190 Garfield Place (The Garfield Regency)

The building stands on a 112.6-by-100-foot lot. ACRIS shows the site was once several separate tax lots, recorded as lots 32 through 37. They passed through a series of owners in the 1970s and early 1980s, including a 1982 conveyance of one lot to the City and a vacate order recorded that year. By 1985 they were combined under a single owner, which placed a $4.3 million mortgage on the property that year. The condominium declaration followed in December 1986. Whether the 1905 fabric was originally one building or several attached ones is not documented in the records we reviewed. Today the city treats it as one building of four stories and about 32,500 square feet of residential floor area.

Forty apartments in about 32,500 square feet of residential floor area works out to roughly 800 square feet per unit before common areas, so layouts are compact. The declaration's unit schedule gives each unit's size and should be read for the specific apartment. The unit schedule is uneven by designation: eight units in the 1 series, three in the 2 series, nine each in the 3 and 4 series, and eleven in the 5 series. That suggests the designations do not map neatly onto floors. The declaration's floor plans settle it, and a buyer should read them for the specific unit.

The building has no individual landmark or district designation, so exterior work needs no LPC permit; DOB permits and the condominium's approval still apply. Its recorded gross floor area exceeds a simple comparison with the R6B residential FAR, which does not establish its legal zoning floor area or what future work is permitted; enlargements and some alterations would need zoning review.

We have no financial statements for this condominium on file. Management-sourced and listing records describe professional management, a 2017 renovation of the lobby and hallways, a replaced boiler and an elevator refurbishment within roughly the past decade. The association's reserves, any association-level debt, any assessments and the capital plan are not documented in sources we can verify. Request the last three years of audited statements, the current budget and any assessment history.

The declaration was amended three times in 2006. We have not reviewed the amendments. Request them with the by-laws: a declaration amendment can change common-interest allocations, use restrictions or leasing rules.

At about 36,700 gross square feet by the Department of Finance's measure, the building is over the 25,000-square-foot threshold for the city's benchmarking and emissions rules. Ask the managing agent for the building's position in writing.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,208/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. 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 0.0% from the last ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-00966-7501; 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.

No abatement on the roll. The roll shows no exemption on any unit since at least 2010/11, so there is no burn-off to model; check the apartment's tax bill, which still changes with assessments and rates.

Ask for the financials. No current financial statements were located in the materials reviewed. Reserves, the capital plan and the status of the boiler, elevator and facade work are the questions that matter in a building about 120 years old.

Confirm the elevator. City classification says walk-up; listings say elevator. Get the current elevator inspection record from the managing agent.

Read the declaration's floor plans for your unit. The unit numbering does not follow a simple floor-by-floor pattern.

Get the house rules. Pets, leasing minimums, any right of first refusal and move fees are not documented in sources we can verify.

Lead with the tenure. A prewar Park Slope apartment that transfers as a condominium, with no co-op board interview and no abatement shown on the roll, is the story; the buyer's lender and attorney will still review the condominium's documents and finances.

Have the paperwork ready. No current financial statements were located in the materials reviewed. Assemble a current budget, recent audit and house rules to support the buyer's review; the effect on timing depends on the transaction.

Price by the square foot, carefully. Compact units trade on layout and light as much as size. Price against like-sized units, not the neighborhood's full-floor averages.

If you're considering 190 Garfield Place, also evaluate:

• 269 4th Avenue (Six Garfield) — a 33-residence new-construction condominium at the Fourth Avenue end of Garfield Place, also with no abatement
• 251 1st Street — a 44-residence terraced condominium at Fourth Avenue with a 15-year 421-a
• 759 President Street — The Presidential, a 1984 co-op conversion of former hospital buildings; the tenure contrast
• 145 Park Place — a 47-unit 2005–06 condominium whose J-51 has fully expired
• 675 Sackett Street — the 38-residence Park Slope Terrace condominium, whose 25-year 421-a has begun phasing out
• 445 5th Avenue — The Slope on Fifth, a 30-unit condominium outside the historic district
• 225 Lincoln Place — a 1923 co-op in the Park Slope Historic District
• 220 Berkeley Place — a 1955 elevator co-op in the historic district
• 814 Carroll Street — the 1950 doorman co-op at Eighth Avenue