- Year built
- 1931
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 15
- Floors
- 5
- Amenities
- Per the offering plan: an elevator, a gym, a recreation room and a bicycle room in the cellar, private storage rooms, and a common roof terrace
- Landmark status
- Requires confirmation
- City records and our profile differ. Confirm with building management.
- Doorman
- Doorman (hours not stated)
Every recorded sale at this building, 2022–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,622
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- -0.2%
- Recorded sales
- 17
- On record
- 2022–2026
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120 Java Street is one of the few Greenpoint condominiums made from a church building. The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island sold the parish hall in 2015, and the deed record shows the property moving to a first developer that year and to the sponsor, 120 Java, LLC, in February 2017. The conversion kept the three-story brick shell and added two floors on top.
The sale record is short. The sponsor began closing in late July 2022, two weeks after the first certificate of occupancy. By the end of September 2022 it had closed 14 of the 15 apartments, and it closed the last in January 2023. The described initial conveyances do not establish current sponsor holdings, control rights or occupancy. Reconcile the present unit ownership schedule, recorded transfer chain and governing documents before concluding that the sponsor holds no interests or that no units are rented.
Architecture and unit composition
Per the offering plan, the original three stories remain load-bearing walls of red common brick. They were repointed, their cracks repaired and their parapets rebuilt with cast-stone coping. The two added stories above are clad in an exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS, a synthetic stucco over insulation board), a very different material from the brick below. Press coverage at the time described punched windows set into the old facade so that little of it had to be removed.
The unit mix leans small. Eight of the 15 apartments are one-bedrooms, and the Department of Finance gross areas range from about 440 to 1,930 square feet. Those administrative figures are not measured interior living areas. Per the offering plan, one of the two duplexes has its lower level in the cellar. Confirm each duplex and the two top-floor penthouses against approved plans and measured interior areas.
The church next door matters. A light-and-air easement with the Diocese, first made in 2015 and restated in February 2017, covers the lot line with the church at 127 Kent Street. The offering plan also warns that the rear windows of 1C, 1D and 2C may get less light and air than multiple-dwelling rules would normally provide, because the church building is so close. Buyers of those lines should read that disclosure and see the rooms in daylight.
Building operations
No tax abatement. The Department of Finance roll for 2026/27 shows no 421-a or other building-wide exemption on any of the 15 apartments. The offering plan's tax projections likewise assumed full taxes. Owners have paid full taxes since the first closings, so there is no benefit that will run out later. That matters when comparing the building with Greenpoint condominiums still inside a 421-a term.
Certificate of occupancy. Department of Buildings records show an initial certificate of occupancy on July 15, 2022 and renewals through December 1, 2023. The alteration job still shows permitted status, and no final certificate appears in the records reviewed. A lapsed temporary certificate can hold up financing. Buyers should confirm current certificate status with the managing agent and their attorney before signing a contract.
The budget, reserves and any façade or roof work should come from the managing agent. ACRIS shows no regulatory agreement or affordable units inside the condominium.
Policy framework
- Right of first refusal: Per the offering plan, the board of managers holds a right of first refusal on sales and leases at the same price and terms. It cannot approve or reject buyers or tenants.
- Storage: The 14 storage rooms are licensed, not deeded. Confirm in the contract whether a license goes with the apartment.
- Pets, leasing minimums and house rules: Not documented in the records reviewed. Confirm with the managing agent.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Doorman (hours not stated)Source: recent listing records
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, roof deck, bike storage, storageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Sponsor sales ran from July 2022 through January 2023. Resales since then have been occasional: one in 2023 and one in summer 2026, plus a transfer within a family. The duplexes and penthouses set the building's upper range; the studio and the small one-bedrooms sit at the bottom. The building competes with newer Greenpoint condominiums on amenities and with older full-tax lofts on character. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
Recent closings 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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,159 sf | $1,880,000 | $1,622/sf | -5.1% |
| Jun 13, 2023 | 1A | 1 BR · 499 sf | $735,000 | $1,473/sf | — |
| Jan 12, 2023 | 1ASponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA · 499 sf | $716,338 | $1,436/sf | -4.5% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4CSponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA · 538 sf | $953,500 | $1,772/sf | -4.2% |
| Sep 7, 2022 | 2CSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,196 sf | $1,450,000 | $1,212/sf | -3.3% |
| Aug 30, 2022 | 1CSponsor Sale | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,284 sf | $1,485,000 | $1,157/sf | -0.7% |
| Aug 24, 2022 | 2ASponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA · 794 sf | $1,058,500 | $1,333/sf | +0.3% |
| Aug 24, 2022 | 1BSponsor Sale | 1 BA · 501 sf | $761,478 | $1,520/sf | +1.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,622/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount -0.2% over ask.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-02550-7502; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Closed rents at 120 Java Street, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 2 bedroom | 2 | $8,999 |
3 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease February 2026. Based on few leases. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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What to know if you’re buying
Check the certificate of occupancy first. A missing final certificate is a lender and title question. Get it answered before contract.
Read the church disclosures. If the apartment is on the 1C, 1D or 2C line, the offering plan warns about rear light and air. See the rooms in daylight.
Know which part of the building you are buying. Apartments on the lower three floors sit inside the old brick walls; the fourth floor and penthouses are in the EIFS-clad addition. Ask which floor, and ask about the maintenance history of each facade.
Confirm the storage license. It is separate from the unit deed.
What to know if you’re selling
Put the certificate of occupancy status in the package. A buyer's attorney will ask.
Lead with the story and the full-tax position. Buyers pay for the parish-hall shell and exposed original structure. A tax bill with no abatement to lose is worth stating plainly.
Comparable buildings
- 1080 Lorimer Street: a Greenpoint adaptive reuse of a bank annex, inside the historic district
- 190 West Street: a 15-loft Greenpoint conversion of a manufacturing building with no tax abatement
- 171 Calyer Street: a 21-unit Greenpoint condominium on a former theater site, also with no abatement
- 28 Herbert Street: a 16-residence boutique condominium on the Greenpoint–Williamsburg border
- 149 Huron Street: a 30-apartment Greenpoint loft condominium a few blocks north, now fully taxed
- 50 Greenpoint Avenue: a 44-unit condominium a block south with its own 421-a history
- 65 Eckford Street: a 22-apartment Greenpoint condominium carrying full taxes
More Greenpoint buildings
- 1110 Manhattan Avenue (The Manhattan Belle) — 1931 condominium
- 112 Huron Street — 2025 condominium
- 1125 Lorimer Street — 1949 co-op
- 122 Newton Street — condominium
- 122-124 Greenpoint Avenue — condominium
- 123 Meserole Avenue — 2023 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenpoint.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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