238 South 3rd Street
238 South 3rd Street · Williamsburg
BBL 3024337501 · BIN 3392290
- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,173
- Listing discount
- 6.2%
- Recorded sales
- 8
- On record
- 2004–2025
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About the building
238 South 3rd Street is a four-home condominium created from an older Williamsburg building. The conversion joined a first-floor apartment and store into a single residence without changing the building's height or bulk. DOB signed off on the alteration in June 2007, when the first individual apartment closings began.
The building includes floor-through loft layouts and a lower triplex extending to a private rear garden. Exposed brick, tin ceilings and tall living spaces survive in portions of the interiors. Upper homes occupy single levels, with two-bedroom configurations among the plans. The larger lower residence uses internal stairs to connect its different levels and has its own outdoor area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2025 | 1 | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,535 sf | $1,800,000 | $1,173/sf | +20.0% |
| Jun 29, 2018 | 3 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,032 sf | $995,000 | $964/sf | -9.5% |
| Nov 16, 2012 | 3 | 2 BR · 1,032 sf | $700,000 | $678/sf | +0.1% |
| Jul 25, 2007 | 1 | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,535 sf | $789,143 | $514/sf | -7.2% |
| Jul 12, 2007 | 3 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,032 sf | $595,000 | $577/sf | -8.5% |
| Jun 21, 2007 | 2 | 2 BR · 1,032 sf | $575,000 | $557/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 8, 2007 | 4 | 2 BR · 1,018 sf | $609,932 | $599/sf | -6.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,173/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 6.2% 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 3-02433-7501) 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
The triplex incorporates space from the former mixed-use base. Its approved residential layout matters when assigning uses to the lower levels: below-grade recreation or ancillary areas cannot automatically be treated as bedrooms.
Comparable buildings
- 180 South 4th Street — A nearby condominium with older-building origins and a larger association.
- Lofts1 — A local loft condominium with a larger inventory of apartments.
- 172 North 10th Street — A low-rise condominium farther north for buyers considering prewar structures across Williamsburg.
More Williamsburg buildings
- 220 North 6th Street — condominium
- 229 Withers Street (Ora) — 2019 condominium
- 232 Lee Avenue — 2007 condominium
- 24 Dunham Place — 2006 condominium
- 24 Middleton Street — 2023 condominium
- 242 South 1st Street (Lofts1) — 1911 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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