The SpencerRecorded sales & closing prices
191 Spencer Street, between Willoughby and DeKalb avenues · Bedford-Stuyvesant
29 recorded closings, 2004–2025. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 29
- Date range
- 2004–2025
- Median $/sf
- $942
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $0.76
- Price range
- $340K – $1.15M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, on a floor-adjusted basis — standardized to the building’s average floor, so it reflects price rather than which floors happened to sell. This is a different method from The Roebling Index, which publishes plain medians and applies no floor adjustment; the two are not interchangeable. Floor adjustment standardizes for floor only. It does not control for condition, size, exposure, renovation or the mix of what happened to trade. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Spencer, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library.
Price per square foot over time
25 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Premium by line
What each line’s exposure is worth — its light, outlook, and orientation — measured against the building’s average sale.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | 9A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 767 sf | $930,000 | $1,213 | +3.9% |
| Mar 30, 2022 | 8A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 767 sf | $787,000 | $1,026 | +0.0% |
| Jul 16, 2021 | 7A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 767 sf | $880,000 | $1,147 | +0.0% |
| Oct 28, 2020 | 5A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,041 sf | $805,000 | $773 | +0.8% |
| Jul 30, 2020 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $850,000 | +3.0% | |
| Aug 13, 2018 | 1A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,338 sf | $1,150,000 | $859 | +0.0% |
| Jan 31, 2018 | 5B | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,000 sf | $715,000 | $715 | -6.5% |
| Oct 16, 2017 | 4A | 2 BR · 1,041 sf | $825,000 | $793 | +0.0% |
| May 19, 2017 | 8A | 1 BR · 891 sf | $705,000 | $791 | -1.4% |
| Apr 7, 2017 | 9A | 1 BR · 767 sf | $675,000 | $880 | -2.9% |
The retrade record
Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Every recorded sale
Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance. Every sale sits in one of three states: counted in the building’s medians and trend; shown but excluded as a non-arms-length or nominal transfer; or shown and ⚑ flagged for review — a possible duplicate filing or an extreme $/sf outlier, held out of the statistics pending manual verification rather than allowed to move them.
| Apartment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | 9A | 1 BR · 1 BA | 767 | $930,000 | $1,213 | +3.9% |
| Mar 30, 2022 | 8A | 1 BR · 1 BA | 767 | $787,000 | $1,026 | +0.0% |
| Jul 16, 2021 | 7A | 2 BR · 1 BA | 767 | $880,000 | $1,147 | +0.0% |
| Oct 28, 2020 | 5A | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,041 | $805,000 | $773 | +0.8% |
| Jul 30, 2020 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA | — | $850,000 | — | +3.0% |
| Aug 13, 2018 | 1A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,338 | $1,150,000 | $859 | +0.0% |
| Jan 31, 2018 | 5B | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,000 | $715,000 | $715 | -6.5% |
| Oct 16, 2017 | 4A | 2 BR | 1,041 | $825,000 | $793 | +0.0% |
| May 19, 2017 | 8A | 1 BR | 891 | $705,000 | $791 | -1.4% |
| Apr 7, 2017 | 9A | 1 BR | 767 | $675,000 | $880 | -2.9% |
| Dec 8, 2016 | 1B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,670 | $980,000 | $587 | -1.5% |
| Nov 2, 2016 | 3B | 2 BR · 1 BA | — | $700,000 | — | +1.6% |
| Jun 28, 2016 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA | — | $680,000 | — | +2.3% |
| Jun 25, 2015 | 7A | 1 BR | 900 | $605,000 | $672 | -6.9% |
| May 18, 2005 | 3BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 1 BA | 1,000 | $385,320 | $385 | — |
| Apr 1, 2005 | 7ASponsor Sale | 1 BR | 767 | $365,040 | $476 | — |
| Feb 18, 2005 | 5ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,041 | $410,670 | $394 | — |
| Jan 25, 2005 | 3ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,041 | $395,460 | $380 | — |
| Jan 18, 2005 | 7BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 1 BA | 735 | $360,461 | $490 | — |
| Jan 14, 2005 | 8ASponsor Sale | 1 BR | 767 | $339,690 | $443 | — |
| Dec 14, 2004 | 1ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 825 | $430,950 | $522 | — |
| Dec 1, 2004 | 9BSponsor Sale | 536 | $359,970 | $672 | — | |
| Nov 19, 2004 | 4ASponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,041 | $405,600 | $390 | — |
| Nov 15, 2004 | 2ASponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,041 | $385,320 | $370 | — |
| Nov 15, 2004 | 2BSponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,000 | $375,180 | $375 | — |
| Nov 9, 2004 | 4BSponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA | 1,000 | $395,460 | $395 | — |
| Nov 4, 2004 | 8BSponsor Sale | 735 | $344,760 | $469 | — | |
| Nov 1, 2004 | 9ASponsor Sale | 1 BR⚑ Flagged for review — recorded 561 sf disagrees with this line's 767 sf across other sales — the square footage looks mis-recorded; pending manual review | 561 | $349,830 | $624 | — |
| Nov 1, 2004 | 1BSponsor Sale | 1 BR | 912 | $451,230 | $495 | — |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-01763-7501). 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. Storage, parking, and commercial units are excluded from all figures. Floor- and line-level $/sf are time-controlled (each sale measured against the building’s going rate at the time of sale) and expressed at today’s pricing, so they isolate the floor or line premium rather than blend two decades of market movement.
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