538 Henry Street
538 Henry Street, between President and Carroll streets · Carroll Gardens
BBL 3003497503 · BIN 3004734
- Year built
- 1920
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Private outdoor space, resident storage, central air conditioning and in-home laundry
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About the building
538 Henry Street is a townhouse condominium in Carroll Gardens, with four residences created through a gut conversion completed in 2024. The original building dates to 1920. Its scale allows full-floor layouts within a traditional rowhouse footprint. The conversion retained the building's low-rise form while introducing central air conditioning and laundry equipment inside the apartments.
The homes have ceilings approximately nine to ten feet high and private outdoor areas. At the base, a two-level residence places its main living space above a recreation level with a separate entrance and a south-facing patio. Upper homes include access to private roof space. The building is a walk-up, so the relationship between an apartment's interior levels, the entrance stairs and its outdoor area is an important part of the layout. Resident storage supplements the space within the homes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | 1 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,915 sf | $2,270,000 | $1,185/sf | -9.0% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 4 | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,151 sf | $2,133,233 | $1,853/sf | +2.8% |
| Nov 22, 2024 | 3 | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,165 sf | $1,995,000 | $1,712/sf | +0.0% |
| May 31, 2019 | — | 10 BR · 5,025 sf | $3,600,000 | $716/sf | -10.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,185/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 3.7% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-00349-7503) 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.
At the recent median sale of $2.13M (3 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $90,293 to close, or 4.2% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $26,665
- Mortgage recording tax: $30,799
- Title insurance: $9,600
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $23,230
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
The lower duplex includes a recreation level. Its separate entrance does not convert that space into a separate dwelling or establish bedroom use. Review the approved floor plan against the intended use of the lower rooms. The four-owner condominium also concentrates building-wide repair decisions among very few votes, and some lenders scrutinize associations of this size more closely.
Comparable buildings
- 255 Columbia Street: A prewar condominium with a larger association west of Carroll Gardens.
- The Landmark at Strong Place: A neighborhood conversion with a different original building type.
- 358 Court Street: A prewar condominium alternative with more residences.
- 60 Tiffany Place: A low-rise condominium with a broader shared ownership base.
More Carroll Gardens buildings
- 50 First Place — 1900 condominium
- 503 Clinton Street, 503 Clinton Street · Carroll Gardens — 1899 co-op
- 512 Henry Street — 1920 co-op
- 541 Henry Street, 541 Henry Street · Carroll Gardens — 1900 condominium
- 555 Henry Street — 1900 condominium
- 564 Henry Street — condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Carroll Gardens.
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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