The Spencer
191 Spencer Street, between Willoughby and DeKalb avenues · Bedford-Stuyvesant
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
BBL 3017637501 · BIN 3378321
- Year built
- 2004
- Type
- Condominium
- Amenities
- Keyed elevator entry, common roof deck, private gardens, balconies or terraces, in-unit laundry, part-time superintendent
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2025
- $942
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 29
- On record
- 2004–2025
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The Spencer combines direct elevator access and private outdoor space in an 18-home condominium. Its residential mix extends from garden duplexes to one- and two-bedroom apartments and upper homes with private rooftop areas. The larger layouts have open living and dining rooms, while the smaller upper-floor homes can have several distinct outdoor areas attached to the same apartment.
Henry Radusky's August 2002 new-building filing specified 18 dwellings in a nine-story structure. The building occupies a 40-foot-wide lot near the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill boundary, and its upper floors rise above much of the surrounding rowhouse fabric.
Architecture and unit composition
Open kitchens and broad living areas give many homes a loft-like interior arrangement. Exposed brick appears in the living spaces, with windows at opposite ends of through apartments. In the larger plans, east-facing bedrooms and west-facing living areas receive light at different times of day.
One-bedroom homes include layouts with a den or office, and two-bedroom homes can have two full bathrooms. Garden duplexes offer considerably more interior space across two levels. Upper apartments have smaller interiors but can include balconies, bedroom terraces and private roof decks reached by internal or exterior stairs.
The top-floor outdoor arrangements deserve close attention in a floor-plan comparison. A balcony directly off the living room functions differently from a roof reached by a spiral stair; both may be counted as private outdoor space in the same home. The building also has a separate common roof deck available to residents.
Building operations
The Spencer has a part-time superintendent and keyed elevator access. Apartments have in-unit laundry, and central heating and air conditioning occur in the inventory. The DOF ownership count shows one residential lot per owner across all 18 homes.
The property's built FAR is 4.01 against a present residential allowance of 2.0 in R6B. This is a substantial difference between the established structure and the scale indicated by current zoning. It gives the existing nine-story building a materially different physical presence from the surrounding lower-rise development.
Its 421-a benefit began in 2006 under a 25-year term and remains active on the 2027 roll. The benefit is already well into that term; the prospective increase after its conclusion belongs in the holding-period calculation alongside common charges and future capital work.
Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Roof deck, gardenSource: 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 →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2010–15 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | 9A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 767 sf | $930,000 | $1,213/sf | +3.9% |
| Mar 30, 2022 | 8A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 767 sf | $787,000 | $1,026/sf | +0.0% |
| Jul 16, 2021 | 7A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 767 sf | $880,000 | $1,147/sf | +0.0% |
| Oct 28, 2020 | 5A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,041 sf | $805,000 | $773/sf | +0.8% |
| Aug 13, 2018 | 1A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,338 sf | $1,150,000 | $859/sf | +0.0% |
| Jan 31, 2018 | 5B | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,000 sf | $715,000 | $715/sf | -6.5% |
| Oct 16, 2017 | 4A | 2 BR · 1,041 sf | $825,000 | $793/sf | +0.0% |
| May 19, 2017 | 8A | 1 BR · 891 sf | $705,000 | $791/sf | -1.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $942/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 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 3-01763-7501; 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
- 15 Lynch Street — A smaller condominium from the same early-2000s construction period.
- 119 Lorimer Street — A limited-inventory mid-rise condominium with comparable tenure and era.
- 434 Marcy Avenue — A modern condominium with a similar association size.
- 446 Marcy Avenue — A somewhat larger modern condominium for comparing shared facilities and layouts.
- 136 Clifton Place — A lower-rise alternative with more residences in the association.
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- Marcy Villa, 594 Marcy Avenue — 2016 condominium
- The Brick Lofts (386 Kosciuszko Street) — condominium
- The Chocolate Factory, 689 Myrtle Avenue — 1947 condominium
- The DeKalb Gardens Condominium (481 DeKalb Avenue) — condominium
- The Lexington Brooklyn, 114 Lexington Avenue — 2022 condominium
- The Lineage, 323 Greene Avenue — 2010 condominium by Karl Fischer Architects
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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