137 Joralemon Street
137 Joralemon Street · Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
BBL 3002540011 · BIN 3002218
- Year built
- 1843
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Private terrace, storage and in-home laundry in the upper duplex configuration
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
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About the building
137 Joralemon Street is a five-residence cooperative within an 1843 townhouse in Brooklyn Heights. Its construction predates the neighborhood's apartment-house era, and its scale remains that of a rowhouse. The building is part of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, established in 1965. Exterior work therefore involves the requirements of a designated district as well as the cooperative's own approvals.
The upper portion includes a three-bedroom duplex with north and south exposures, high ceilings and a private terrace. Storage and in-home laundry are included in that configuration. The duplex's two interior levels and roof-level outdoor area differ from the apartments lower in the house. Floor position determines the amount of stair travel as well as the relationship between the main living rooms and the street.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $374 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.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2026 | PARLOR | 3 BR · 2 BA | $3,300,333 | +11.9% | |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 6 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,400,000 | +8.9% | |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 7 | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,400,000 | +6.7% | |
| Dec 2, 2022 | PARLOR | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,100,000 | +10.8% | |
| Aug 26, 2021 | 5 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,225,000 | +16.7% | |
| Jul 1, 2021 | 6 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $995,000 | -0.3% | |
| May 13, 2021 | 2 | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,863 sf | $1,800,000 | $966/sf | -7.7% |
| Apr 21, 2021 | 7 | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,075 sf | $1,995,000 | $961/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $964/sf (recorded) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount -4.8% over 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 3-00254-0011). 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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What to know if you’re buying
The upper terrace sits over a five-residence cooperative. A purchaser of the duplex should establish which roof and terrace components belong to the cooperative and which improvements fall to the shareholder. Access for building work also matters where a contractor must pass through private rooms to reach the roof. With only five residences, a major roof or exterior project can represent a substantial share of the building's annual spending.
Comparable buildings
- 134 Remsen Street: A small Brooklyn Heights cooperative in a historic residential setting.
- 138 Remsen Street: Another prewar cooperative for comparing townhouse-scale ownership.
- 132 Joralemon Street: A nearby cooperative on the same street.
- 73 Remsen Street: A neighborhood cooperative alternative with a limited apartment inventory.
More Brooklyn Heights buildings
- 134 Remsen Street — co-op
- 135 Willow Street — 1955 co-op
- 136 State Street — 1843 co-op
- 138 Pierrepont Street (The Brooklyn Trust Company Building) — 1913 condominium
- 138 Remsen Street — 1856 co-op
- 142 Hicks Street — 1913 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Brooklyn Heights.
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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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