The Continental
135 Prospect Park Southwest, between Terrace Place and Seeley Street, in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
BBL 3052570045 · BIN 3121890
- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Cooperative
- Floors
- 6
- Amenities
- Elevators, resident superintendent, porters, common laundry, bicycle storage, basement storage, landscaped courtyard and gardens
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditions
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
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The Continental occupies a full blockfront opposite Prospect Park, extending between Terrace Place and Seeley Street. The 1929 cooperative combines a substantial landscaped setting with a six-story apartment house. Its Gothic exterior details have also given it the local nickname the Castle building.
The park frontage is the central feature of the location. Homes oriented toward Prospect Park have an outlook over the park's southern landscape, while other apartments face the courtyard or adjoining streets. The building's broad footprint produces materially different exposures within a single address.
Inside, marble public areas and Art Deco detailing accompany apartments with entrance foyers, arched openings and wood floors. Many layouts preserve separate kitchens and generous circulation space. The building offers an elevator-served prewar apartment in Windsor Terrace with shared gardens and a direct relationship to the park.
Architecture and unit composition
The masonry exterior uses ornamental arches and a crenellated roofline that account for its castle-like appearance. The landscaped approach softens the transition from the avenue to the entrances. Public interiors have a different decorative vocabulary, including the marble lobby and Art Deco elements.
Apartment layouts include one- and two-bedroom homes, with large foyers and substantial closets recurring across the inventory. Windowed kitchens and bathrooms appear in the original plans. Some bathrooms retain a separate shower and tub, and some apartments retain cedar-lined closet storage.
The wider layouts can accommodate separate dining areas as well as living rooms. High ceilings, moldings, parquet and inlaid wood floors survive in many homes, although alterations and renovations have changed individual interiors. Room arrangements matter here because a large foyer or dining area can account for a meaningful share of the floor plan.
Park and courtyard exposures provide different outlooks. A view across the avenue toward Prospect Park carries a distinct appeal, while courtyard-facing rooms relate to the building's landscaped interior spaces. The six-story scale also means that tree cover affects the experience of lower-floor park-facing windows.
Building operations
The cooperative has an on-site superintendent and porters, with common laundry, bicycle storage and basement storage. Elevators serve the apartment floors. The shared grounds are a continuing part of the property's operation, including the landscaped courtyard and gardens.
The building is in Tax Class 2, and no building-wide tax abatement is identified. Real estate taxes are an expense of the cooperative corporation and are reflected in its operating budget. The association's tax classification has no statutory annual assessment-growth cap.
Its R6A/R5B zoning and recorded floor-area ratio show an existing building denser than the stated residential allowance. The current six-story form predates today's zoning framework. That recorded comparison is relevant to the value of the existing apartment volume but does not itself establish an enlargement or redevelopment option.
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditionsRestrictedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $170 per room 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.
Building staffing and amenities
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Garden, bike storage, storage, laundry roomSource: 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
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $23,337/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $23
- Modeled exposure split equally across 84 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 2025–30. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | F7 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,275,000 | -5.6% | |
| Jul 28, 2026 | A6 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $920,000 | +8.2% | |
| Nov 6, 2024 | E4 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $725,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jun 19, 2024 | C12 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $745,000 | +2.8% | |
| Aug 14, 2023 | E1 | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,897,000 | +5.7% | |
| Aug 14, 2023 | E9 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,325,519 | +3.6% | |
| Nov 29, 2022 | D9 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,050 sf | $1,325,000 | $1,262/sf | +2.0% |
| Jan 12, 2022 | F15 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,350,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $1,262/sf (recorded) 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.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-05257-0045). 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.
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Comparable buildings
- Park Vanderbilt: a nearby elevator cooperative for comparing postwar layouts with The Continental's prewar rooms and circulation.
- The Lakeview: another Prospect Park Southwest cooperative, useful for comparing the park-edge location across different building eras.
- 125 Prospect Park West: a prewar cooperative for buyers seeking period architecture on another stretch of the park perimeter.
- 14 Prospect Park Southwest: a smaller prewar cooperative offering a different ownership scale along the same avenue.
- Ansonia Court: a courtyard conversion farther into Park Slope, relevant to buyers who prioritize shared outdoor space and older-building character.
More Windsor Terrace buildings
- Parc Maison, 1105 Prospect Avenue — 2007 condominium
- Park Circle at Prospect Park, 346 Coney Island Avenue — 2006 condominium
- The Algonquin, 175 Prospect Park Southwest — 1970 co-op
- The Parisa, 1712 Tenth Avenue — 2023 condominium
- The Simone, 35 McDonald Avenue — 2007 condominium
- The Windsor (23 Ocean Parkway) — condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Windsor Terrace.
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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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