430 Clinton Avenue
430 Clinton Avenue, between Greene and Gates avenues, Brooklyn · Clinton Hill
BBL 3019607501 · BIN 3055968
- Year built
- 1930
- Type
- Prewar elevator apartment house
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Elevator, resident superintendent, intercom entry, common laundry, bicycle storage, private storage and courtyard
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $966
- Listing discount
- 0.9%
- Recorded sales
- 84
- On record
- 2005–2025
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430 Clinton Avenue is a prewar elevator condominium whose recent capital work paired a leaking roof's replacement with insulation and solar panels. The project uses the roof for building infrastructure, with solar generation directed toward common-area electricity. The elevator, laundry facilities and shared lighting are among the loads the installation was designed to serve.
The building stands on an undesignated portion of Clinton Avenue between Greene and Gates avenues. The Clinton Hill Historic District ends at 412–416 Clinton Avenue on the same blockfront.
Its residential inventory is concentrated in practical one- and two-bedroom layouts, with larger lower-level configurations adding another category. A landscaped courtyard provides common outdoor space. The rooftop energy installation and the courtyard serve separate functions within the property.
Architecture and unit composition
The six-story masonry building has the scale of a prewar apartment house, with an elevator connecting the residential floors. Apartments commonly retain separate rooms and established window positions, while renovations have changed kitchen openings and interior finishes.
One-bedroom homes typically occupy approximately 700 to 800 square feet. Larger two-bedroom layouts approach 950 square feet. Some ground-floor duplex arrangements exceed 1,100 square feet in total and incorporate lower-level rooms, storage or laundry space connected to the main apartment.
Those lower-level configurations require a different reading of usable space from a one-level apartment upstairs. Their internal stairs and secondary rooms account for part of the overall area. A larger advertised total doesn't mean every room shares the same residential use as the principal living floor.
In-unit laundry appears in some homes, while the common laundry room serves the building as a whole. Apartment exposure and room placement vary across the floor plate. Interior renovations have produced both open living-and-kitchen arrangements and layouts with a more distinct kitchen.
Building operations
A live-in superintendent handles daily building needs, and an intercom controls visitor access. The shared courtyard includes seating and a barbecue area. Bicycle and private storage supplement the apartments' own closets and storage rooms.
The roof project combined replacement of the existing roof, improved insulation and a roughly 24.5-kilowatt solar array. The installation was designed to meet the common areas' electricity demand; those projections are not a guarantee of every year's output or of savings on an individual apartment's electric bill.
The work used a reflective roof surface and panels capable of collecting reflected light. A ballasted installation supports the array without treating the roof as a resident recreation deck. Financing closed in 2022 with a ten-year loan term, and the project was subsequently described in a completed-building case study.
The largest owner holds eight residential unit lots, approximately 17% of the building. All residential lots are Class 2, with no assessment-growth cap. The former J-51 benefit has ended; its past presence doesn't carry a continuing tax reduction for a new owner.
Policy framework
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent closings 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 | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2025 | 5F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 701 sf | $699,000 | $997/sf | +0.0% |
| Nov 15, 2024 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 783 sf | $799,000 | $1,020/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 29, 2024 | 5B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 909 sf | $1,285,000 | $1,414/sf | +9.4% |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 1E | 1 BR · 814 sf | $875,000 | $1,075/sf | off-mkt |
| Jun 7, 2023 | 3B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 958 sf | $940,000 | $981/sf | -18.3% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 3E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 814 sf | $775,000 | $952/sf | -3.1% |
| Aug 2, 2022 | 1G | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,148 sf | $995,000 | $867/sf | +3.1% |
| Mar 1, 2022 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 780 sf | $760,000 | $974/sf | -1.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $966/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 0.9% 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 3-01960-7501) 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; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re buying
The energy project combines a capital obligation with operating savings. Solar production benefits the condominium's common electricity account, while the roof-and-solar financing creates a separate payment obligation. The relevant apartment-level effect is its share of those building expenses; the panels do not supply a separately owned solar system with the apartment.
Comparable buildings
- 475 Washington Avenue: A nearby prewar condominium with a similar mid-rise scale and larger apartment inventory.
- 10 Quincy Street: A prewar condominium with a comparable number of residences in a lower building form.
- 75 Greene Avenue: A smaller prewar condominium close to the same Clinton Hill streetscape.
- The Graham: A smaller historic condominium conversion with a different original building form.
- 145 Park Place: A similarly sized prewar condominium in Prospect Heights, useful for comparing layouts across the two neighborhoods.
More Clinton Hill buildings
- 388 Washington Avenue, 388 Washington Avenue · Clinton Hill — 1879 condominium
- 4 Downing Street — 1920 condominium
- 400 Grand Avenue — 1899 condominium
- 450 Grand Avenue (Four Fifty Grand) — 2023 condominium by Isaac & Stern Architects
- 451 Clinton Avenue — 1930 co-op
- 461 Washington Avenue — condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Clinton Hill.
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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