524 St. Johns Place
524 St. Johns Place, between Classon Avenue and Franklin Avenue · Crown Heights
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
BBL 3011787501 · BIN 3391814
- Type
- Condominium
- Amenities
- Elevator, gym, private storage and video intercom
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2008–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2025
- $1,413
- floor-adjusted, 3 sales
- Listing discount
- -1.0%
- Recorded sales
- 20
- On record
- 2008–2025
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524 St. Johns Place grew from an older five-apartment building into a six-story condominium with thirteen residences. Karen Jacobson’s 2005 alteration application combined two lots and enlarged the structure horizontally and vertically. The resulting inventory includes compact apartments, larger single-level homes and upper-floor loft duplexes with private outdoor space.
The building’s small association has an elevator and resident gym. Its upper floors add double-height rooms and terraces to the lower-level apartment mix, giving a thirteen-residence condominium an unusually broad range of internal configurations.
Architecture and unit composition
Smaller homes include studios and one-bedroom plans, with recorded areas below 500 square feet at the compact end. Larger single-level residences have open living and dining rooms, separate bedrooms and, in some cases, a balcony running along the apartment frontage.
Upper duplexes use substantial ceiling heights to introduce mezzanines and additional living areas. Selected homes have private roof space, terraces and fireplaces. The largest recorded layouts exceed 1,500 square feet, while other duplexes combine a smaller footprint with vertical volume.
Oversized windows and multiple exposures distinguish some of the larger plans. Interior stairs separate the levels of the duplexes, and any enclosed mezzanine room needs confirmation of its approved use before being counted as a bedroom.
Building operations
The gym and private storage supplement the elevator and video-intercom entry system. Apartments have in-unit laundry and central air conditioning. An off-site superintendent serves the building.
The two nonresidential lots sit alongside thirteen residential lots in the condominium. A 2016 DOB alteration filing converted an existing eating-and-drinking establishment to a day-care community facility. That history matters when considering the building’s ground-floor use alongside its residential operations.
The twenty-five-year 421-a benefit began in 2010 and remains active on the 2027 roll. Residential ownership is dispersed, with the largest owner holding one of the thirteen apartments.
Policy framework
Pets, rentals and pied-à-terre use: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $211 per room a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $0.88 per square foot a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage 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
- Fitness room, 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 closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2025 | 2A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 756 sf | $990,000 | $1,310/sf | +0.0% |
| Dec 19, 2025 | 5B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 973 sf | $1,500,000 | $1,542/sf | +7.5% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 4C | 2 BR · 920 sf | $1,300,000 | $1,413/sf | +4.0% |
| Jun 9, 2022 | 5D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,506 sf | $1,750,000 | $1,162/sf | +0.0% |
| Mar 18, 2022 | 4B | 1 BR · 479 sf | $590,000 | $1,232/sf | — |
| Sep 11, 2020 | 5C | 1 BR · 2 BA · 715 sf | $842,500 | $1,178/sf | -0.9% |
| Jun 9, 2020 | 3A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 756 sf | $825,500 | $1,092/sf | +3.3% |
| Sep 24, 2014 | 3B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 484 sf | $450,000 | $930/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,413/sf (floor-adjusted) across 3 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount -1.0% over 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 3-01178-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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.
Closed rents at 524 St. Johns Place, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 2 | $3,225 |
| 2 bedroom | 3 | $5,000 |
5 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease September 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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At the recent median sale of $1.3M (3 sales in the past 24 months, since November 12, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $56,724 to close, or 4.4% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $13,000
- Mortgage recording tax: $18,769
- Title insurance: $5,850
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $19,105
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- 957 Pacific Street: A similarly scaled condominium from the same development period.
- 532 Clinton Avenue: A small elevator condominium alternative for buyers comparing building services and association size.
- 475 Sterling Place: A larger nearby condominium from the same broad development cycle.
- 488 Sterling Place: A newer condominium alternative with a larger inventory and modern layouts.
- 892 Bergen Street: Another local 2000s condominium for comparing apartment configurations and shared costs.
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- 569 Saint Marks Avenue — 1901 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Crown Heights.
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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