436 Sterling Place
436 Sterling Place, just off Washington Avenue · Prospect Heights
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
BBL 3011730041 · BIN 3029396
- Year built
- 1908
- Type
- Cooperative
- Amenities
- Central laundry, dedicated storage and bicycle storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Prospect Heights Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median, 2025–2026
- $870K
- 2 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $785K – $955K
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 38
Own an apartment here? See what it would sell for.
A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 436 Sterling Place would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
436 Sterling Place is a four-story Renaissance Revival apartment house whose carved entrance and roofline distinguish it within Prospect Heights. LPC dates its construction to approximately 1908–1911, when purpose-built flats were becoming more prevalent in the neighborhood. The building now contains 20 cooperative apartments and is part of the Prospect Heights Historic District.
Its small scale accommodates a varied apartment mix. Compact one-bedrooms sit within the same building as substantially larger two- and three-bedroom homes. Shared laundry and basement storage support those smaller layouts, while the Washington Avenue location puts the building near the Brooklyn Museum, Botanic Garden and Prospect Park.
Architecture and unit composition
Carved urns frame the recessed entrance, and related panels appear at the upper floors. The façade uses shallow projections, grouped windows, molded bands and a battlemented parapet with a central shield. LPC records the loss of an earlier bracketed cornice and tiled roof after about 1940. The surviving ornament remains a substantial part of the building's identity.
Apartment sizes vary widely. The smallest recorded one-bedroom homes are around 400 square feet, while larger apartments approach 900–1,000 square feet. Two-bedroom plans can place the bedrooms at opposite ends of the home, with a windowed bathroom between them. Three-bedroom configurations have also traded.
Renovated apartments include open kitchens connected to larger living rooms. Rear apartments look inward over the back of the property, while street-facing rooms relate to the shallow bays and grouped windows of the main elevation. The four residential stories are served by stairs.
Building operations
The corporation is 436 Sterling Place Housing Corporation. The building occupies a roughly 50-foot-wide lot, with a depth of approximately 123 feet. Its common amenities include basement laundry, bicycle storage and dedicated storage for apartments.
Historic-district designation applies to this property. Its carved panels, window composition and distinctive parapet are among the exterior elements described in the LPC report. Work affecting the designated exterior must be considered within that preservation framework.
The property receives no building-wide tax abatement and is assessed in Class 2. The existing building has a floor area ratio of 2.75 against the 2.0 residential allowance recorded for its R6B zoning.
Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
Considering an apartment here? Send Corey the listing to confirm the pet and washer/dryer rules for that apartment.
Own an apartment here? Request an apartment-specific pricing review.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- NoSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Bike storage, laundry roomSource: 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 | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | 10 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $785,000 | -1.3% | |
| Jun 23, 2025 | 5 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $955,000 | +12.4% | |
| Nov 18, 2022 | 14 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $430,000 | -4.4% | |
| Dec 30, 2021 | 2 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 400 sf | $381,250 | $953/sf | -3.5% |
| Jul 23, 2021 | 10 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $693,000 | +6.8% | |
| Jul 1, 2021 | 3 | 2 BR · 1 BA | $600,000 | +0.2% | |
| Oct 13, 2020 | 12 | 3 BR · 1 BA | $1,070,000 | -8.9% | |
| Oct 2, 2019 | 11 | 3 BR · 1 BA | $970,000 | -7.6% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $953/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
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 3-01173-0041). 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; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
What would your apartment rent for?
Enter your apartment and I'll send you what it would rent for, from comparable closed leases at 436 Sterling Place and nearby.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
Keep up with 436 Sterling Place and its market
The Roebling Report, monthly: Manhattan sales data and analysis, including buildings like 436 Sterling Place. Unsubscribe anytime.
We’ll use your email for The Roebling Report and note your interest in this building. See our privacy policy.
Comparable buildings
- 296 Sterling Place: A similarly modest prewar co-op with an elevator and apartments shaped by a triangular lot.
- 418 St. Johns Place: A nearby prewar elevator cooperative with a larger apartment inventory.
- 408 St. Johns Place: A prewar elevator co-op offering another comparison close to Washington Avenue.
- 375 Lincoln Place: A four-story co-op with a substantial rehabilitation and conversion history.
- The Abraham Lincoln: An elevator cooperative on Eastern Parkway, useful for comparing access and setting within the same prewar market.
More Prospect Heights buildings
- 418 St Johns Place — 1924 co-op
- 427 St. John's Place — 1912 condominium
- 430 Sterling Place — 1908 co-op
- 50 Plaza Street East — 1925 co-op
- 515 Dean Street — 1892 condominium
- 521 Dean Street — 1930
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Prospect Heights.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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.
Considering a move at 436 Sterling Place?
Request a private building brief with the relevant comparable sales, current and off-market availability, and an apartment-specific view of value.
646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com