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138 Broadway, Brooklyn (The Smith Gray Building)Recorded sales & closing prices
138 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11211
63 recorded closings, 2004–2025. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 63
- Date range
- 2004–2025
- Median $/sf
- $1,307
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $1.35
- Price range
- $530K – $2.67M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, on a floor-adjusted basis — standardized to the building’s average floor, so it reflects price rather than which floors happened to sell. This is a different method from The Roebling Index, which publishes plain medians and applies no floor adjustment; the two are not interchangeable. Floor adjustment standardizes for floor only. It does not control for condition, size, exposure, renovation or the mix of what happened to trade. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
138 Broadway trades as a converted loft building. Benchmark it on a dollars-per-square-foot basis against Williamsburg's other industrial conversions; the glass towers on the waterfront are a different product. Its advantages are volume, an authentic nineteenth-century commercial building, and a tax bill with no scheduled increase ahead of it. Its trade-offs are loft-conversion mechanics and a small resale base. Forty apartments generate only a few sales a year, so pricing rests on a handful of prints, and layout, ceiling height and exposure vary more from unit to unit than in new construction. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Smith Gray Building, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library.
Price per square foot over time
52 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
The vertical premium
Time-adjusted price per square foot by floor group, against the recent median. These figures reflect the apartments that traded and do not isolate the value of light, views, layout or condition.
Premium by line
Time-adjusted price per square foot by line, against the recent median. Line groups are not floor-controlled and do not isolate the value of light, outlook, layout or condition.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2025 | 5G | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,787 sf | $2,410,000 | $1,349 | -9.1% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | PH6D | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,843 sf | $2,650,000 | $1,438 | +6.0% |
| May 10, 2023 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 966 sf | $1,412,000 | $1,462 | +0.0% |
| Sep 29, 2022 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 933 sf | $999,000 | $1,071 | +0.0% |
| Nov 9, 2021 | 4G | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,827 sf | $1,943,000 | $1,063 | -11.2% |
| Oct 29, 2021 | PHB | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,117 sf | $2,355,000 | $1,112 | +1.3% |
| Oct 20, 2021 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 871 sf | $1,105,000 | $1,269 | +2.3% |
| Apr 9, 2021 | PHG | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,958 sf | $2,675,000 | $1,366 | -0.7% |
| Mar 4, 2021 | 5E | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,815 sf | $2,100,000 | $1,157 | -2.3% |
| Nov 5, 2020 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 934 sf | $1,090,000 | $1,167 | -0.8% |
The retrade record
Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Every recorded sale
Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance. Every sale sits in one of three states: counted in the building’s medians and trend; shown but excluded as a non-arms-length or nominal transfer; or shown and ⚑ flagged for review — a possible duplicate filing or an extreme $/sf outlier, held out of the statistics pending manual verification rather than allowed to move them.
| Apartment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2025 | 5G | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,787 | $2,410,000 | $1,349 | -9.1% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | PH6D | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,843 | $2,650,000 | $1,438 | +6.0% |
| May 10, 2023 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA | 966 | $1,412,000 | $1,462 | +0.0% |
| Sep 29, 2022 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA | 933 | $999,000 | $1,071 | +0.0% |
| Nov 9, 2021 | 4G | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,827 | $1,943,000 | $1,063 | -11.2% |
| Oct 29, 2021 | PHB | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | 2,117 | $2,355,000 | $1,112 | +1.3% |
| Oct 20, 2021 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA | 871 | $1,105,000 | $1,269 | +2.3% |
| Apr 9, 2021 | PHG | 3 BR · 3 BA | 1,958 | $2,675,000 | $1,366 | -0.7% |
| Mar 4, 2021 | 5E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,815 | $2,100,000 | $1,157 | -2.3% |
| Nov 5, 2020 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA | 934 | $1,090,000 | $1,167 | -0.8% |
| Oct 9, 2020 | 3E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,815 | $2,050,000 | $1,129 | -4.7% |
| Jan 21, 2020 | 3E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,815 | $2,000,000 | $1,102 | +5.5% |
| Dec 27, 2019 | 3C | 1 BR | 934 | $1,150,000 | $1,231 | — |
| Aug 6, 2019 | 4F | 1 BR · 1 BA | 861 | $995,000 | $1,156 | +4.7% |
| Jul 10, 2019 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA | 934 | $900,000 | $964 | — |
| May 31, 2019 | 3B | 1 BA | 925 | $987,000 | $1,067 | -0.8% |
| Jul 10, 2018 | 2D | 1 BR · 1 BA | 879 | $999,500 | $1,137 | -2.5% |
| May 18, 2018 | 2G | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,845 | $1,980,000 | $1,073 | -0.8% |
| Apr 27, 2018 | 5F | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $926,000 | — | -7.2% |
| Apr 11, 2018 | 1C | 3 BR · 2 BA | 2,318 | $1,885,000 | $813 | -5.5% |
| Jan 26, 2018 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA | 934 | $999,000 | $1,070 | -7.1% |
| Jan 19, 2018 | 5E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,815 | $2,100,000 | $1,157 | +5.0% |
| Nov 7, 2017 | 5C | 1 BR | 966 | $1,100,000 | $1,139 | +0.0% |
| Apr 20, 2017 | PHA | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,070 | $2,649,000 | $1,280 | +0.0% |
| May 31, 2016 | 4D | 1 BR | 879 | $999,999 | $1,138 | -11.1% |
| May 12, 2014 | 1D | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,704 | $1,600,000 | $939 | +0.0% |
| May 9, 2014 | 1D | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,704 | $1,475,000 | $866 | -7.8% |
| Aug 13, 2013 | 5D | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $902,100 | — | +6.3% |
| Jun 28, 2013 | 4B | outside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $745,000 | — | +7.2% |
| May 23, 2013 | PHB | 3 BR | 2,117 | $2,050,000 | $968 | +2.8% |
| May 7, 2013 | 2B | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $880,000 | — | +10.1% |
| Apr 16, 2013 | 3C | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $859,000 | — | +14.5% |
| Apr 1, 2013 | 2C | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $782,000 | — | +15.9% |
| Dec 11, 2012 | 5G | 3 BR | 1,780 | $1,299,000 | $730 | +0.0% |
| Dec 7, 2012 | 4E | 3 BR · 2 BA | 1,815 | $1,500,000 | $826 | +13.2% |
| Jun 6, 2012 | 5F | 1 BA | 859 | $640,000 | $745 | -4.3% |
| May 1, 2012 | 1D | 2 BR · 2 BAnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | 1,704 | $880,000 | — | — |
| Jan 17, 2012 | 3F | 861 | $595,000 | $691 | +2.8% | |
| Jun 28, 2011 | 6E | 3 BR | 1,800 | $1,350,000 | $750 | -3.2% |
| Nov 8, 2010 | 4G | 3 BR | 1,827 | $646,589 | $354 | ask unverified |
| Aug 10, 2010 | 4C | 1 BR | 934 | $535,000 | $573 | — |
| Jul 13, 2010 | 3G | 3 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $985,000 | — | -1.5% |
| Aug 18, 2009 | 1A | 2 BR | 2,221 | $890,000 | $401 | — |
| Apr 17, 2009 | 2G | 3 BR | 1,845 | $960,000 | $520 | -3.9% |
| Dec 22, 2008 | PHG | 3 BR | 1,865 | $1,550,000 | $831 | +0.0% |
| Jun 9, 2008 | 6D | 3 BR | 1,843 | $1,295,000 | $703 | +0.0% |
| Mar 21, 2008 | 5A | 1 BR | 889 | $615,000 | $692 | — |
| Jan 31, 2008 | 1E | 2 BR | 2,500 | $999,000 | $400 | +0.0% |
| Aug 28, 2007 | 5B | 948 | $614,500 | $648 | -0.7% | |
| Aug 28, 2007 | 4F | 1 BR | 864 | $670,000 | $775 | +7.2% |
| Apr 18, 2007 | PHB | 3 BR · 3 BA | 2,117 | $1,250,000 | $590 | -3.8% |
| Feb 20, 2007 | 3A | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $610,000 | — | +1.8% |
| Dec 7, 2006 | PHA | 3 BR | 1,997 | $1,200,000 | $601 | — |
| Nov 28, 2006 | 3G | 3 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $1,100,000 | — | +10.0% |
| Sep 29, 2006 | 2B | 933 | $585,000 | $627 | -2.3% | |
| Sep 7, 2006 | 5D | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $611,000 | — | +2.0% |
| Oct 6, 2005 | 4DSponsor Sale | 1 BR | 879 | $575,000 | $654 | -1.7% |
| Oct 4, 2005 | 3F | 861 | $530,000 | $616 | — | |
| May 18, 2005 | 4BSponsor Sale | 933 | $575,000 | $616 | — | |
| Apr 2, 2005 | 3FSponsor Sale | 861 | $530,000 | $616 | — | |
| Jan 10, 2005 | 2DSponsor Sale | 1 BR | 879 | $649,000 | $738 | — |
| Sep 15, 2004 | 1ESponsor Sale | 2 BR | 2,500 | $729,000 | $292 | +0.0% |
| Aug 18, 2004 | 5GSponsor Sale | 3 BR | 1,787 | $875,000 | $490 | — |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-02132-7502; 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. Storage, parking, and commercial units are excluded from all figures. Floor- and line-level $/sf are time-controlled (each sale measured against the building’s going rate at the time of sale) and expressed at today’s pricing, so they isolate the floor or line premium rather than blend two decades of market movement.
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