201 Spencer Street
201 Spencer Street, between Willoughby and DeKalb avenues · Bedford-Stuyvesant
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
BBL 3017637505 · BIN 3378318
- Year built
- 2004
- Type
- Condominium
- Amenities
- Keyed elevator access, common roof deck, intercom, private outdoor space, in-unit laundry
- 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, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,130
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 25
- On record
- 2004–2026
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201 Spencer Street is an early-2000s condominium with direct keyed-elevator entry, large open living areas and private outdoor space within an 18-home building. Its nine stories rise above the surrounding rowhouse scale, and upper apartments gain longer views across Brooklyn. A common roof deck supplements the balconies and terraces attached to individual residences.
Henry Radusky filed the new-building application in July 2002 for 18 dwellings and nine stories. The Attorney General accepted the condominium offering in July 2003, with 189 Spencer LLC as sponsor, and the plan became effective in May 2004. The project was offered as new construction.
Architecture and unit composition
Direct elevator entry opens into the living area in the documented apartment layouts. Open kitchens connect to broad living and dining spaces, while bedroom areas sit farther from the entry. Some plans include a separate den or office and an additional half bathroom. These interior rooms should be evaluated according to their approved use and access to light when considering a conversion to additional sleeping space.
The lower and middle-floor apartments include interiors of roughly 1,040 to 1,095 square feet. Upper-level homes include smaller plans around 890 square feet, paired with private terraces. The floor area does not increase steadily with height: the outdoor space and interior proportions change as the building rises.
Balconies extend from selected living areas, and some homes have east-facing bedrooms with west-facing living rooms. In those through layouts, morning and afternoon light reach different parts of the apartment. Central heating and air conditioning and in-unit washer/dryers are present in the residential inventory.
Building operations
The common roof supplies an outdoor gathering area beyond the individual balconies. Elevator access is keyed to the apartments, and the entrance uses an intercom. Current ownership is dispersed across all 18 residential lots, with no owner holding more than one in the DOF count.
The existing building has roughly twice the floor area permitted by its present R6B residential FAR. Its nine-story mass therefore needs to be understood as an existing building condition, without assuming that today's zoning would produce the same form on an empty site.
The 421-a benefit began in 2006 under a 25-year term and remains active on the 2027 roll. A long-term carrying-cost projection needs to account for the remaining benefit period and the eventual full tax burden. The start of a new owner's occupancy does not reset that schedule.
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 deckSource: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | 3A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,043 sf | $995,000 | $954/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 9, 2022 | 2A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,095 sf | $860,000 | $785/sf | +7.6% |
| Apr 5, 2022 | 8B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 891 sf | $825,000 | $926/sf | +0.0% |
| Apr 23, 2021 | 6A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,095 sf | $895,000 | $817/sf | +0.0% |
| Jul 29, 2019 | 7B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 891 sf | $785,000 | $881/sf | +0.0% |
| Jan 10, 2018 | 2B | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,041 sf | $725,000 | $696/sf | -9.3% |
| Jan 4, 2018 | 4B | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,041 sf | $770,000 | $740/sf | -9.3% |
| Jul 18, 2017 | 6A | 1 BR · 1,095 sf | $875,000 | $799/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,130/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 3-01763-7505; 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 early-2000s condominium with a similar mid-rise profile.
- 119 Lorimer Street — A condominium from the same development era with a limited number of homes.
- 434 Marcy Avenue — A modern condominium with a comparable association size.
- 446 Marcy Avenue — A slightly larger modern condominium for comparing layouts and building scale.
- 136 Clifton Place — A lower-rise condominium with a larger residential association nearby.
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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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