251 Pacific Street
251 Pacific Street, between Boerum Place and Smith Street, at the Cobble Hill–Boerum Hill edge, Brooklyn
BBL 3001810039 · BIN 3000830
- Year built
- 1914
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 25
- Floors
- 5
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Planted common roof deck, basement laundry, bicycle storage, resident storage and video intercom
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $520K
- Recent range
- $520K – $995K
- Listing discount
- 0.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 42
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251 Pacific Street is a five-story, 25-residence cooperative whose shared roof garden adds outdoor space to a prewar walk-up. The apartment inventory includes compact one-bedroom homes, larger flexible plans and winged two-bedroom layouts. Stair access is a central part of the purchase, particularly on the top floor.
Built in 1914, the property sits between Boerum Place and Smith Street at the meeting point of Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill. It is close to the Bergen Street F/G station and to the shopping streets around Atlantic Avenue. The residential entrance opens onto Pacific Street, with the common outdoor space located above the apartments.
The roof has been furnished and planted as a shared amenity. It gives residents an outdoor destination without requiring an apartment with a private terrace. The top-floor homes sit closest to that space, while residents on lower floors have a longer climb to reach it.
Architecture and unit composition
The building's five-story form contains apartments with high ceilings, hardwood floors and, in some homes, exposed brick. Windowed bathrooms recur through the inventory. Renovated kitchens range from separate or pass-through arrangements to more open connections with the living area.
Some plans use a central kitchen with rooms on either side; others place bedrooms in separate wings. An additional room may function as a dining area, office or bedroom depending on its dimensions and legal configuration. The number of rooms and their access pattern can be more useful than a marketing label when comparing the smaller layouts.
Upper-floor homes include south- and west-facing exposures. The position of each apartment determines whether windows look onto the street or into the block. Renovations have introduced in-unit laundry in some homes, including combination machines, while the building also retains shared laundry below.
The common roof deck is reached by stairs. Its planting includes flowers and other garden growth, with outdoor furniture for shared use. The roof remains both an amenity and part of the building's protective envelope, so the planted areas operate within the cooperative's rules for access and maintenance.
Building operations
Basement facilities include a card-operated laundry room, bicycle storage and caged private storage available for rent. Additional space is used for strollers and scooters. A video intercom controls the entry.
The building has no elevator. An upper-floor purchase therefore includes the stair climb to the apartment as well as to the roof, and moving furniture or carrying larger items follows the same route. The top floor's access to light and the common deck comes with this practical tradeoff.
The property is not designated within a historic district. Its Special Downtown Brooklyn District zoning overlays R6A, and the existing built FAR exceeds the stated residential allowance. The current building's established scale should not be confused with an available right to add more residential floor area.
Policy framework
Subletting is permitted after two years of ownership, with board approval — confirm with the managing agent. The waiting period is material to anyone planning to rent the apartment soon after purchase.
Pets, pied-à-terre ownership, co-purchases and gifts toward a purchase are permitted — confirm with the managing agent. The stated minimum down payment is 20% — confirm with the managing agent. In-unit washer/dryer installation requires board approval — confirm with the managing agent, including the equipment and connection proposed for the apartment.
Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2025 | 19 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $975,000 | +2.6% | |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 12A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $520,000 | -1.0% | |
| May 2, 2025 | 21 | 3 BR · 1 BA | $995,000 | +0.0% | |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 23 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $520,000 | -1.0% | |
| Jun 8, 2022 | 22 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $915,506 | +7.8% | |
| May 31, 2022 | 8 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $570,000 | +3.6% | |
| Jan 18, 2022 | 14 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $825,000 | $1,100/sf | +3.3% |
| Jun 23, 2021 | 24 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $849,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $1,100/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. 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 3-00181-0039) 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
At the recent median sale of $975K (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $12,206 to close, or 1.3% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $12,206
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- 174 Pacific Street — Cobble Heights — A nearby older cooperative with a closely comparable apartment count and low-rise form.
- 38 Livingston Street — The Colonial — A cooperative from the same construction period with a similar number of residences.
- 11 Schermerhorn Street — A prewar cooperative of comparable scale closer to Brooklyn Heights.
- 175 Amity Street — A smaller low-rise cooperative within the Cobble Hill residential streets.
- 467 Pacific Street — A same-street prewar cooperative farther into Boerum Hill, with a similar building size.
More Cobble Hill buildings
- 240 Warren Street — 1904 condominium
- 242 Baltic Street — 1891 co-op
- 25 Bergen Street (The Westcott) — 1910 condominium
- 263 Clinton Street — 1855 co-op
- 275 Degraw Street — 1848 co-op
- 284 Warren Street — 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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