20 Henry Street
20 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
BBL 3002117501 · BIN 3413890
- Year built
- 1885
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 38
- Floors
- 4
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Boutique-scale service model — no full-time doorman is documented; shared landscaped garden between the two buildings with green-roof plantings; select penthouses have private roof decks; specific amenity and storage inventory should be confirmed with the managing agent
- Pets
- Not publicly documented — confirm current condominium rules during diligence
- Subletting
- Permitted; condo board 20-day right of first refusal; $400 processing fee + $125/applicant credit fee + $500 refundable move deposit + $200 lease renewal fee per application package
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted (standard condominium)
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated documents dated c. 2014-2019). Reported and subject to confirmation. Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
20 Henry Street carries the most complete industrial-to-residential arc in Brooklyn Heights. The brick factory at Henry and Middagh Streets was built in the early 1890s for the Mason, Au & Magenheimer Confectionery Manufacturing Company — the candy maker whose Mason Mints, Mason Peaks, and Dots were household names for half a century, and whose brands eventually passed into the Tootsie Roll portfolio. Brownstoner's building history credits the design to Theobald Engelhardt, among the busiest Brooklyn architects of the era, who delivered a sturdy Romanesque Revival factory with the oversized arched window openings that light-industrial work demanded. Candy production ran here until 1949, when the company moved to Long Island.
The second act is nearly as distinctive. In the 1970s the factory became government-financed artists' housing under the Mitchell-Lama program — reported at the time as Brooklyn's only such artists' building — in a renovation associated with architect Lee Harris Pomeroy. The building left the Mitchell-Lama program in 2004 and was emptied ahead of a planned conversion that stalled through Landmarks design review and the 2008 financial crisis. In 2010 Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund — the urban-investment platform co-founded by Earvin "Magic" Johnson — took the project forward with site assembler Urban Realty Partners, and PKSB Architects completed the restoration and designed a new companion building on Poplar Street. Sales launched in 2012 and the 38-unit condominium was completed by 2013, with the "Peaks Mason Mints" ghost sign restored on the facade.
The result is a rare product type for the Heights: genuine loft fabric — exposed timber beams, arched industrial windows, ceilings running to roughly 12 feet in the factory units — inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, paired with clean-lined contemporary units in the new building. DUMBO has this vocabulary in quantity; Brooklyn Heights largely does not. For buyers who want loft character with Heights schools, scale, and the Promenade within a few blocks, 20 Henry Street is effectively the neighborhood's core answer, with the Eagle Warehouse cooperative at 28 Old Fulton Street the closest peer at the foot of the Heights.
The location argument is the north Heights itself: Middagh and Poplar are among the quietest blocks in the district, wood-frame-house territory at the seam between the Heights and the bridge, minutes on foot from Brooklyn Bridge Park's Squibb Bridge entrance, the High Street A/C station, and the DUMBO waterfront.
Architecture and unit composition
The condominium comprises two structures around a shared landscaped garden. The restored factory building (the Middagh Building) holds the loft inventory: corner exposures, exposed brick and heavy-timber structure, rows of large arched windows, and ceiling heights reported up to about 12 feet. The new Poplar Street building carries a contemporary industrial-influenced vocabulary with a more conventional new-construction unit mix. Across the 38 residences the mix runs from studios through four-bedroom configurations; six penthouse units have private roof decks, and the garden extends to green-roof plantings above.
Original offering pricing in 2012 ran from approximately $450,000 for the smallest units to roughly $2.6 million at the penthouse tier — positioning that seeded a broad mix of loft buyers, young families, and downsizing Heights owners. PKSB's scope — facade restoration, window replacement, and the new building's massing — was executed under full Landmarks Preservation Commission review, which governs any future exterior work as well.
Building operations
20 Henry Street operates as a boutique condominium without the staffing weight of a full-service tower; buyers should model a self-sufficient service level typical of sub-40-unit Heights condominiums. The condominium's application materials on file document Solstice Residential Group as managing agent, along with the building's leasing mechanics: board waiver of a 20-day right of first refusal on leases, a $400 application processing fee, $125-per-person credit fees, $500 refundable move deposits, and a $200 lease-renewal fee. Current fee schedules and any staffing changes should be confirmed during diligence.
Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2026 | 18 | $3,316,000 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 1B-N | $2,360,000 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 5D-S | $2,290,000 |
| Aug 27, 2024 | 2C-S | $2,210,000 |
| May 9, 2024 | 1D-N | $785,000 |
| Feb 20, 2024 | 3A-S | $2,339,000 |
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 3-00211-7501) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
Decide which of the two buildings you are buying. The factory lofts and the Poplar Street new-construction units are different products with different pricing logic; comparables should be drawn from the same side of the garden.
The industrial history is real and specific. Mason, Au & Magenheimer built the factory; candy production ran here until 1949. The Eagle Warehouse at 28 Old Fulton Street is a different building with a different history — worth keeping straight in any marketing or appraisal narrative.
Boutique staffing means boutique carrying costs — and boutique service. No full-service amenity load keeps common charges contained, but buyers accustomed to doorman buildings should walk the service model before contract.
Landmarks governs the envelope. The building sits in New York's first historic district; exterior alterations, penthouse-deck changes, and window work require LPC signoff.
The Mitchell-Lama chapter is history, not a current restriction. The building left the program in 2004 and the condominium trades on the open market; no income or resale restrictions carry over.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the loft fabric and the sign. The Peaks Mason Mints facade, arched windows, timber beams, and 12-foot ceilings are the building's signature assets; they photograph and market better than any amenity list in this tier.
Price against conversion comparables, then the north Heights. The right comp set is Heights and DUMBO conversion stock, adjusted for the historic-district location and the two-building split.
Prepare the board package early even though it's a condo. The right-of-first-refusal process is a waiver mechanism, but the documented application requirements are extensive enough that organized files shorten timelines.
Condo closings run fast. With the waiver in hand, 30–45 day contract-to-close pacing is typical.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 20 Henry Street, also evaluate:
- Eagle Warehouse (28 Old Fulton Street) — Frank Freeman's 1893 landmark warehouse cooperative; the Heights' other great industrial conversion
- The Clock Tower (1 Main Street) — the flagship Gair reinforced-concrete loft condominium in DUMBO
- The Sweeney Building (30 Main Street) — early DUMBO loft condominium conversion
- Kirkman Lofts (37 Bridge Street) — soap-factory conversion condominium at the DUMBO/Vinegar Hill seam
- 168 Plymouth Street — recent DUMBO loft conversion with comparable timber-and-brick fabric
- 205 Water Street — boutique DUMBO condominium with industrial-influenced design
- 55 Poplar Street — north Heights condominium neighbor
- 75 Poplar Street — north Heights condominium alternative at similar scale
- Love Lane Mews (9 College Place) — the Heights' other landmark-district adaptive-reuse condominium
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