Rivera Court
338 Prospect Place, between Underhill and Washington avenues, Brooklyn · Prospect Heights
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
BBL 3011607501 · BIN 3250940
- Year built
- 1931
- Amenities
- Doorman, resident superintendent, common laundry, bicycle storage and private storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Doorman (hours not stated)
Every recorded sale at this building, 1999–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,308
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- -0.9%
- Recorded sales
- 67
- On record
- 1999–2026
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Rivera Court is a five-story prewar condominium with doorman service and a resident superintendent. Its walk-up circulation is an important part of the building's identity: staffed entry and common facilities coexist with stair access to the apartments. The property sits on Prospect Place beside Underhill Playground.
The inventory spans small studios, one-bedroom homes and larger layouts. Selected upper-floor apartments have balconies and private roof areas reached by stairs from inside the home. That outdoor space is attached to particular apartments, so the building contains both conventional indoor layouts and homes organized around two levels of living and recreation.
At 51 residences, Rivera Court has a larger ownership base than a converted townhouse. The largest owner holds only two residential unit lots in the current DOF roll. Its condominium ownership and established resale history give buyers a prewar option within the neighborhood's mix of apartment types.
Architecture and unit composition
The building uses a masonry apartment-house form arranged in two wings. Five residential stories keep its scale close to the surrounding lower-rise streetscape. Circulation up the stairs creates a different daily experience on the upper floors from the apartments closer to the entrance.
Smaller studios can be under 400 square feet. One-bedroom plans range from compact layouts into the roughly 700-square-foot category, and larger two-bedroom homes occupy more substantial portions of the floor plate. Some lower-level arrangements have substantially more total space than the typical apartment above.
Kitchens vary between open and enclosed plans. Windowed kitchens occur in some homes, and multi-exposure apartments can have living rooms and bedrooms facing different directions. Renovations have altered room openings and kitchen connections, so homes with similar floor area can divide their space differently.
Private outdoor areas include balconies and roof terraces. In roof-access homes, an internal stair connects the apartment to the outdoor level. Roof space and a balcony serve different uses, and some apartments have both.
Building operations
Doorman service and a live-in superintendent support the building, while common laundry and bicycle storage cover practical needs outside the apartments. Private storage is also available within the property; the specific allocation belongs to the storage arrangement, not simply to an apartment's bedroom category.
The condominium's residential tax lots are all Class 2, without an assessment-growth cap. No building-wide abatement is identified. The building exceeds the residential floor-area ratio allowed by its current R6B zoning, so the existing interior floor area and private roof use are separate questions from permission to create additional enclosed rooms.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of October 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
Purchase
5 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $450 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $75 ind/$150 couple | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Move-In Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $500, of which $250 will be returned after move in | Refundable Not stated |
| Move-Out Fee | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $500, of which $250 will be returned after move out | Refundable Not stated |
| Transfer Agent Document Preparation Fee | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $400 | Refundable Not stated |
Rental or lease
7 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $450 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check Fee | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $75 ind/$150 couple | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Move In/Out Fee for Tenant | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $250 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Move Out FeeConditional | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $250, due if owner is moving out | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Monthly Rental Fee | Paid by Landlord | When Upon approval | Amount $150 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move In/Out Deposit for Tenant | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $250 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move Out DepositConditional | Paid by Landlord | When With the application | Amount $250, due if Owner is moving out | Refundable Refundable |
Alteration
3 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any change requiring a C. of O. ChangeConditional | Paid by Resident | When With the application | Amount $450 if applicable (Otherwise $0 if not) | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Simple Alteration with no structural changesConditional | Paid by Resident | When With the application | Amount $325 if applicable (Otherwise $0 if not) | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage Security Deposit | Paid by Resident | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $353 per room a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Doorman (hours not stated)Source: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Bike storage, storage, laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $14,458/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $24
- Modeled exposure split equally across 51 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; how a building allocates a shared cost depends on its governing documents.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Recent sales
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $785,000 | $1,308/sf | +4.8% |
| Oct 17, 2024 | 1C | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 819 sf | $965,000 | $1,178/sf | -3.4% |
| Mar 25, 2022 | 1D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,129 sf | $1,075,000 | $952/sf | +13.2% |
| Jan 18, 2022 | 3E | 2 BR · 1 BA · 880 sf | $933,500 | $1,061/sf | +16.8% |
| Jan 12, 2022 | 1H | 443 sf | $515,000 | $1,163/sf | — |
| Dec 17, 2021 | 1C | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 819 sf | $975,000 | $1,190/sf | +0.0% |
| Nov 15, 2021 | 2F | 2 BR · 1 BA · 749 sf | $975,000 | $1,302/sf | +6.1% |
| Nov 2, 2020 | 5G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 613 sf | $782,000 | $1,276/sf | -2.1% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,308/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount -0.9% over 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 3-01160-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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What to know if you’re buying
A roof-access home involves two separate stairs. An upper-floor apartment requires the walk from the street-level entrance, followed by its own stair to the private roof space. That circulation is part of the apartment's layout and should remain visible in comparisons with lower-floor homes or a single-level balcony apartment.
Comparable buildings
- Butler Plaza: A nearby prewar condominium with a similar overall residential scale.
- 145 Park Place: A prewar condominium of comparable size in a taller apartment-house form.
- 475 Washington Avenue: A Clinton Hill prewar condominium with a similar inventory and masonry building scale.
- The Woodrow Wilson: A larger prewar condominium with Eastern Parkway frontage.
- The Prospect: A smaller prewar condominium alternative with fewer residences.
More Prospect Heights buildings
- Mark 324, 324 Saint Marks Avenue — 2006 condominium
- Museum Court, 115 Eastern Parkway — 1922 co-op
- Public School 9 Annex, 279 Sterling Place — 1895 co-op
- The Abraham Lincoln (61 Eastern Parkway) — 1930 co-op
- The Mark, 268 Saint Marks Avenue — 2013 condominium
- The Mark, 336 St. Marks Avenue — 2019 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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