394 Vanderbilt Avenue
394–396 Vanderbilt Avenue, between Greene and Gates Avenues, Fort Greene
BBL 3019597503 · BIN 3055940
- Year built
- 1877
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 5
- Floors
- 4
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Video intercom, in-unit laundry and private outdoor space for each residence
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About the building
394 Vanderbilt Avenue joins two brownstones designed and built by Thomas B. Jackson around 1877. They belong to a row of sixteen houses with transitional Italianate and neo-Grec details, including pedimented door surrounds, incised window ornament and wooden cornices. The Brooklyn Home Company's condominium conversion combined the properties and added a three-story rear extension. Construction finished in 2020, with DOB sign-off following in January 2021.
Five homes occupy the combined property. Two lower duplexes sit beneath three apartments that span the width of both original houses, including a penthouse. The mix includes one-, two- and three-bedroom configurations, each with private outdoor space. Wider floor plates support substantial living and dining areas. The conversion introduced video entry, contemporary heating and cooling equipment and in-unit laundry, while retaining the paired historic street façades.
Recent sales
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Recent closings at this building, sourced from NYC Department of Finance records. Apartment-level detail (line, condition, asking-price context) verified upon consultation request.
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | 1N | $1,875,000 |
| Aug 11, 2025 | PH | $700,000 |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 1S | $1,725,000 |
| Jun 15, 2021 | 1S | $1,450,000 |
| Mar 15, 2021 | 1N | $1,699,000 |
| Feb 17, 2021 | 3 | $2,600,000 |
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 3-01959-7503) 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.
At the recent median sale of $1.73M (3 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $71,677 to close, or 4.2% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $17,250
- Mortgage recording tax: $24,905
- Title insurance: $7,762
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $21,760
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
The five-home condominium maintains two historic street façades and a substantial rear addition. Preservation work on the original fronts and upkeep of the newer construction fall within the same small association, with private outdoor areas adjoining portions of the shared exterior.
Litigation over building conditions remains active. The board of managers sued the sponsor in 2022 over building conditions, and the case remained active in 2025. Ask the managing agent for the current status.
Comparable buildings
- 4 Downing Street — A larger prewar condominium conversion with a similarly small-building setting.
- The Sanctuary — A historic conversion with a different original building use and more residences.
- 220 Park Place — A smaller prewar condominium for comparing brownstone-scale ownership.
More Fort Greene buildings
- 26 South Oxford Street — 1879 co-op
- 264 Cumberland Street (The Sanctuary) — 1860 condominium
- 364 Myrtle Avenue — condominium
- 415 Carlton Avenue (Fort Greene Partnership Homes) — new-construction condominium
- 6 South Portland Avenue — 1872 co-op
- 60 South Oxford Street — 1930 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Fort Greene.
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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