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 is roughly 1,270 gross square feet of building area per apartment. Gross area includes corridors, walls, the elevator and service space, so it is not the average apartment size; compare each apartment's measured square footage.

Apartments run in lettered lines — DOB filings touch 4A and 5C — with the corner geometry producing exposures on both Clinton and Joralemon. Corner apartments should be comped as their own set. Most exterior alterations, windows included, need Landmarks Preservation Commission permission, though work that meets LPC rules may qualify for staff-level approval; confirm the review path for the actual scope, including any work at the Joralemon Street building.

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 pair of filings: a heavy-duty sidewalk shed filed in April 2019, followed by façade repairs filed in March 2020; completion and current condition need confirming. 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

Recent transfers at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,400/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-00254-0001). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.

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 trade-off. The building is close to Borough Hall and the Court Street transit cluster, and the street environment there is busier than on the district's residential blocks. Visit the corner at rush hour before you commit.

Name Slee & Bryson. The LPC's district records credit the design to Slee & Bryson, whose other Heights apartment houses are listed above; state the documented attribution in the listing.

Lead with the plan and the corner. Use measured apartment sizes from the floor plans rather than the 1,270 gross-square-foot building average, and document the dual-exposure corner lines.

Describe the transit access factually. The Borough Hall / Court Street cluster (2/3/4/5/R) is close to the building; state it plainly and let each buyer weigh it against quieter blocks.

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, answers the question before a buyer's attorney asks it.

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