151 Lafayette Avenue
151 Lafayette Avenue, at Carlton Avenue, Fort Greene
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
BBL 3021030065 · BIN 3059056
- Year built
- 1874
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Bicycle storage, shared laundry and a private garden serving the lower duplex
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Fort Greene Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Dogs and cats
- Permitted
- Washer/dryer
- Permitted
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median, 2023–2026
- $1.8M
- 3 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $1.3M – $1.8M
- Listing discount
- 2.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 14
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About the building
151 Lafayette Avenue occupies a corner rowhouse designed by Thomas H. Brush and built in 1874. LPC identifies its architecture as transitional French Second Empire. The building's Carlton Avenue side gives it an unusually long exposed elevation for a brownstone-scale property, with windows beyond the front and rear walls. Its five cooperative residences occupy a four-story structure within the Fort Greene Historic District. The original house has been adapted into apartments while retaining its nineteenth-century exterior form.
The inventory includes a lower duplex with a private garden and upper floor-through homes. Two- and three-bedroom configurations have traded, generally using broad living areas and separate bedroom zones within the old house. The garden duplex has exposures toward three directions, with rear rooms opening toward the landscaped outdoor area. Upper apartments benefit from the corner building's side windows. Shared laundry and bicycle storage serve the cooperative, while some homes have their own laundry and individually installed cooling systems.
Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Dogs and cats
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Garden, bike 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 1 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,200 sf | $1,800,000 | $1,500/sf | -7.7% |
| Aug 28, 2023 | 4 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,289,900 | +31.0% | |
| Jul 29, 2019 | 2 | 3 BR · 1,100 sf | $1,407,575 | $1,280/sf | +12.6% |
| Aug 6, 2018 | 1 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,200 sf | $1,360,000 | $1,133/sf | +5.0% |
| Jul 8, 2013 | 1 | 2 BR | $900,000 | +16.1% | |
| Dec 26, 2012 | 4 | 2 BR | $625,000 | +0.0% | |
| Dec 21, 2009 | 4 | 2 BR | $545,000 | -3.1% | |
| Aug 7, 2008 | 5 | 2 BR · 1,000 sf | $540,000 | $540/sf | -1.8% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,500/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. 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 3-02103-0065). 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 corner position creates an extended exterior wall shared by only five residences. Masonry, window and roof work can therefore be a substantial common expense even in a small cooperative, and exterior changes are subject to historic-district controls. The lower duplex's garden use is distinct from responsibility for the surrounding building envelope.
Comparable buildings
- 149 Lafayette Avenue — a nearby prewar cooperative with a larger apartment count.
- 60 South Oxford Street — another low-rise cooperative within the historic residential neighborhood.
- 159 Lafayette Avenue — a larger same-street cooperative for comparing operating scale.
- The Richelieu — a prewar cooperative with a broader residential inventory and apartment-house layout.
More Fort Greene buildings
- 147 Lafayette Avenue — 1860 co-op
- 147 South Oxford Street — 1930 co-op
- 149 Lafayette Avenue — 1938 co-op
- 159 Lafayette Avenue — 1897 co-op
- 168 Washington Park — 1869 co-op
- 171 South Portland Avenue — condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Fort Greene.
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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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