The Josephine, 343 Menahan Street

ARC Architecture + Design Studio filed the new building in March 2023. The filing describes a four-story building with a penthouse level, 55 feet tall, with about 12,764 square feet of construction floor area. PLUTO records 11,046 square feet. The first permit issued in October 2023 and foundation and structural sign-offs followed in 2024 and 2025. The same job shows a certificate of occupancy status with an April 21, 2026 date; the record does not say whether the certificate is temporary or final.

The unit count conflicts across sources. The offering plan and PLUTO give 10 residences. The new-building filing, and every amendment to it, says 8 dwelling units. Listing records show homes numbered across all four floors, which fits 10. Treat 10 as the count for sale and ask the sponsor which document the certificate of occupancy follows.

Listing records describe a façade of white brick and tile with stainless-steel mesh railings, one-to-three-bedroom homes with private outdoor space, white oak floors, ceilings over nine feet, ducted heating and cooling, washer and dryer hookups, quartz kitchens and Bertazzoni and Fisher & Paykel appliances. Building features listed are a roof deck, a landscaped backyard, a virtual doorman system, a lobby workstation, a pet spa, deeded storage and a package room. There is no elevator.

Per the offering plan filed with the New York State Attorney General (plan CD240188), the plan was submitted June 21, 2024 and accepted December 2, 2024, and the sponsor declared it effective February 4, 2025. The record lists 10 residential units and 343 Menahan Property LLC as sponsor. The initial total offering price was $9,764,000 and the current figure is $10,066,500, an increase of $302,500. The Attorney General servlet returned no detail for this plan, so the individual amendments were not reviewed. The database shows 4 units sold, a count that does not match the ACRIS deeds below.

Listing records, reviewed November 10, 2026, show these prices:

Other listing records show prices from $860,000 to $1,250,000 for units 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B and 3A; those pages disagree with each other on unit labels and status, so they are not tabulated. Per-square-foot figures are our arithmetic on the listed price.

ACRIS shows these deeds on the condominium's unit lots, all recorded in the last four months of 2025:

• Unit lot 1108: $695,000, deed dated September 15, 2025, equal to the 3C price above
• Unit lot 1107: $915,000, deed dated September 15, 2025, equal to the 3B price above
• Unit lot 1103: $860,000, deed dated September 26, 2025
• Unit lot 1102: $1,272,812.50, deed dated September 25, 2025; this is 1.8% above a $1,250,000 listing figure for unit 1B, which is consistent with a transfer-tax gross-up (our arithmetic)
• Unit lot 1104: $995,000, deed dated December 11, 2025, equal to the $995,000 two-bedroom ask

Matching deeds to apartment letters is our inference from equal amounts; the unit-lot numbers are the record. Five other unit lots carry filings that were not classified, so five deeds is a floor. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,041/sf (floor-adjusted) across 10 sales. 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 0.0% from the last ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-03310-7502; 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.

The plan is effective. Contracts are binding under the plan's terms and closings are under way. Read every amendment, since the price moved $302,500 after the initial filing.

Walk-up. There is no elevator, and the three-bedrooms are on the fourth floor.

Closing costs. In sponsor sales the buyer customarily pays the New York State transfer tax (0.4%) and the New York City real property transfer tax (1.425% above $500,000), plus the state mansion tax of 1% at $1 million and above. On a $1.35 million home that is $13,500 in mansion tax and about $24,600 in transfer taxes before any gross-up (our arithmetic). Homes under $1 million owe no mansion tax. Use the calculators below to run your price.

Certificate of occupancy. Ask whether the certificate issued in April 2026 is final or temporary, what the sponsor holds back, and which unit count it carries.

Carrying costs and abatement. The plan's budget sets common charges and projected taxes. No tax abatement has been confirmed in this review; confirm the tax position in the plan.

Sponsor control. The sponsor controls the board until enough units close to turn it over. The by-laws set the threshold.

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