The Pad, 196–200 South 2nd Street
196–200 South 2nd Street, between Driggs Avenue and Roebling Street · Williamsburg
BBL 3024197501 · BIN 3395354
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Elevator, landscaped roof deck, fitness room, courtyard and bicycle storage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2009–2019
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,249
- Listing discount
- 1.4%
- Recorded sales
- 16
- On record
- 2009–2019
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The Pad turns a low-rise Williamsburg street frontage into a series of tall glazed bays and recessed sections. Robert A. Scarano Jr.’s design uses steel panels, double-height windows and staggered openings to accommodate loft-like interiors within a development of thirty residences. The building spans three street numbers but operates as one condominium.
Its most distinctive feature is the use of height inside the apartments. Some living spaces rise approximately fifteen to seventeen feet, with mezzanines or upper rooms overlooking the main level. That vertical arrangement appears in compact studio-sized homes as well as larger upper-floor apartments.
The development reached the sales market in the late 2000s. Contemporary construction coverage described studio and one-bedroom homes, including duplexes, and amenities built around a gym, billiards room and furnished roof deck. Individual closings began in 2009.
Architecture and unit composition
Three projecting sections articulate the South 2nd Street façade, separated by recessed portions with smaller square windows. Double-height glazing marks the larger interior volumes. The contrasting window sizes and changes in depth are part of the original architectural composition.
The homes include compact studio and one-bedroom layouts, duplexes with mezzanines, larger ground-floor residences and penthouse configurations with private outdoor space. Several smaller apartments have recorded areas in the mid-500s to low-600s in square feet. Larger homes range from around 900 square feet to well over 1,000, with some combinations extending beyond that.
Internal stairs are an important part of many plans. A mezzanine can provide an office or sleeping area while leaving the living room open below. The amount of standing-height space, its relationship to the windows and the location of bathrooms differ across the inventory.
Upper residences include private terraces and roof space. Those areas supplement the common roof deck available to the association. Some homes also have enclosed bedrooms beside the open living volume, while others retain a more open arrangement between the two levels.
The condominium occupies a broad mid-block site between Driggs Avenue and Roebling Street. Its lower profile places the shared roof close to the surrounding low-rise rooftops, with open views toward Manhattan from the deck.
Building operations
An elevator serves the building. Shared amenities include a fitness room overlooking the courtyard, bicycle storage and a furnished landscaped roof deck with separate seating areas. The gym and outdoor areas have remained part of the building’s amenity offering since the original sales period.
Apartments have central air conditioning and in-unit washer/dryers. The residences are individually owned, with the largest owner holding one of the thirty residential lots on the current DOF roll.
The twenty-five-year 421-a benefit began in 2010 and remains active on the 2027 roll. All residential lots are in Tax Class 2. The building is outside a designated historic district, and its existing floor area is above the current R6 residential allowance.
Policy framework
Pets: Allowed — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2019 | 3E | 553 sf | $705,000 | $1,275/sf | -0.7% |
| Jun 21, 2019 | 2D | 1 BA · 560 sf | $685,000 | $1,223/sf | -2.1% |
| Jun 11, 2018 | 2E | 1 BR · 551 sf | $695,000 | $1,261/sf | -0.6% |
| May 3, 2017 | 2D | 560 sf | $670,000 | $1,196/sf | -4.1% |
| Nov 18, 2014 | 4C | 929 sf | $949,000 | $1,022/sf | off-mkt |
| Jun 17, 2013 | 1D | 1,002 sf | $750,000 | $749/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 27, 2012 | 2C | 1,478 sf | $641,497 | $434/sf | off-mkt |
| Oct 6, 2010 | 2E | 553 sf | $325,000 | $588/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2019) cleared a median $1,249/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 1.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 3-02419-7501) 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; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying at The Pad
Mezzanine status. The building’s double-height interiors have invited later enclosure of upper areas. A purchaser should establish whether an enclosed upper room is approved living space and whether the stairs, headroom and ventilation support its intended use. An added room inside a loft does not by itself establish an additional legal bedroom.
Comparable buildings
- 14 Hope Street: A similarly scaled Williamsburg condominium from the same development period.
- 280 Metropolitan Avenue: A modest modern condominium inventory nearby, useful for comparing conventional layouts with The Pad’s vertical interiors.
- nforth, 161 North 4th Street: Another low-rise 2000s condominium with a comparable association size.
- 100 N3 Lofts: A modern condominium peer for buyers prioritizing loft-like space.
- 46 South 2nd Street: A low-rise condominium farther west on the same street, with a modest residential inventory.
- Sevenberry, 120 North 7th Street: A similarly scaled low-rise condominium alternative farther north in Williamsburg.
More Williamsburg buildings
- The Lynch Park V, 24 Lynch Street · Williamsburg — 2006 condominium
- The Mill Building (85 North 3rd Street) — 1910 condominium
- The Oosten (429 Kent Avenue) — 2016 condominium
- The Umbrella Factory (710 Metropolitan Avenue) — 1930 condominium
- The Woodpoint, 128–130 Woodpoint Road — condominium
- Thornton Park, 18 Thornton Street — 2006 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Williamsburg.
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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