One Clinton (1 Clinton Street)

The 134 residential units occupy marketed floors 3 through 38, above the library, STEM Lab, and retail base. The offering plan's initial Schedule A ran from one-bedroom units of roughly 930 square feet to three-bedroom lines of approximately 2,250–2,360 square feet, with initial offering prices spanning roughly $1.1 million for the smaller one-bedrooms to $4.25 million at the top of the three-bedroom tier; the aggregate residential offering was $468.7 million. Typical floors carry an A-through-E line structure on the tower levels — the A and B lines are the larger three-bedroom corners, and the one-bedroom lines sit mid-floor. The lower floors (3 and 4) include a deeper mix of two-bedroom-with-den style layouts reflecting the wider base of the triangular plan.

The triangular footprint does real work in the apartments, producing angled exposures — units facing northwest take the harbor and Lower Manhattan, the east face reads across Cadman Plaza toward Downtown Brooklyn, and south-facing units look down the brownstone grid of the Heights. Window openings are restrained by the limestone grid: punched and well-proportioned, closer in spirit to prewar fenestration than to curtain-wall construction. Sponsor amendments raised prices on the B-line one-bedroom stack twice within the offering's first two months — an indicator of where early demand concentrated.

One Clinton operates as a full-service condominium: a uniformed 24-hour lobby attendant/concierge, a live-in resident manager (Unit 4N, owned by the sponsor and leased to the condominium for that purpose), and an amenity program spread across the third through fifth floors and the 26th floor. The recreation floors carry the fitness center, yoga room, sauna and hot tub, children's playroom, multi-media room, and a multi-use lounge of roughly 700 square feet with a kitchenette; the third-floor roof terrace of approximately 3,500 square feet is fitted with barbecues and seating; and the double-height sky lounge on 26 — approximately 1,125 square feet with its own terrace — is the building's signature space. Parking operates below grade under a license structure (50 spaces, 4 of them handicap-designated), with 100 storage bins and two bicycle rooms in the sub-cellars.

The master-condominium relationship with the library is a background fact of ownership: the Library Unit pays no common charges, meters its own utilities, and receives no services from condominium staff, while the residential condominium provides condenser water at its own expense. The master board has three members, two designated by One Clinton — so the residential condominium controls the master condominium except on issues materially affecting the Library Unit.

Recent sales

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-00239-7501) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price.

Understand the master-condominium structure. You are buying into a sub-condominium that sits alongside a City-owned Library Unit exempt from all common charges. The arrangement is stable and was engineered into the deed from the start, but your attorney should walk the master declaration during contract review.

The 1 percent flip tax applies on exit. Unusual for a new-construction condominium, and it feeds the reserve fund. Model it into your hold-period math alongside the mansion tax at your price point.

Line and floor selection drive the premium. The building's three exposures behave differently — harbor-facing units carry the trophy views, Cadman-facing units trade on light and openness over the plaza, south-facing units read the brownstone rooftops. View the specific unit at multiple times of day.

The condo framework is permissive. Right of first refusal only, no owner-occupancy requirement, pied-à-terre and investor purchases permitted — a materially broader buyer pool than the surrounding co-op stock, and 30–45 day closing timelines.

The location trades Promenade proximity for civic-corridor convenience. The building faces Cadman Plaza with the Clark Street 2/3, Borough Hall 2/3/4/5/R, and High Street A/C stations all within a few blocks — among the best transit positions in the Heights — while the Promenade and the fruit streets sit a longer walk west.

Tell the library story accurately. The building's provenance — the $52 million site purchase, the new 26,620-square-foot branch conveyed back to the City, the 114 permanently affordable Clinton Hill apartments, the STEM Lab — is a documented public-benefit package, and sophisticated buyers respond to it when it is presented precisely rather than as marketing gloss.

Price from same-line comparables. The triangular plan makes cross-line comparisons unreliable; recent trades in your line and altitude band should anchor the ask.

Market the amenity floors and the sky lounge. The 26th-floor double-height lounge and the third-floor terrace are the building's most photogenic differentiators against both waterfront condos and prewar co-op alternatives.

Disclose the transfer fee early. The 1 percent flip tax is uncommon in condos; surfacing it at the listing stage avoids friction at contract.

Closings are condominium-fast. Right-of-first-refusal mechanism; 30–45 day pacing is typical.

If you're considering One Clinton, also evaluate:

• Quay Tower (50 Bridge Park Drive) — the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront new-dev peer; direct harbor frontage, similar unit count
• One Brooklyn Bridge Park (360 Furman Street) — large-scale waterfront conversion condominium at the park's southern end
• 90 Furman Street — boutique-scaled Brooklyn Bridge Park condominium alternative
• The Clock Tower (1 Main Street) — DUMBO's trophy loft conversion; the borough's other marquee view building
• Front & York (85 Jay Street) — DUMBO's largest full-amenity new development; deeper amenity program, larger scale
• 98 Front Street — DUMBO new-dev condominium at a more accessible price point
• 70 Washington Street — DUMBO loft-conversion condominium peer
• One57 — the Manhattan reference point for tower-above-institution mixed-use condominium structure