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BentynRecorded sales & closing prices

488 Fourth Avenue, between 11th and 12th Streets, Gowanus

14 recorded closings, 2005–2025. Sortable and searchable below.

Recorded closings
14
Date range
2005–2025
Median $/sf
$1,156
2025 · recorded
Listing discount
11.4%
median, from last ask
Monthly carry/sf
$1.23
≈ $1,724/mo · recent
Price range
$1.16M – $1.63M
Price shift · median $/sf · raw yearly
Since 2020
▼ -2.9%
10-Year
not enough data
Since 2022
▼ -4.2%
1-Year
▲ +0%

Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, from the raw yearly medians — too few standardized single-line units here to adjust to an average-floor basis, so which apartments happened to trade moves these alongside price. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.

The complete recorded-sale history for Bentyn, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 11.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.

Price per square foot over time

11 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.

$884$1,028$1,171'20'21'22'23'24'258 · $1,085/sf · 20204 · $996/sf · 20209 · $1,069/sf · 20205 · $1,014/sf · 20206 · $1,031/sf · 202010 · $1,046/sf · 20207 · $1,051/sf · 20201 · $899/sf · 20213 · $1,010/sf · 20212 · $920/sf · 20216 · $1,156/sf · 2025
Each dot is one recorded sale with a known interior square footage, plotted by closing date against price per square foot. The line is the median $/sf each year, adjusted to a floor-standardized (average-floor) unit — so it reflects price movement, not which floors happened to sell that year. Individual sale prices in the table below are unadjusted — and you can click any dot to jump straight to that sale.

Recent closings

The building’s 10 most recent market sales.

DateUnitApartmentPrice$/sfvs. Ask
Sep 10, 202563 BR · 2 BA · 1,406 sf$1,625,000$1,156+1.6%
Mar 10, 2022—5 BR · 3,120 sf$4,585,500$1,470—
Jul 6, 202123 BR · 2 BA · 1,402 sf$1,290,000$920-2.6%
Apr 9, 202133 BR · 2 BA · 1,406 sf$1,420,458$1,010+1.8%
Feb 11, 202111 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,290 sf$1,159,786$899-3.3%
Jun 17, 202073 BR · 2 BA · 1,406 sf$1,478,000$1,051-11.4%
Jun 2, 2020102 BR · 2 BA · 1,216 sf$1,271,794$1,046-12.2%
May 8, 202063 BR · 2 BA · 1,406 sf$1,450,000$1,031-12.1%
May 5, 202053 BR · 2 BA · 1,406 sf$1,425,000$1,014-12.3%
Feb 25, 202092 BR · 2 BA · 1,216 sf$1,300,000$1,069-16.1%

The retrade record

Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.

6 · 1,406 sf+12%
$1,450,000 ($1,031/sf) 2020 → $1,625,000 ($1,156/sf) 2025

Every recorded sale

Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance. Every sale sits in one of three states: counted in the building’s medians and trend; shown but excluded as a non-arms-length or nominal transfer; or shown and ⚑ flagged for review — a possible duplicate filing or an extreme $/sf outlier, held out of the statistics pending manual verification rather than allowed to move them.

14 recorded sales
Apartment
Sep 10, 202563 BR · 2 BA1,406$1,625,000$1,156+1.6%
Mar 10, 2022—5 BR3,120$4,585,500$1,470—
Jul 6, 202123 BR · 2 BA1,402$1,290,000$920-2.6%
Apr 9, 202133 BR · 2 BA1,406$1,420,458$1,010+1.8%
Feb 11, 202111 BR · 1.5 BA1,290$1,159,786$899-3.3%
Jun 17, 20207Sponsor Sale3 BR · 2 BA1,406$1,478,000$1,051-11.4%
Jun 2, 202010Sponsor Sale2 BR · 2 BA1,216$1,271,794$1,046-12.2%
May 8, 20206Sponsor Sale3 BR · 2 BA1,406$1,450,000$1,031-12.1%
May 5, 20205Sponsor Sale3 BR · 2 BA1,406$1,425,000$1,014-12.3%
Feb 25, 20209Sponsor Sale2 BR · 2 BA1,216$1,300,000$1,069-16.1%
Feb 24, 20208Sponsor Sale3 BR · 2 BA1,406$1,525,000$1,085—
Feb 24, 20204Sponsor Sale3 BR · 2 BA1,406$1,400,000$996-12.2%
Sep 17, 2018—5 BR4,120$3,890,000$944-2.6%
Jun 24, 2005—5 BR3,120$2,750,000$881—
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-01021-7504). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans. Storage, parking, and commercial units are excluded from all figures. Floor- and line-level $/sf are time-controlled (each sale measured against the building’s going rate at the time of sale) and expressed at today’s pricing, so they isolate the floor or line premium rather than blend two decades of market movement.

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