451 Clinton Avenue
451 Clinton Avenue, between Greene and Gates avenues, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
BBL 3019610006 · BIN 3321898
- Year built
- 1930
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 31
- Floors
- 6
- Amenities
- Shared garden, central laundry and bicycle storage; confirm current garage availability
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Clinton Hill Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted
- Dogs
- Requires confirmation
- Cats
- Permitted with conditions
- Washer/dryer
- Permitted
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median, 2023
- $1.3M
- 2 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $485K – $1.4M
- Listing discount
- 1.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 46
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451 Clinton Avenue combines a prewar elevator building with a shared garden and a historic garage reached from Waverly Avenue. Designed by Boris W. Dorfman in 1930, the six-story cooperative contains 31 residences within the Clinton Hill Historic District. The rear garden connects the apartment building to a second street, giving the property an outdoor and parking arrangement unusual for a midblock apartment house of this size.
Its apartment inventory spans compact homes, one-bedroom layouts and larger two-bedroom residences. The red-brick exterior and limestone entrance belong to a late-prewar building on an avenue better known for its nineteenth-century houses. The garage forms a separate, low structure at the back of the property.
The address is close to the Clinton–Washington Avenues C station on Fulton Street. The G station is farther north at Lafayette Avenue. Clinton Avenue supplies the residential entrance; the car entrance sits around the corner on Waverly Avenue.
Architecture and unit composition
Dorfman's building rises six stories with a red-brick façade, a limestone entrance surround and white shutters at the lower level. The lobby includes a marble fireplace and broad arched openings. These interior details give the shared entrance its prewar character before residents reach the elevator.
Apartment plans include one-bedroom homes around the mid-six-hundred-square-foot range as well as larger layouts with separate dining or flexible rooms. Larger two-bedroom residences appear in the sales history. The different footprints are consequential: an additional dining area, an extra room and a second bedroom do not necessarily occupy equivalent amounts of space.
Some renovated homes retain the division between a kitchen, dining area and living room, while others have more open arrangements. The garden-level inventory adds another configuration at the base of the building. Individual renovations determine kitchens, baths and finishes; the enduring building features are the elevator access, window positions and relationship to the rear garden.
The Waverly Avenue garage is a separate one-story component of the property. LPC's description identifies the historic structure as a five-car garage. Its position allows a route between parking, the common garden and the residential entrance without returning to Clinton Avenue.
Building operations
The cooperative maintains the elevator, central laundry and common garden. Bicycle storage is provided. A 2023 LPC application proposed reconstructing the Waverly Avenue garage and installing a rooftop deck. Confirm the current garage configuration, availability and parking rights with the managing agent.
The garden is shared outdoor space. A residence near it can have a close physical relationship to that space without receiving exclusive ownership or use of the whole garden. A transaction involving private outdoor rights should identify those rights distinctly from the common courtyard.
Both the apartment building and the garage fall within the Clinton Hill Historic District. Changes to their exteriors are subject to LPC oversight. The property also exceeds the residential FAR currently shown for its R6B zoning, with a built FAR of 3.28 against an allowance of 2.0; the existing bulk should not be interpreted as an unused expansion allowance.
Policy framework
Cats are permitted, and dogs are not permitted — confirm with the managing agent. This is a specific restriction, not a general pet-friendly policy.
Subletting and pied-à-terre ownership are permitted — confirm with the managing agent. The stated minimum down payment is 20% — confirm with the managing agent. In-unit washer/dryer installation is permitted with approval — confirm with the managing agent; central laundry also serves the building.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of August 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
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $450 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit / Background Check Report FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $200 per applicant | Refundable Not stated |
| Move-In Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $300 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Move-Out Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $300 | 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 Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable 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 August 2026
- Guarantors
- PermittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Co-purchasing
- PermittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Parent buying for an employed child
- PermittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Purchase or lease by a corporation
- Not permittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 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 August 2026
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- PermittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- Short-term rentals
- Not permittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Dogs
- Requires confirmationSources differ. Confirm with building management.
- Cats
- Permitted with conditionsCats OnlySource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
- In-unit washer/dryer
- PermittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of August 2026
Considering an apartment here? Send Corey the listing to confirm the pet and washer/dryer rules for that apartment.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Garden, garage, 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
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $6,655/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $18
- Modeled exposure split equally across 31 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2025 | 3D | 1 BA | $485,000 | -3.0% | |
| Oct 25, 2023 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,350,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 3C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,170,000 | -9.3% | |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 2E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $800,000 | +6.7% | |
| Oct 14, 2022 | 4E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $699,000 | +11.8% | |
| Jan 19, 2022 | 6E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 625 sf | $655,000 | $1,048/sf | -3.0% |
| Oct 27, 2021 | 5E1 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $669,999 | +0.0% | |
| Oct 27, 2021 | 5E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $655,000 | -2.2% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $1,043/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. 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 3-01961-0006). 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.
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Comparable buildings
- 385 Clinton Avenue — The Richelieu — An older and smaller Clinton Avenue cooperative for buyers considering historic architecture at a lower building scale.
- 275 Clinton Avenue — The Clinton — A prewar cooperative on the same avenue with a closely comparable apartment count.
- 147 South Oxford Street — A smaller cooperative from the same construction period near Fort Greene Park.
- 360 Clinton Avenue — A larger late-prewar cooperative on Clinton Avenue with a similar mid-rise form.
- 277 Washington Avenue — Francine Towers — A larger prewar elevator cooperative on a parallel Clinton Hill avenue.
More Clinton Hill buildings
- 400 Grand Avenue — 1899 condominium
- 430 Clinton Avenue — 1930
- 450 Grand Avenue (Four Fifty Grand) — 2023 condominium by Isaac & Stern Architects
- 461 Washington Avenue — condominium
- 475 Washington Avenue — 1907 condominium
- 476 Washington Avenue — 2018 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Clinton Hill.
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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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