Simone Falco (Credit:Rossopomodoro) and 177 Ninth Avenue
Eataly chef Simone Falco and his wife Katherine Brodsky Falco, the daughter of real estate developer Daniel Brodsky, bought a four-bedroom pad at 177 Ninth Avenue in Chelsea for $9.9 million, according to property records filed with the city Friday.
Daniel Brodsky’s Brodsky Organization 
developed the seven-story, 54-apartment building in 2008.
Falco, a Naples native and former Rugby player, is the owner of Rossopomodoro, a restaurant in the Flatiron District food hall Eataly. Brodsky Falco is the executive director of Crime Lab New York, a research organization dedicated to reducing crime, according to her LinkedIn profile.
The fourth-floor apartment features 28 floor-to-ceiling windows and four and a half bathrooms, according to StreetEasy. The building, dubbed Chelsea Enclave, sits next door to The General Theological Seminary On West 21st Street and overlooks a courtyard garden.