Hey! Ho! Let’s go! Joey Ramone’s longtime East Village loft is up for grabs—for a cool $575,000.
The 400-square-foot studio may be small, but it’s packed with history. Hidden behind its kitchen cabinets, the previous owner discovered a trove of Ramone’s personal papers—fan mail, handwritten lyrics, and old reviews—offering a glimpse into the punk icon’s life. Curbed first reported on the unique listing.
Joey Ramone, born Jeffrey Ross Hyman, lived in the East 9th Street apartment from the height of the Ramones’ fame until his passing in 2001. The property, now listed by James McGrath of Yoreevo, was last sold in 2018 when Joey’s brother, Mitchel Hyman, parted with it for $452,000.
Since then, the studio has undergone a full renovation, with a new kitchen and updated bathroom. But the real find? A stash of Ramone’s old bills, letters, and notes, wedged behind kitchen cabinets for decades.
Among them was a 1987 letter from Boston University administrators canceling a planned Ramones show over crowd control concerns. “The Ramones attract a particular audience and atmosphere that may also be considered inappropriate in the space,” they wrote.
One frustrated student organizer fired back with a letter to the band, railing against the decision: “Little did I know that the administration of this school is stuck somewhere in Victorian times where bands such as the Ramones are seen as sound, obnoxious drug-addicts!”
Ramone and bandmate Marky Ramone later showed up at a student rally at BU that November, Curbed reported.
The studio sits in the St. Mark, a white-brick co-op just off Astor Place. Other units in the building currently list between $475,000 and $575,000. The once-gritty East Village is now a prime location, steps from Union Square and even a shiny new Wegmans.
The Ramones, often credited with pioneering punk rock, formed in Queens in 1974. Despite their now-legendary debut album flopping commercially in 1976, the band went on to play more than 2,000 concerts and release 14 studio albums before calling it quits in 1996.
Now, a piece of their legacy—and Joey’s punk spirit—can be yours.
