25 Bergen Street (The Westcott)
25 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
BBL 3002807502 · BIN 3002841
- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 15
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- No
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Loft conversions are rare in Cobble Hill and the western edge of Boerum Hill. The Westcott is one of the few, and at 15 units it is small. The industrial floors keep their heavy timber and brick. The three added floors hold the terraced upper units and the penthouse, and one elevator serves all six stories. The offering plan specifies a washer and dryer in every residence, which is uncommon in the neighborhood's older housing stock.
Distinguish from 120 Boerum Place and 17 Bergen Street. The block holds three separate condominiums. The Skytrack Condominium at 120 Boerum Place (lot 7501) takes the Boerum Place blockfront and carries a 15 Bergen Street entrance. It is a 1983 conversion of 56 residences with its own board and budget. 17 Bergen Street (lot 7503) is a separate small condominium next door. 25 Bergen shares none of their common elements.
Tenure is a straight condominium. Every apartment has transferred by condominium unit deed since the first sponsor sales in 2001. No co-op share transfers appear in ACRIS, so this is not a condop.
Architecture and unit composition
DOB records the project as a conversion of a manufacturing building to residential use that added three floors. The plot plan in the first amendment to the offering plan shows the finished building at six stories, beside five-, four- and three-story neighbors, with a rear yard.
The plans on file show two-bedroom layouts on the A and C lines of the upper floors and a full-floor penthouse at the top. The first amendment gives the penthouse three bedrooms, direct elevator entry and terraces front and back. It also added rear balconies on the second and third floors and revised several layouts. 3A is a two-level unit: two bedrooms and an office on the second floor, living space on the third. 1B, the former commercial duplex, has a street entrance and ground-floor frontage over a cellar level. The offering plan offered it as a use group 6 retail unit. The 2005 filing sought residential use for the cellar and the front of the first floor. Buyers of 1B should confirm the current certificate of occupancy for that space and that the use change is reflected in the declaration.
Building operations
The Westcott is a self-governing small condominium run by its board of managers with a managing agent. It has no doorman or resident staff. The sponsor sold 14 units between September 2001 and April 2002. The last sponsor-held unit, the converted 1B, sold in February 2009. The 2027 Department of Finance roll shows 15 separate owners and no sponsor position, and none of the lots carries the city's condominium-rental class.
The declaration has been amended twice, in 2010 after the 1B conversion and again in 2018, per ACRIS. The offering plan and the amendments on file do not address current reserves, assessments, facade work or elevator modernization. Those questions go to the managing agent. The building is more than 20 years past conversion and the original structure is more than a century old, so ask directly about the elevator's age and the last façade and roof work. At six stories, the building sits right at the Local Law 11 threshold, which covers buildings taller than six stories. Confirm its status with the managing agent.
Recent sales
The building has a long resale record. Units have traded steadily since the sponsor sell-out, with one recorded sale in the last 24 months. Pricing splits between the original-structure lofts on the lower floors and the terraced units and penthouse in the addition. Compare the lower floors against other Brooklyn loft conversions, and the upper floors against boutique new-development resales. The J-51 benefit has fully expired, so current tax bills show the building's true carrying cost and no step-up is coming.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2026 | 3B | $1,925,000 |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 1A | $2,437,000 |
| Nov 7, 2022 | 2B | $1,738,000 |
| Jul 23, 2021 | 3A | $2,437,750 |
| May 17, 2021 | 5A | $1,060,000 |
| Jul 13, 2020 | 3A | $2,475,000 |
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 3-00280-7502) 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.
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
Budget for a small building. Fifteen owners share every capital bill. An elevator replacement or a façade cycle falls on few shoulders. Ask for the last two years of financials, the reserve balance and any planned assessment.
Confirm the rules. The pet, leasing and sublet rules are not in the documents on file. Get the current bylaws and house rules from the managing agent. Condominium boards typically hold a right of first refusal, not an approval right.
Unit 1B specifically. Confirm the legal residential use and the certificate of occupancy covering the cellar level.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 25 Bergen Street, also evaluate:
- Skytrack Condominium (120 Boerum Place): the larger 1983 loft-style condominium on the same block
- The Dean Boerum Condominium (40 Dean Street): small 2002 condominium across Boerum Place
- 47 Dean Street: ten-unit 2011 elevator condominium around the corner
- Court Street Lofts (505 Court Street): larger factory-to-condominium conversion in Carroll Gardens
- 417 Hicks Street: small Cobble Hill condominium conversion
- The Atlantic (457 Atlantic Avenue): 21-residence Boerum Hill condominium
- 422 State Street: 20-apartment Boerum Hill elevator co-op; the share-ownership alternative
More Cobble Hill buildings
- 177 Amity Street — 1910 co-op
- 200 Congress Street — 1949 co-op
- 214 Clinton Street — 1892 co-op
- 417 Hicks Street — 1878 condominium
- 439 Hicks Street (Cobble Hill Towers) — 1876 condominium
- 47 Dean Street — 2011 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Cobble Hill.
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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