197 Spencer StreetRecorded sales & closing prices
197 Spencer Street, between Willoughby and DeKalb avenues · Bedford-Stuyvesant
24 recorded closings, 2004–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 24
- Date range
- 2004–2026
- Median $/sf
- $805
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $0.89
- Price range
- $284K – $999K
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
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2026 | 8B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 891 sf | $800,000 | $898 | +10.3% |
| Aug 27, 2024 | 3B | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,041 sf | $975,000 | $937 | +0.0% |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 5A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,176 sf | $950,000 | $808 | -2.6% |
| Nov 12, 2021 | 4A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,100 sf | $975,000 | $886 | -2.3% |
| Mar 30, 2020 | 6B | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,187 sf | $850,000 | $716 | +6.4% |
| Dec 30, 2019 | 1A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,617 sf | $999,000 | $618 | -11.2% |
| Apr 30, 2019 | 9A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 767 sf | $730,000 | $952 | -5.1% |
| Dec 7, 2016 | 2A | 2 BR | $750,000 | +0.0% | |
| Mar 10, 2016 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $750,000 | +0.0% | |
| Dec 22, 2004 | 5A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,041 sf | $395,557 | $380 | — |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2026 | 8B | 1 BR · 1 BA | 891 | $800,000 | $898 | +10.3% |
| Aug 27, 2024 | 3B | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,041 | $975,000 | $937 | +0.0% |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 5A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,176 | $950,000 | $808 | -2.6% |
| Nov 12, 2021 | 4A | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,100 | $975,000 | $886 | -2.3% |
| Mar 30, 2020 | 6B | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,187 | $850,000 | $716 | +6.4% |
| Dec 30, 2019 | 1A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,617 | $999,000 | $618 | -11.2% |
| Apr 30, 2019 | 9A | 1 BR · 1 BA | 767 | $730,000 | $952 | -5.1% |
| Dec 7, 2016 | 2A | 2 BR | — | $750,000 | — | +0.0% |
| Mar 10, 2016 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA | — | $750,000 | — | +0.0% |
| Dec 22, 2004 | 5ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,041 | $395,557 | $380 | — |
| Nov 16, 2004 | 2BSponsor Sale | 1,041 | $370,110 | $356 | — | |
| Oct 21, 2004 | 4ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,041 | $400,530 | $385 | — |
| Aug 24, 2004 | 8BSponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA | 767 | $314,340 | $410 | — |
| Aug 20, 2004 | 9BSponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA | 561 | $283,920 | $506 | — |
| Aug 19, 2004 | 5BSponsor Sale | 1,041 | $395,460 | $380 | — | |
| Aug 18, 2004 | 3ASponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,041 | $390,390 | $375 | — |
| Aug 17, 2004 | 8ASponsor Sale | 767 | $329,550 | $430 | — | |
| Aug 17, 2004 | 9ASponsor Sale | 1 BR | 561 | $283,920 | $506 | — |
| Aug 16, 2004 | 3BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,041 | $380,250 | $365 | — |
| Aug 13, 2004 | 4BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,041 | $390,390 | $375 | — |
| Aug 12, 2004 | 2ASponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,041 | $380,250 | $365 | — |
| Aug 12, 2004 | 6ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | 1,041 | $380,503 | $366 | — |
| Aug 11, 2004 | 7BSponsor Sale | 767 | $339,690 | $443 | — | |
| Aug 11, 2004 | 7ASponsor Sale | 767 | $322,705 | $421 | — |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-01763-7503). 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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