238 Clinton Street
238 Clinton Street, at Amity Street · Cobble Hill
Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
BBL 3002960024 · BIN 3003131
- Year built
- 1983
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Shared courtyard, laundry, basement storage and bicycle storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Cobble Hill Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
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About the building
238 Clinton Street is a four-story cooperative completed in 1983 at the corner of Amity Street. Its modern residential construction sits within the Cobble Hill Historic District. Bay windows and multiple exposures give the corner apartments views along both streets. A common entrance connects the property with the adjoining Amity Street building, and the two share laundry, storage and a large rear courtyard used for gardening and outdoor seating.
The homes include one-bedroom duplexes, two-bedroom layouts and larger combined apartments with as many as four bedrooms. Living rooms can face the street while kitchens look over the courtyard. Internal stairs separate bedrooms from living areas; some combinations have two staircases and double-height windows. Shared terraces serve limited groups of apartments, with access from the upper level of certain duplexes. Other homes have balconies. Basement storage adds space outside the apartments.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of October 2025. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
Purchase
4 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit/Background Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $250 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet
4 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit/Background Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $250 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out DepositPer applicant | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $250 per applicant | Refundable Refundable |
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
Ownership transfer
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit/Background Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $250 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Garden, bike storage, storageSource: 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 →Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2026 | DE | 4 BR · 2 BA | $2,710,000 | +20.4% |
| Sep 16, 2025 | G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $930,000 | +3.3% |
| May 12, 2023 | F | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,175,000 | +0.0% |
| Apr 1, 2022 | BA | 1 BR · 3 BA | $1,500,000 | +0.0% |
| Sep 24, 2021 | HJ | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $1,620,000 | +1.6% |
| Jun 23, 2021 | G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $825,000 | +7.8% |
| Apr 9, 2014 | G | 1 BR | $695,000 | -2.8% |
| May 20, 2010 | G | 1 BR | $499,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. 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.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-00296-0024). 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
Several outdoor spaces are shared on different terms. The common courtyard serves the cooperative, while an upper terrace can be shared by only a few adjoining homes. Those arrangements determine who uses and maintains each area; a bedroom opening onto a terrace doesn't make it exclusive to that apartment.
Comparable buildings
- 277 Hicks Street: A nearby postwar cooperative with a modestly larger ownership group.
- 301 Henry Street: A small cooperative in an older low-rise building nearby.
- Spencer Mews: Another limited-inventory cooperative with a low-rise residential setting.
More Cobble Hill buildings
- 222 Clinton Street — 1847 co-op
- 23 Wyckoff Street — 1910 condominium
- 233 Court Street — 1900 co-op
- 240 Warren Street — 1904 condominium
- 242 Baltic Street — 1891 co-op
- 25 Bergen Street (The Westcott) — 1910 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Cobble Hill.
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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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