165 North 10th Street (The Decora)
165 North 10th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
BBL 3022987502 · BIN 3393839
- Year built
- 2008
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 13
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- No
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at The Decora, from the condominium's recorded name would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
The Decora and 170 North 11th Street (Lucent) are easy to confuse: they share a tax block, a developer and an architect. They are separate buildings and separate condominiums. Lucent fronts North 11th Street with 28 residences on billing lot 7501. The Decora fronts North 10th Street with 13 residences on billing lot 7502. Each has its own declaration, board, budget and tax lots. Sales, common charges and building rules at one tell you nothing firm about the other.
The shared history is the 2005 rezoning. MKD Group LLC bought this lot in 2004, when the block was still zoned for manufacturing, and an affiliated entity built Lucent on North 11th Street at the same time. After the rezoning allowed apartments as of right, the former commercial building here was demolished in 2005, and Gene Kaufman's new building was filed in 2006.
The timing was harder than Lucent's. Lucent sold out before the 2008 crash. The Decora's first closings came in October 2008, and the sponsor sold the remaining apartments slowly through 2011, with one more in 2015. Department of Finance records still show the sponsor entity owning one residence (2A) and one parking unit. The other 12 residences are held by unrelated buyers.
Architecture and unit composition
The six-story, 69-foot building sits on a 50-by-100-foot lot, with the garage at grade and residences above. The unit mix, from Department of Finance unit areas:
- Floors 2 and 3, lines A–D: compact units of about 480 to 680 square feet.
- Fourth floor: two units of about 620 square feet (4B, 4C) and two larger units, 4A at about 1,200 and 4D at about 1,000 square feet.
- Penthouse: a single unit of about 2,390 square feet above the fourth floor, the building's largest. Confirm its floor layout and any terraces against the declaration's floor plans.
Most of the building is one-bedroom-scale product. The penthouse and the two larger fourth-floor units stand apart.
The seven parking units are separate condominium units, each with its own deed, tax bill and common charges. The sponsor sold most of them on the same deed as an apartment. With seven spaces for 13 residences, a space is only included in a sale if it is conveyed on its own deed.
Building operations
No budget, financial statements or house rules were located in the records reviewed. With 13 residences and a garage, expect a small-building model: a managing agent, contracted services and common charges allocated by percentage interest. Ask for the budget, the two most recent financial statements, the reserve balance and any assessment history. At nearly 20 years old, the roof, the garage slab and waterproofing, and the façade are the capital items to ask about.
Also ask how many units are owner-occupied and how many are leased. In a building this size, that affects financing and the board's working capacity. Department of Finance records show the owner-occupant co-op/condo abatement on only one residence for 2026/27.
The tax position
Department of Finance records show a 15-year 421-a exemption on every unit in the condominium (code 5113, "421A 15 YR NO CAP"). 421-a was the state program that exempted the added value of new construction from property tax for a fixed term. Here the benefit began in 2009/10, covered the full added value for the first 11 years, and stepped down over 2020/21 through 2023/24. It ended with the 2023/24 tax year. From 2024/25 every unit has been fully taxed.
The step-down shows on the roll. On unit 2A, the exempt assessed value was about $45,000 in 2019/20, fell to about $12,000 in 2023/24, and was zero from 2024/25. Buyers today pay the full bill, with no further scheduled step-up.
Recent sales
The Decora trades as 2008 Northside new-development condominium product, priced in dollars per square foot. Most of its units are smaller than those at its peers between Bedford and Driggs, so studio and one-bedroom comparisons matter more here than at Lucent. Three things move value inside the building: the penthouse, the two larger fourth-floor units, and whether a parking unit comes with the apartment. With 13 residences, sales come in small numbers, so comparison with nearby buildings of the same generation carries real weight. Index market statements to 2025, the last complete year. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2025 | 4D | $1,900,000 |
| Jul 2, 2025 | 3A | $1,125,000 |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 3D | $975,000 |
| Jan 5, 2023 | 3B | $1,019,000 |
| Apr 14, 2022 | P2 | $1,075,000 |
| Feb 2, 2022 | P7 | $1,285,000 |
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 3-02298-7502) 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.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
Make sure the records you pull are for this building. Lucent and The Decora share a block and a developer. Check the lot (7502, units 1101–1120) on every tax bill, deed and financial statement.
The tax bill is now the full bill. The 421-a ended with 2023/24. If a seller quotes taxes from before July 2024, ask for the current bill.
Ask about the sponsor's remaining unit. The sponsor entity still holds one residence and one parking space. Ask whether it pays common charges in full and whether it votes as a unit owner.
Price parking separately. A space is its own unit, with its own deed, taxes and common charges.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 165 North 10th Street, also evaluate:
- 170 North 11th Street (Lucent) — the larger sibling on the same block: same developer, same architect, deeded parking, and a 421-a that ended after 2022/23
- 172 North 10th Street — Gene Kaufman's 14-residence conversion directly across North 10th Street, with no tax exemption
- 135 North 11th Street — a larger Gene Kaufman condominium a block west
- 24 Dunham Place — Gene Kaufman's 14-residence South Williamsburg condominium with deeded parking
- 2 Bayard Street — a 19-apartment condominium of the same generation, with a 15-year 421-a that has ended
- 90 North 5th Street — a 23-residence Northside condominium with deeded parking and an expired 15-year 421-a
More Williamsburg buildings
- 150 North 5th Street (The Rialto) — 1910 condominium
- 150 South 1st Street (Bedford Court) — 2003 condominium
- 161 North 4th Street (nforth) — 2007 condominium by Karl Fischer Architects
- 170 Broadway, Brooklyn (The Broadway Arms Condominium) — 2002 condominium
- 170 North 11th Street (Lucent Condominium) — 2007 condominium
- 171 North 1st Street — 2023 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Williamsburg.
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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