114 Clinton Street

Six stories of brick over an irregular corner lot, with 139.67 feet of Clinton Street frontage, an 83-foot depth, and a building front of 125 feet. Slee & Bryson's Heights apartment work runs to proportion, masonry and quiet street presence rather than applied ornament, and the value here is in the plan rather than the elevation: 48,138 gross square feet across 38 apartments works out to roughly 1,270 gross square feet each, which is the comfortable middle of the district's 1920s prewar range and better than most six-story stock of the period.

Apartments run in lettered lines — DOB filings touch 4A and 5C — with the corner geometry producing exposures on both Clinton and Joralemon. Corner apartments in a building shaped like this one are the scarce inventory and should be comped as their own set. Exterior work of every kind, windows included, runs through the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and any alteration touching the Joralemon Street building is subject to the same review.

114-153 Owners Corp. has run the property since the 1983 closing. What stands out in the public record is how little of it there is: five DOB job filings in the modern era, against dozens at comparable Heights co-ops. A thin filing record is not automatically good news — it can indicate deferred work as easily as an untroubled building — and it is a reason to press harder on the financial file rather than relax.

What the record does show is a single recent capital cycle carried through from inspection to repair: a heavy-duty sidewalk shed filed in April 2019, followed by façade repairs filed in March 2020. For a 1923 masonry corner building with a century-old parapet and two street elevations exposed to weather, the follow-up questions write themselves — what the scope covered, what it cost, how it was funded, whether an assessment was levied, and what the next cycle will require. The 153 Joralemon building's own façade, roof and mechanical status should be reviewed on the same terms.

No managing agent is documented in public records for this building, and no individual staff should be assumed. Ask for several years of audited financial statements, the underlying mortgage terms and maturity, the reserve balance, and the board's capital plan for both lots. The Roebling Team remains the contact of record for transaction questions.

Recent sales

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-00254-0001) 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.

Establish the two-lot structure on the record. The corporation holds 114 Clinton Street and 153 Joralemon Street. Confirm which lot your apartment sits on, the total share base, and how capital costs are allocated between the two buildings. This is the most important diligence item at this address.

Read the 2019–20 façade file. One documented capital cycle in a thin filing record is worth understanding in full: scope, cost, funding, assessment history, and what the engineer's report says about the next cycle on both buildings.

Get board policy in writing. Pets, subletting, pied-à-terre use, financing minimums and any transfer fee are undocumented for this cooperative.

The location is a genuine trade. Two blocks from Borough Hall means the fastest commute in the district and the busiest streetscape in it. Walk the corner at rush hour before you commit.

Name Slee & Bryson. Most Heights six-story prewars carry no attribution at all. A documented Slee & Bryson design — with the Appellate Division courthouse and the firm's other Heights apartment houses as neighbors in portfolio — is a pedigree line competitors on this side of the district cannot match.

Lead with size and the corner. Roughly 1,270 gross square feet per apartment and dual-exposure corner lines are the building's measurable advantages over the district's compact 1920s stock.

Put the transit case in the first paragraph. Borough Hall, Court Street and the 2/3/4/5/R cluster two blocks away is the reason a buyer chooses this corner over Willow Street. Sell it directly rather than apologizing for the location.

Prepare the capital and Landmarks files for both lots. Buyers' attorneys will find the two-lot structure. Presenting it clearly, with the 2019–20 façade record attached, converts a question into a non-issue.

If you're considering 114 Clinton Street, also evaluate:

• 100 Remsen Street — the large postwar co-op holding the Remsen corner of the same tax block
• 151 Joralemon Street — prewar co-op a few doors west on the same block front
• 245 Henry Street — the 1955 co-op at the block's Henry Street end; the postwar alternative
• 130 Clinton Street — Freehof's Commercial Gothic office-to-residential conversion across Joralemon; the district's tallest co-op
• 99 Clinton Street — Spencer Mews, the church conversion one block north on the opposite corner
• 40 Clinton Street — the large 1964 co-op tower further north on the same spine
• 59 Pineapple Street — Slee & Bryson's 1926 Heights apartment house; the direct pedigree comparable
• 15 Clark Street — Slee & Bryson's Clark Street building, where Bryson lived
• 134 Remsen Street — small prewar co-op on the same block's Remsen frontage
• 138 Remsen Street — house-scale co-op peer on the same block