286 St. Johns Place
286 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238
BBL 3011727501 · BIN 3029356
- Year built
- 1912
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Shared roof deck, bicycle storage and private storage; in-unit laundry in individual homes
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,141
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 19
- On record
- 2004–2026
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286 St. Johns Place offers condominium ownership in a four-story apartment building dating to 1912. Its 16 homes include one- and two-bedroom layouts, with tall windows and fireplaces in some apartments. The shared roof deck gives the building an outdoor amenity above the street, close to Grand Army Plaza and the northern entrance to Prospect Park.
The building is not landmark-designated. It also occupies substantially less floor area than the residential zoning allowance shown for the lot. Those facts distinguish the property's legal setting from what a buyer might assume from its age and proximity to protected brownstone blocks.
Architecture and unit composition
The apartments are reached by stairs. One-bedroom homes have traded with areas around 580–700 square feet, while larger two-bedroom layouts extend to approximately 850 square feet. The rooms retain the proportions of an older apartment house, with high ceilings and tall window openings.
Renovations have opened some kitchens to the living and dining spaces. Fireplaces remain in several layouts, and some apartments contain washers and dryers. The inventory includes both lower-floor homes and apartments at the top of the four-story building, so exposure and the number of stairs vary within a relatively small ownership group.
The common roof deck is separate from individual apartment interiors. Private storage has accompanied sales, including deeded storage interests, and bicycle storage is also available. The right to a particular storage area needs to follow the apartment's actual transfer documents.
Building operations
The 16 residences are individually assessed condominium lots. Ownership is dispersed, with no owner holding more than one residence in the current tax records. Common-building expenses are shared through the association, including the roof and circulation areas.
The gap between existing floor area and the current zoning allowance isn't an approved enlargement. Any proposal would still depend on the condominium's rights and approvals, the building's structure and the applicable zoning rules. The present property is a four-story residential building.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $799,000 | $1,141/sf | +0.0% |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 15 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 850 sf | $999,400 | $1,176/sf | +2.3% |
| Nov 18, 2024 | 1D | 583 sf | $554,000 | $950/sf | off-mkt |
| Oct 1, 2018 | 4B | 1 BR · 623 sf | $650,000 | $1,043/sf | -6.5% |
| Aug 10, 2016 | 4C | 634 sf | $675,000 | $1,065/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 11, 2015 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $652,000 | $931/sf | +0.0% |
| Feb 5, 2014 | 2A | 2 BR · 750 sf | $631,000 | $841/sf | +0.0% |
| Feb 8, 2008 | 4C | 634 sf | $420,000 | $662/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,141/sf across 1 sale. 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 3-01172-7501) 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.
At the recent median sale of $999K (4 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $35,822 to close, or 3.6% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- Mortgage recording tax: $14,429
- Title insurance: $4,497
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $16,896
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
- Park Union — A small prewar condominium offering a taller building form near the same park entrance.
- 851 Carroll Street — Another older low-rise condominium for comparing prewar apartment layouts and ownership scale.
- 64 Seventh Avenue — A smaller prewar condominium with an avenue setting and a similarly limited residential inventory.
- The Prospect — A taller prewar condominium for comparing building services and apartment-house scale.
- The Merchant House — A low-rise condominium alternative with a different original building use and interior form.
More Prospect Heights buildings
- 272 Saint Marks Avenue — 2011 condominium
- 274 St. John's Place, 274 St. John's Place · Prospect Heights — 1912 co-op
- 280 Saint Marks Avenue — 2016 condominium
- 296 Sterling Place — 1910 co-op
- 315 St Johns Place — 1921 co-op
- 319 Prospect Place — condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Prospect Heights.
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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