For $3.75M, this 'secret' 1850s carriage house is hidden away in a private courtyard just blocks from Times Square

For $3.75M, this ‘secret’ 1850s carriage house is hidden away in a private courtyard just blocks from Times Square

June 2, 2025

All photos courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens

The 1850s carriage house co-op at 422 West 46th Street, known as The Carriage House at Clinton Court, is one of New York City’s enchanting secrets, hidden in plain sight–in this case, literally blocks from Times Square. The building’s lower floors, where you’ll find this duplex unit asking $3,750,000, were once home to horses and carts between their rounds delivering milk to local residents. From the street, through the narrow sliver that was the original horse passage, enter a mid-block courtyard that feels more like the French Quarter in New Orleans than Midtown Manhattan. What’s more, according to Untapped Cities, the property isn’t merely enchanting–it’s haunted.

Tucked into the center of a Hell’s Kitchen block, surrounded by apartment complexes and skyscrapers, the aforementioned courtyard can barely be glimpsed from the street behind an iron gate. The free-standing carriage house has windows on all sides.

Through the courtyard and up a set of granite stairs, the front porch is a perfect spot to laze away a summer afternoon.

“Somebody could be in here and you wouldn’t know that you are in the heart of Times Square,” Paul Devlin, the Brown Harris Stevens agent with the listing, told the New York Post.

“You can look out the windows and see the H&M tower … from the bedroom window, but when you come down to the courtyard, it’s serenely quiet.”

Once inside, you can access a separate office/bedroom suite/studio or enter the duplex. The living and dining rooms open beneath high ceilings, anchored by a wood-burning fireplace. A cozy kitchen, featuring a stained-glass-windowed pass-through, lies through glass-paned doors.

Upstairs, a primary bedroom has another wood-burning fireplace; also up here, a second bedroom, two full bathrooms, and a washer/dryer closet.

This unusual unit is part of both the 420 West 46th Street Co-op and the 424 West 46th Street Co-op. In addition to the courtyard entrance, there is a separate entrance from within 424 West 46th Street. A video intercom system provides safety when the sidewalk entry gate to the courtyard is unlocked.

The carriage house has the additional distinction of having been occupied by the sculptors who designed the flag pole bases at the New York Public Library.

More recently, it has been a popular location for film and television productions, with scenes in Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” and “Deconstructing Harry,” as well as “Law & Order” and “Blue Bloods.”

[Listing details: 422 West 46th Street, Unit 2R by Paul Devlin and Lisa K. Lippman of Brown Harris Stevens]

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Photos courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens