150 Burns Street
150 Burns Street, between Ascan Avenue and Borage Place, Queens · Forest Hills
BBL 4032910080 · BIN 4078796
- Year built
- 1932
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Elevator, live-in superintendent, shared laundry, courtyard, storage and video intercom
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $735
- Listing discount
- 2.6%
- Recorded sales
- 35
- On record
- 2005–2026
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150 Burns Street began as Grosvenor Square, an apartment house named for Forest Hills Gardens architect Grosvenor Atterbury. Atterbury consulted on its exterior, with John Almy Tompkins, while C. F. and D. E. McAvoy and associate A. H. Eccles worked on the interiors.
The original building contained 22 apartments. Subsequent subdivision produced today's much broader inventory of 43 residences, ranging from studios to substantial multibedroom homes. That history explains why similarly positioned apartments can have very different sizes and room arrangements.
The six-story Tudor building occupies a lot in a low-rise residential zoning district. It is part of the Forest Hills Gardens setting but is not designated by LPC. The neighborhood's private-street system and its own controls remain distinct from city landmark status.
Architecture and unit composition
The building's brick exterior and Tudor detailing reflect its place in the Gardens' early apartment-house development. The historical design brought a relatively large residential structure into a district dominated by lower buildings. The resulting footprint accommodates a varied sequence of inward and outward exposures.
Subdivision of the original apartments created studios and one-bedrooms within a building initially planned around much larger homes. Current inventory also includes two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartments, three-bedrooms and later combinations. Separate dining areas, entry foyers, windowed kitchens and generous closets recur in the prewar plans.
Some of the smaller apartments are around 400 to 800 square feet, while larger combinations can approach or exceed twice that area. A one-bedroom may retain a distinct dining area and foyer; a larger home may combine several original room sequences. Individual condition ranges from unrenovated interiors to extensively reworked layouts.
The history of subdivision also affects how bedrooms, bathrooms and circulation connect. Floor plans provide a more useful comparison than the shared exterior or floor level alone. An apartment assembled from multiple portions of the original inventory can have a very different internal arrangement from a standard smaller home.
Building operations
The cooperative has a live-in superintendent, elevators, common laundry and storage subject to availability. The courtyard is part of the common outdoor space.
A capital assessment is scheduled through December 2027 for façade and waterproofing improvements and increased gas charges — confirm the current schedule and scope with the managing agent. That assessment is separate from base maintenance and is a specific near-term carrying-cost issue for a purchaser here.
Forest Hills Gardens street parking uses a neighborhood permit system. Nearby recreational facilities belong to separate neighborhood institutions and should not be represented as amenities owned or operated by the cooperative.
The DOF record identifies no current development tax benefit. The building is taxed in Class 2, and its built floor area substantially exceeds the current low-rise residential allowance.
Policy framework
Pets: Not permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 2, 2026 | 2D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,000 sf | $735,000 | $735/sf | -1.9% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 4H | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,450 sf | $700,000 | $483/sf | +0.0% |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 2H | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,299 sf | $980,000 | $754/sf | -1.8% |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 1GH | 4 BR · 3 BA | $870,000 | +0.0% | |
| Nov 14, 2024 | 2AB | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,800 sf | $1,148,000 | $638/sf | -4.2% |
| Mar 14, 2024 | 2F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 650 sf | $330,000 | $508/sf | -10.8% |
| Nov 16, 2023 | 2E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 775 sf | $340,000 | $439/sf | -2.9% |
| Dec 15, 2022 | 3H | 3 BR · 3 BA | $970,000 | -10.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $735/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.6% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 4-03291-0080) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. 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.
At the recent median sale of $870K (5 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,813 to close, or 1.4% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,813
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
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Lane Towers — A postwar high-rise cooperative alternative with a much larger inventory near central Forest Hills.
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Kennedy House — A full-service tower cooperative with extensive shared facilities and high-floor apartments.
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The Summit Condominium — A condominium alternative for buyers weighing the Gardens' prewar cooperative format against newer tower ownership.
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Washington Plaza — A larger Queens courtyard cooperative with prewar architecture and landscaped common space.
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Colonial Court — A six-story brick cooperative with a landscaped rear garden and a larger residential inventory.
More Forest Hills buildings
- 107-40 Queens Boulevard (Lane Towers) — 1965 condominium
- 108-07 65th Road, 108-07 65th Road at 108th Street · Forest Hills — 1949 co-op
- 110-11 Queens Boulevard (Kennedy House) — 1965 co-op by Philip Birnbaum & Associates
- 4 Dartmouth Street — 1931 co-op
- 64-34 Grand Central Parkway, 64-34 Grand Central Parkway service road — 2009 condominium
- 78-14 Austin Street — 1932 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Forest Hills.
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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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