130 Clinton Street
130 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
BBL 3002640017 · BIN 3002539
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 89
- Floors
- 12
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median, 2023–2026
- $998K
- 8 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $590K – $1.3M
- Listing discount
- 1.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 146
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130 Clinton Street is Brooklyn Heights' original office-to-residential conversion story, told fifty years early. Mortimer E. Freehof designed the twelve-story tower at Clinton and Joralemon in 1925–26 as commercial offices — insurance-company space, in Brownstoner's account — at the moment when the Heights was still Brooklyn's white-collar center and its skyline was climbing. Freehof's façade treatment is the building's signature: Gothic tracery, carved ornament, and strong verticals applied to a modern commercial frame, a mode the LPC's district records call Commercial Gothic. The recessed corner entry, framed in that ornament, gives the building a presence on Joralemon Street that its office-block program never required. Within the Brooklyn Heights Historic District — designated November 23, 1965, the city's first — the tower stands among the tallest protected buildings, its upper floors clearing the surrounding row-house fabric.
The 1976 conversion is the second half of the story, and the structurally interesting half. Decades before office-to-residential conversion became a citywide policy topic — and decades before 110 Livingston Street's celebrated conversion a few blocks east — the building was reorganized as a cooperative of 89 apartments with retained commercial space, under the 150 Joralemon Street Owners Corp. That 1970s vintage matters practically: the conversion predates the 1980s wave that produced most Heights co-ops, and the building has now operated as a cooperative for half a century. Review the current budget, audited statements, debt and any assessments.
The building's market role follows from its bones. Office frames deliver what prewar apartment houses often cannot: larger window openings, higher slab-to-slab heights on many floors, and upper-floor light and outlook unusual for the neighborhood — the top floors see over the Heights toward the harbor and Downtown Brooklyn. At the same time, the southeastern-quadrant location prices below the Promenade blocks while sitting closer to the borough's transit core, with Borough Hall's 2/3/4/5/R cluster three blocks away. For buyers who want Heights address, elevator service, and scale — in a historic district where buildings of this height are few and any new building or enlargement requires Landmarks Preservation Commission approval — 130 Clinton occupies a niche with almost no direct competition.
For sellers, the marketing assets are concrete: a named architect, a distinctive landmarked façade, a height few buildings in the district share, and a conversion vintage that reads as established rather than experimental.
Architecture and unit composition
Freehof's tower carries its Gothic program up a twelve-story shell: tracery and carved detail at the base and entry, vertical emphasis through the shaft, and massing of its 1920s commercial moment. Because the building began as offices, the residential floor plates are conversion layouts rather than classic-six plans — the 89 units reflect a 1976 reorganization of commercial floors, and configurations vary meaningfully across lines and floors. Buyers should expect the conversion-building pattern: efficient one- and two-bedroom layouts predominating, unit shapes driven by the original window grid and core, and occasional larger or combined units where the floor plate allowed. Ceiling heights and window scale on the office frame are the fabric-level draws; verifying the legal configuration and any combination history of a specific unit is standard diligence. The historic-district envelope governs all exterior work, windows included.
