153 Henry Street
153 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
BBL 3002370017 · BIN 3001883
- Year built
- 1928
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 73
- Floors
- 9
- Landmark
- Designated
On October 23, 1927, the Brooklyn Eagle announced the end of one Heights era and the start of another: "Love Lane and Henry House Torn Down for Apartments." The apartment house that rose on the cleared site — nine stories of brick on the east side of Henry Street, facing the mouth of Love Lane — was developed by David Solomon to a design by Mortimer E. Freehof, and completed in 1928. Public records carry it as 153 Henry Street; the building and its cooperative corporation go by 155 Henry. At 73 apartments it is one of the larger prewar cooperatives in the central Heights, and it is the biggest of Freehof's three documented Heights commissions, bracketed by 1 Grace Court (1926) and 35 Pierrepont Street (1929).
The Love Lane siting gives the building its particular charm. Love Lane is one of the district's surviving colonial-era lanes — a narrow, name-intact remnant of the Heights' pre-grid geography that now dead-ends into Henry Street directly opposite the building's blockfront. The surrounding streets are the district's connective residential tissue: Monroe Place and its Appellate Division courthouse one block east, the Pierrepont Street institutions one block south, and the Clark Street 2/3 station — threaded through the ground floor of the former Hotel St. George — a block north. Few Heights addresses put a subway, the Promenade, and Montague Street's services in equal five-minute reach the way this corner of the grid does.
The building also tells a preservation story worth knowing. When Clay Lancaster compiled Old Brooklyn Heights, his 1961 survey of the district's fabric, the 1928 apartment house was young enough to fall outside his frame — yet four years later the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, designated November 23, 1965 as New York City's first, swept the interwar apartment layer into protection alongside the Federal and Greek Revival rows. Buildings like 153 Henry are why that mattered: the 1920s elevator houses are now understood as part of the district's historic fabric rather than intrusions on it, and their façades are maintained under the same Landmarks jurisdiction as the rowhouses.
As a cooperative, 155 Henry Owners Corp. is a conversion-era corporation of the type that defines the Heights' apartment market. The Roebling Research Library maintains the building's transaction history; conversion documents and current governance materials are reviewed with clients during diligence.
Architecture and unit composition
Freehof's building runs nine stories over a full-block-depth lot at the Love Lane corner of the grid, with 73 apartments per Department of Finance records — a scale that produces genuine line variety rather than a single repeated layout. The inventory runs from compact one-bedroom lines through the larger prewar spreads typical of a 1928 elevator house, with foyer entries, separated kitchens, and prewar ceiling heights throughout the tier. Upper-floor apartments on the west exposures face Henry Street and the low rowhouse fabric toward the Promenade; east exposures work the quieter block interior toward Monroe Place. Line-by-line layouts and share allocations are maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
At 73 units, the building sits in a different operating class from the Heights' six-story co-ops: the shareholder base is deep enough to spread capital costs, and the inventory turns over often enough to produce a readable pricing record — both genuine advantages in a district dominated by very small corporations.
Building operations
The cooperative operates at the nine-story elevator scale, and its service configuration — staffing, laundry, storage, any bike room — should be confirmed at offer stage rather than assumed; The Roebling Team remains the contact of record for transaction questions. As throughout the district, exterior work runs under Landmarks Preservation Commission jurisdiction: LPC's public files document routine certificate-of-appropriateness activity at the building, including entry-door replacement review in the early 2020s — the ordinary rhythm of a landmark-district co-op maintaining its fabric.
Recent sales
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Recent transfers at this building, sourced from NYC Department of Finance records. Apartment-level detail (line, condition, asking-price context) verified upon consultation request.
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2026 | 7A | $725,000 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4H | $865,000 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | PHB | $1,325,000 |
| May 3, 2023 | 6FG | $1,700,000 |
| Feb 8, 2023 | 3H | $665,000 |
| Jan 23, 2023 | 7H | $645,000 |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-00237-0017) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
The address works harder than it advertises. Love Lane charm on one side, the 2/3 express at Clark Street a block away, Montague Street's services three minutes south. For commute-weighted buyers this is among the best-positioned co-op addresses in the district.
Scale is your friend here. A 73-unit corporation spreads elevator, façade, and mechanical costs across a deep shareholder base — the structural advantage over the district's 20-and-30-unit co-ops. Review the financials and reserve position as with any co-op, but expect small-building concentration risk to be materially lower.
Know both addresses. Public records say 153 Henry; the corporation and most marketing say 155 Henry. Title and lien searches should run both.
Confirm policy at offer stage. Pets, subletting, financing minimums, and any transfer fee are board matters not established in public records; build the questions into the offer process.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the commute-and-charm pairing. Love Lane across the street and the express station around the corner is a combination few Heights listings can print. Use both.
Price line-specifically. With 73 units, the building generates real comparable depth — same-line trades are the anchor, and building-average pricing will mislead in both directions.
Tell the Freehof story. The architect's three-building Heights portfolio — Grace Court, Henry Street, Pierrepont Street — gives the building a documented pedigree that most central-Heights co-ops cannot match.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 153 Henry Street, also evaluate:
- 161 Henry Street — the 30-unit prewar co-op immediately north on the same blockfront
- 160 Henry Street — 35-unit prewar co-op across the street
- 35 Pierrepont Street — Freehof's 1929 co-op two blocks west; the same architect in a smaller, staffed format
- 1 Grace Court — Freehof's 1926 boutique co-op on the Grace Court cul-de-sac
- 130 Clinton Street — 89-unit prewar co-op at comparable scale on the district's east side
- 57 Montague Street (The Breukelen) — the Heights' big Montague Street prewar co-op; the full-service alternative at similar scale
- 245 Henry Street — prewar co-op on Henry's quieter southern reach
- 70 Clark Street — 60-unit prewar co-op one block north, nearest the St. George complex
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