Tova Gardens
426 13th Street, also 424–428 13th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues · Park Slope
Park Slope, Brooklyn
BBL 3011000027 · BIN 3255171
- Year built
- 1891
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Elevator; shared garden; common roof space; laundry; bicycle storage; video intercom
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Park Slope Historic District Extension
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not stated
- Washer/dryer
- Permitted
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median, 2023–2025
- $810K
- 4 qualifying sales
- 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.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 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
3 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $550 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move-in Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move-out Deposit | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $350 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move-in/out DepositAfter move-out | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
Alteration
2 items
Major alteration
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Resident | When With the application | Amount $400 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Minor alteration
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Resident | When With the application | Amount $0 | Refundable Non-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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Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase priceSource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- PermittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
- Short-term rentals
- Not permittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not statedWith Board ApprovalSource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
- In-unit washer/dryer
- PermittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Considering an apartment here? Send Corey the listing to confirm the pet and washer/dryer rules for that apartment.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $325 per room a monthMedian of 4 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Virtual or video entry
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Garden, bike storageSource: 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
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 | 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 (floor-adjusted) 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). 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.
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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 Sneaker Factory, 47–49 Lincoln Place — 1910 condominium
- The Vue, 162 16th Street — 2008 condominium
- The Warwick, 8 Eighth Avenue — co-op
- The Whitman (431 Seventh Avenue) — 2025 condominium
- The Woodgreen, 285 and 287 18th Street — condominium
- Timber House (670 Union Street) — 2018 condominium
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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