointment only. Associate Broker: Matthew Bank

You won’t be able to contain the smile on your face when you walk in and fall in love with this perfect home.

Enter into a curved entryway and dining area, complete with a huge coat closet. Notice the brand-new beautiful floors and the renovated kitchen with sparkling white cabinets, luxurious countertops, and stainless steel appliances. Then, walk through the expansive living room flooded with light from the wall of east-facing windows.

The corner bedroom is quiet – no shared walls here – and has a convenient closet, and there is an extra closet on the way to the impeccably-renovated brand-new bathroom.

This alcove studio is enormous, and can be converted to a legal one bedroom, should you ever desire to do so.

And the best part of all is that this is a completely-renovated sponsor unit with NO BOARD APPROVAL.

Pieds a terre, co-purchase, and pets under 25 pounds are all welcome here! Some photos virtually staged.

🏠: 1020 Grand Concourse, Apt 8B
💰: $285,000
🛌: Junior 1 Bedroom | 1 BA
Exclusive Listing:
Assoc. Broker: Matthew Bank

Full listing here: https://www.bankneary.com/property/1020-grand-concourse-apt-8b/

We’re hosting a special weekday open house for our listing 250 West 24th Street, apartment 6GE. This rarely available G line in Chelsea Gardens is one of the most elegant two bedroom floor plans to be found in a prewar building in Chelsea. Call Daisy to schedule an appointment today!

🏡: 250 W. 24th Street, apartment 6GE
💰: $1,800,000
🛌: 2 BD / 1 BA
Exclusive Listing:
👔: & Daisy Dowleh

We have two open houses this weekend on Grand Concourse in the Bronx!

Listings here:

1100 Grand Concourse, apartment 4A:
https://www.bankneary.com/property/1100-grand-concourse-apt-4a/

860 Grand Concourse, apartment 6F:
https://www.bankneary.com/property/860-grand-concourse-apt-6f/

We're beginning to create neighborhood guides for some of the communities we do a lot of business in, and of course we're starting with where our office is located: Chelsea! But we want to hear from you. What are YOUR favorite businesses or things-to-do in Chelsea?

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Our fixer upper on 17th Street, right above our office, is under contract! Congrats to the buyer who now has the fantastic opportunity to design his own loft in the heart of Chelsea. Photographs show possible renovations and are virtually staged. Associate Broker: Matthew Bank

Just listed for rent! Apt 6 DE is a spacious and elegant studio on the top floor facing south into the building’s incredible common garden, making this elegant apartment quiet and bright.

250 West 24th Street, Apt 6DE | Bank Neary Real Estate The best pre-war Art Deco doorman building in Chelsea! Apt 6 DE is a spacious and elegant studio on the top floor facing south into the building’s incredible common garden, making this elegant apartment quiet and bright! Your vestibule opens to a spacious foyer perfect for a dining area, office or...

We're ending this week with some fantastic news: a signed contract on 1 Morton Square, Apartment L6BE! This has been the crown jewel of our listing inventory, and we're very excited to have worked towards a deal with buyers who fell in love with this gorgeous property after seeing it last summer. Broker: GIl Neary with Daisy Dowleh.

Full listing here: https://www.bankneary.com/property/1-morton-square-l6be/

This gorgeous, furnished one bedroom is available for rent in Chelsea Gardens. Exquisite renovation in one of Chelsea’s classic pre-war buildings. Broker: GIl Neary

255 West 23rd Street, Apt 4GE | Bank Neary Real Estate Furnished one bedroom. Exquisite renovation in one of Chelsea’s classic pre-war buildings. The entrance foyer leads you to the brand new eat-in-kitchen, outfitted with top of the line appliances. The sunken living room has an elegant built-in with a large screen TV, as well as an ethanol fireplace...

Back on the market! Great price and fantastic low maintenance can’t be beat. Associate Broker: Matthew Bank

860 Grand Concourse, Apt 3J | Bank Neary Real Estate Back on the market! Spacious south-facing studio in the best location in The Bronx. Around the corner from the subway, Yankee Stadium, shopping, and two fantastic parks, 860 Grand Concourse stands out as one of the only Art Deco co-ops on the Concourse. New appliances, updated kitchen, and immaculat...

Gorgeous one bedroom now available for rent in Chelsea Gardens!

255 West 23rd Street, Apt 4GE | Bank Neary Real Estate Furnished one bedroom. Exquisite renovation in one of Chelsea’s classic pre-war buildings. The entrance foyer leads you to the brand new eat-in-kitchen, outfitted with top of the line appliances. The sunken living room has an elegant built-in with a large screen TV, as well as an ethanol fireplace...