159 Tompkins Avenue
159 Tompkins Avenue, between Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street · Bedford-Stuyvesant
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
BBL 3017687501 · BIN 3425133
- Year built
- 2016
- Type
- Condominium
- Amenities
- Elevator, common roof deck, bicycle storage and virtual doorman
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Virtual doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2018–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,008
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 1.5%
- Recorded sales
- 14
- On record
- 2018–2026
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159 Tompkins Avenue puts ten two- and three-bedroom condominiums in an elevator building with private outdoor space attached to the apartments. Its tall windows and approximately ten-foot ceilings give the main living areas a relatively open interior volume. Most of the recurring two-bedroom plans are close to a thousand square feet; the larger penthouse configuration adds substantially more interior space.
The Attorney General accepted the condominium offering in May 2016 and declared it effective in April 2017. Alongside the ten residences, the filing identifies one parking interest and seven storage interests. These accessory spaces were separate parts of the original offering, so their inclusion in a resale cannot be assumed from the apartment address alone.
Architecture and unit composition
The new-building application, filed in 2014, names Ramy Issac as architect of record. The residential design combines large glazed openings with balconies and terraces. Standard two-bedroom homes have two bathrooms, living and dining space beside the open kitchen, and a balcony directly off the apartment.
Interior areas for recurring two-bedroom layouts are approximately 967–974 square feet. The larger three-bedroom penthouse configuration is roughly 1,550 square feet. Central heating and air conditioning and in-home washers and dryers are present in the apartments. The distinction between a balcony and a larger terrace matters here because private exterior space is distributed across different levels of the building.
Building operations
The elevator and virtual doorman serve a small condominium association. Bicycle storage and the common roof deck provide shared facilities beyond each residence's own outdoor space. Parking has been offered for an additional charge; it should be identified separately from the residential purchase.
Ownership is dispersed: the largest owner on the residential tax roll holds one of the ten apartments. The residential lots sit in ordinary Class 2 despite the modest apartment count. The separate commercial-class lot is an additional tax interest, not an eleventh dwelling.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $420 per room a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $1.74 per square foot a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Virtual doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Virtual or video entry
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Roof deck, bike storageSource: 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 closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 967 sf | $975,000 | $1,008/sf | -2.0% |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 5B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 967 sf | $999,500 | $1,034/sf | -7.5% |
| Oct 2, 2023 | PH6B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 967 sf | $1,100,000 | $1,138/sf | +0.0% |
| Oct 7, 2022 | PH5A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,547 sf | $1,450,000 | $937/sf | -14.7% |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 974 sf | $920,000 | $945/sf | -1.1% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,936 sf | $1,399,000 | $723/sf | -9.7% |
| May 18, 2020 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 967 sf | $915,000 | $946/sf | -3.7% |
| Jun 6, 2018 | 2ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 974 sf | $806,290 | $828/sf | +5.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,008/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 1.5% 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 3-01768-7501; 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.
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Comparable buildings
- 720 Nostrand Avenue: A contemporary condominium with a similarly small residential inventory.
- 92 Stockton Street: A nearby newer condominium with a substantially larger association.
- 859 Myrtle Avenue: A taller modern condominium for comparing a larger building's shared facilities.
- 226 Clifton Place: Another recent low-rise condominium with more apartments behind its entrance.
- 525 Myrtle Avenue: A modern condominium of relatively modest scale toward Clinton Hill.
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The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Bedford-Stuyvesant.
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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