261 Garfield Place
261 Garfield Place, between Fiske Place and Eighth Avenue · Park Slope
Park Slope, Brooklyn
BBL 3010710033 · BIN 3024934
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- In-unit laundry; central air in renovated homes
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Park Slope Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Washer/dryer
- Permitted with conditions
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, 2023
- $1,446
- 1 sale
- Listing discount
- -1.2%
- Recorded sales
- 8
- On record
- 2004–2025
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About the building
261 Garfield Place was built by Henry Pohlmann in 1903 as an apartment house. Its roughly 33-foot width supports broad interiors behind a barrel-fronted Roman-brick and limestone façade. LPC identifies the design as neo-Italian Renaissance. The house stands one block from Prospect Park, within the original Park Slope Historic District, and now operates as a small cooperative.
The residential layouts include full-floor four-bedroom homes and a large lower duplex assembled from two apartments. The upper floors have front bays that extend the principal rooms toward the street. Original woodwork, fireplaces and broad room proportions survive alongside updated kitchens and baths. Renovated apartments include washer-dryers, with central air installed in some homes; access remains by the common staircase.
Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Not verified
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Permitted with conditionsSome apartmentsSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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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 | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2025 | 3 | 4 BR · 2 BA | $3,100,000 | +12.7% | |
| Dec 28, 2023 | 4 | 4 BR · 2 BA · 1,660 sf | $2,400,000 | $1,446/sf | +2.1% |
| May 28, 2019 | 1A2A | 5 BR · 3 BA · 3,100 sf | $3,300,000 | $1,065/sf | -2.2% |
| Jan 5, 2018 | 4 | 3 BR · 1,660 sf | $2,125,000 | $1,280/sf | +1.2% |
| Oct 30, 2014 | 3 | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,125,000 | +1.2% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $1,446/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount -1.2% over ask.
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 3-01071-0033). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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What to know if you’re buying
Apartment combinations affect the cooperative's allocation of costs. A two-floor home can retain the shares originally assigned to more than one apartment. Its voting interest and contribution to an assessment may therefore differ significantly from those of a single-floor residence.
Comparable buildings
- 904 Union Street: another small Park Slope cooperative in a prewar walk-up structure.
- Sterling Atrium: a low-rise cooperative with a different converted-building arrangement.
- 75 Prospect Park West: a larger prewar cooperative directly on the park, useful for comparing outlook and operating scale.
More Park Slope buildings
- 25 Montgomery Place — 1892 condominium
- 25 Plaza Street West — 1941 co-op
- 251 1st Street — 2015 condominium by Isaac & Stern Architects
- 262 17th Street — 1899 condominium
- 265 20th Street — 2023 condominium
- 267–269 8th Street, 267 and 269 8th Street — 2008 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Park Slope.
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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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