Building operations
150 Joralemon Street Owners Corp. has operated the building as a cooperative since 1976, with some commercial space retained at the base — a revenue feature worth understanding in the building's financials, since commercial income can meaningfully support a co-op budget of this size. No managing agent is publicly documented; management arrangements, staffing, the underlying mortgage, and the capital history (elevator modernization, LL11 façade cycles on a heavily ornamented twelve-story exterior) should be reviewed during diligence. On a building of this height and ornament, the façade maintenance cycle is a recurring budget item rather than an occasional one, and the reserve position should be read with that in mind.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of October 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
Purchase
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $750 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $175 per adult person (e.g., spouse, partner, adult child or other relative of prospective buyer) | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Closing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
| Recognition Agreement FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $250 if financing | Refundable Not stated |
| Transfer Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $950 | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet
4 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $400 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $175 per prospective lessee, co-signer AND adult resident | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Sublet FeeRecurring | Paid by Shareholder | When Upon approval | Amount Year 1: 20% of maintenance monthly; Year 2: 30% of maintenance; Year 3: 50% of maintenance; Year 4: 60% of maintenance | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage Deposit | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Ownership transfer
2 items
Transfer: trust
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trust Transfer Application Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Coop Attorney Review Fee | Paid by Buyer | When Upon approval | Amount To be determined | Refundable Not stated |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase priceSource: building management's published schedule, as of October 2026
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $405 per room a monthMedian of 7 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Maintenance, per square foot
- $1.73 per square foot a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $6,126/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $6
- Modeled exposure split equally across 89 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2026 | 6B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,025,000 | -10.9% | |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 2D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $879,000 | +3.5% | |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 11D | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 825 sf | $900,000 | $1,091/sf | -9.9% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | 7G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $950,000 | +11.9% | |
| May 30, 2025 | 5F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $725,000 | +1.4% | |
| Aug 23, 2024 | 7B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 807 sf | $1,075,000 | $1,332/sf | -2.3% |
| Apr 26, 2024 | 7D | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,170,000 | +19.4% | |
| Jan 8, 2024 | 3H | 1 BR · 1 BA · 780 sf | $835,000 | $1,071/sf | -1.8% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $774/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last 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 3-00264-0017). 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.
Closed rents at 130 Clinton Street, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 2 bedroom | 2 | $5,700 |
3 closed sublet leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease August 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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At the recent median sale of $900K (5 transfers in the past 24 months, since October 31, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,925 to close, or 1.3% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,925
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
Conversion layouts reward in-person evaluation. Unit shapes vary with the original office grid; two apartments with identical room counts can live very differently. See the specific line before forming a price view.
Height is the scarce asset. Few buildings inside the historic district offer upper-floor light and outlook at this scale, and any new building there requires Landmarks Preservation Commission approval. Those floors hold value accordingly.
Read the financials for the commercial income and the façade cycle. Retained commercial space can subsidize maintenance; a twelve-story ornamented façade means recurring LL11 scope. Both belong in your carrying-cost model.
Policies are board-set and undocumented publicly. Sublet, pet, financing, and transfer-fee rules should be confirmed directly with the cooperative at offer stage.
The location trades Promenade adjacency for transit. Borough Hall's full subway cluster is three blocks east; the Promenade is an eight-minute walk west. For commuters, that is often the right trade.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architecture and the height. A Freehof-designed, Gothic-detailed landmark tower photographs distinctively; upper-floor listings should be marketed on outlook first.
Anchor pricing to conversion-building comparables. The right comp set is the Heights' converted and mid-band elevator co-ops, with line-specific adjustments for light and floor, rather than classic prewar-apartment math.
Present the building's operating story. A fifty-year-old conversion with commercial income is the story; have the current budget, audited statements, debt and any assessments summarized for buyers' attorneys.
Assess condition using actual comparables. Compare dated, matched 2025 renovated and unrenovated sales and obtain current work estimates before adjusting price or deciding to renovate for sale.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 130 Clinton Street, also evaluate:
- 110 Livingston Street — the celebrated later office-to-residential conversion nearby; the condominium alternative
- 75 Livingston Street — landmark Gothic-detailed tower co-op at Court Street; the closest architectural peer
- 77 Livingston Street — large elevator co-op on the same corridor
- 40 Clinton Street — major Heights prewar elevator co-op up the street
- 100 Remsen Street — co-op two blocks west; confirm its construction date and matched sale prices before assigning an era or price tier
- 1 Clinton Street (One Clinton) — contemporary condominium at the Cadman Plaza end of Clinton; the new-development alternative
- 96 Schermerhorn Street (Boerum Court) — co-op peer at the district's southeastern edge
- 166 Montague Street — boutique conversion condominium on the Heights' commercial spine
More Brooklyn Heights buildings
- 128 Willow Street — 1925 co-op
- 129 Columbia Heights — 1907 co-op
- 13 Montague Terrace — 1861 co-op
- 130 Hicks Street — 1958 co-op
- 132 Joralemon Street — 1879 co-op
- 132 Remsen Street — condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Brooklyn Heights.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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