Tova Gardens
426 13th Street, also 424–428 13th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues · Park Slope
BBL 3011000027 · BIN 3255171
- Year built
- 1891
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Elevator; shared garden; common roof space; laundry; bicycle storage; video intercom
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $810K
- Recent range
- $615K – $1.1M
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 34
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Tova Gardens combines three circa-1891 apartment buildings behind a single entrance. The original flats were part of a five-building row developed by David J. Aiken. In 1985, an alteration joined the three structures at 424–428 13th Street, removed the two outer stoops and retained the central entrance. The cooperative now has an elevator and twenty residences.
That combination created an unusually broad low-rise building with a garden behind it. The street façade still reads as several nineteenth-century fronts, with repeated windows, separate cornices and decorative entrance surrounds. The shared entrance and internal circulation belong to the later combined building.
The homes include conventional one- and two-bedroom apartments, larger lower-level layouts and upper duplexes. Private outdoor spaces occur at both the bottom and top of the building, alongside the common garden. Some top-floor configurations include a solarium or additional office area leading toward roof space.
Architecture and unit composition
LPC identifies the original design as Neo-Grec, using brick and brownstone with wood cornices. The surviving entrance details include bracketed hoods and angular pediments. When the buildings were joined, the outer entrance openings became windows; the central stoop continues to organize the approach from the sidewalk.
The row's repeated elevations provide a visible record of its original separate buildings. The existing ornament is part of the protected streetscape, and the 2012 historic-district extension includes this tax lot. The designation report dates the original work to circa 1891 and records the 1985 combination under an alteration filing.
Apartment sizes extend from roughly 700-square-foot homes to larger layouts of approximately 1,300–1,450 square feet. Some of the larger homes occupy the lower portion of the property. Upper duplexes use internal stairs and can include roof access or a private deck, while conventional apartments provide a single-level arrangement.
Private terraces and roof spaces are associated with particular homes. A solarium is another feature of some upper configurations, adding an enclosed room beside outdoor space. These layouts introduce more variation than the uniform four-story cornice line suggests.
Building operations
The elevator is a notable part of the combined building's circulation. A shared rear garden and common roof space supplement the outdoor areas attached to individual apartments. The building also provides laundry, bicycle storage and video-intercom access.
The cooperative's shared envelope includes the masonry façades of the original buildings and their rooflines. Its historic-district status governs visible exterior changes. The R6B floor-area figures are close to the existing built area, so the present low-rise form occupies nearly the stated residential zoning allowance.
Policy framework
Pets: Allowed — confirm with the managing agent.
Financing: A 20% minimum down payment has been stated — confirm with the managing agent.
In-unit washer/dryer: Allowed subject to approval — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | 2E | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,059,948 | +8.7% |
| Apr 7, 2025 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $615,000 | -1.6% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $950,000 | +0.0% |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 4A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $885,000 | +6.0% |
| Mar 14, 2023 | 2B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $735,000 | -2.0% |
| Jul 26, 2021 | 3D | 2 BR · 1 BA | $930,000 | +5.1% |
| Jun 18, 2021 | 4D | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,090,000 | -0.9% |
| Apr 24, 2020 | 2D | 2 BR · 1 BA | $865,000 | -2.7% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2019): a median $862/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 1.3% 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 3-01100-0027) 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 $950K (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $12,113 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: $12,113
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
Roof access and enclosed additions: An upper-floor home with a solarium, private deck or exclusive roof area has obligations that differ from a conventional apartment. The transaction should establish which structures and surfaces fall to the shareholder and which remain the cooperative's responsibility, including the roof beneath an enclosed addition.
Comparable buildings
- 459 12th Street: A smaller prewar cooperative with a similar low-rise setting.
- 443 12th Street: A warehouse conversion offering a different route from older construction to cooperative ownership.
- Ansonia Court: A much larger historic conversion with shared outdoor space.
- 14 Prospect Park Southwest: A small prewar cooperative near the park's southwest edge.
- 86 Prospect Park West: A similarly scaled prewar association with direct park-side positioning.
More Park Slope buildings
- The Park Pavilion, 372 15th Street — 2005 condominium
- The Shinnecock, 939 Union Street — 2003 condominium
- The Sneaker Factory, 47–49 Lincoln Place — 1910 condominium
- The Vue, 162 16th Street — 2008 condominium
- The Warwick, 8 Eighth Avenue — co-op
- Timber House (670 Union Street) — 2018 condominium
The neighborhood
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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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