396 Third Street
396 Third Street, near Sixth Avenue · Park Slope
BBL 3009820022 · BIN 3021077
- Year built
- 1940
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Front garden, shared laundry, bicycle storage and private storage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $773K
- Recent range
- $655K – $890K
- Listing discount
- 0.2%
- Recorded transfers
- 29
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396 Third Street is a four-story limestone-front cooperative on a broad Park Slope side street. Four apartments occupy each floor, creating a 16-home association with a modest set of shared facilities. A planted front garden separates the entrance from the sidewalk, and the residential inventory centers on compact one- and two-bedroom arrangements.
The cooperative is self-managed. Shared laundry and private storage are included amenities, while the building's location puts Sixth Avenue and the commercial streets of central Park Slope nearby. The upper floors are reached by the common stairs.
Architecture and unit composition
Large windows and ceilings approaching ten feet are recurring features. Front-facing homes can have broad bay windows looking toward street trees; rear apartments face the gardens within the block. Hardwood floors and prewar proportions remain visible across differently renovated interiors.
Some two-bedroom plans place an open kitchen opposite the living area, with the principal bedroom separated from the second room. Others use a more compact living-and-dining arrangement. The interior areas attached to past sales include homes around 580 to 750 square feet, making the placement of doors, closets and kitchen counters consequential to usable space.
Renovations have produced different degrees of openness between the living room and kitchen. Large window openings help illuminate compact rooms, but front and rear exposures provide different outlooks. Apartment descriptions should follow the actual arrangement, particularly where a smaller second room also functions as an office.
Building operations
The basement contains updated common laundry facilities and a bicycle room. Private storage is provided without a separate charge. Heat and hot water are included in maintenance, and the self-managed structure leaves association decisions with the shareholders.
The building's front garden is part of the common setting; it does not imply private garden access from every apartment. With four homes on each floor, the stair and landings serve a small group of entrances at each level.
The property has no current building-level tax abatement and is assessed in Class 2. Its built floor area exceeds the residential FAR shown for the R6B district. The building is outside an LPC historic district despite its period facade.
Policy framework
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Flip tax: None — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2026 | SIX | 1 BR · 1 BA | $890,000 | -1.0% |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 6 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $890,000 | -1.0% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 8 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $840,000 | -1.2% |
| Apr 11, 2023 | FOUR | 1 BR · 1 BA | $689,000 | +0.0% |
| Aug 1, 2022 | 6 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $785,000 | +0.0% |
| Apr 6, 2022 | 11 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $690,000 | +1.6% |
| Jul 21, 2021 | 16 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $750,000 | +7.3% |
| May 18, 2021 | 13 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $615,000 | -1.6% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2019): a median $835/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 0.2% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 3-00982-0022) 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 $890K (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,888 to close, or 1.3% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,888
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
- 240 Eighth Street: A smaller prewar cooperative nearby, with a similarly limited residential inventory.
- The Milk Factory: A larger low-rise cooperative conversion, useful for comparing a different building origin.
- The Presidential: A prewar cooperative with a similar low-rise form and more apartments.
- 459 12th Street: A small cooperative farther south in Park Slope.
- 904 Union Street: Another small low-rise cooperative within the neighborhood's established resale market.
More Park Slope buildings
- 392 Third Street — 1920 condominium
- 393 4th Street — condominium
- 393 Dean Street (Park Slope Manor Condominium) — 2004 condominium
- 40 Prospect Park West — 1942 co-op
- 400 3rd Street — 1920 co-op
- 404 3rd Street — co-op
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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