Cathedral Condominiums
555 Washington Avenue, between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn · Clinton Hill
BBL 3020137501 · BIN 3057591
- Year built
- 1915
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Elevator, part-time doorman, live-in superintendent, common laundry, bicycle room and landscaped courtyard
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,309
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 57
- On record
- 2003–2026
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Cathedral Condominiums occupies the former Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, with red brick, green spires and gargoyles surviving its conversion to apartments. The former school's large rooms and substantial masonry produced an unusually varied set of homes, including duplexes and triplexes. Its courtyard is now a planted common garden.
The school left this location in 1985. Developer Norman Krischer acquired the property in 1988, and architect John Gillis handled the condominium conversion. Gustave Steinback designed the original Neo-Gothic building. The conversion retained much of its exterior ornament and fitted residences into spaces originally designed for institutional use.
The building stands near the southern end of Washington Avenue's Clinton Hill stretch. Its principal shared outdoor area faces inward, while apartments also have street-facing exposures. Ground-level garden homes, lofted apartments and upper-floor terraces offer different ways to occupy the former school.
Architecture and unit composition
The courtyard once served as a recreation area. During conversion, exterior walkways were added along its upper levels to provide apartment access. Their Gothic-inspired steel railings complement the retained masonry ornament.
Apartment plans retain the effects of the old structure. Rooms can have angled walls and irregular outlines, and high-ceilinged living areas support mezzanine or loft arrangements in some homes. Several plans combine a principal level with an upper loft; others extend downward into recreation space. A bedroom count alone does not describe those differences.
Private outdoor space includes patios, gardens and terraces attached to selected apartments. Some garden homes have an entrance through their own outdoor area off the common courtyard. Upper apartments can include smaller terraces integrated into an irregular plan.
The architectural detailing is not uniform inside every residence. Vaulted or very tall ceilings appear in parts of the inventory, while other homes occupy more conventional spaces created during the conversion. The building's masonry, roof forms and retained ornament establish a common exterior around those varied interiors.
Building operations
The condominium has a part-time doorman and a live-in superintendent. Shared facilities include laundry, bicycle storage and the landscaped garden. Parking and car-sharing options described nearby are in an adjacent property; they should not be counted as an included condominium amenity.
DOF records show 53 residential condominium lots in tax class 2. Ownership is dispersed: the largest single owner holds two residential units. No building-wide tax abatement is identified, although personal exemptions appear on individual accounts.
The former school's pitched roof, ornamental features and courtyard walkways are distinctive parts of the common property. Exterior maintenance planning therefore has to address those elements alongside the elevator and other residential systems.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2026 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 760 sf | $995,000 | $1,309/sf | +11.2% |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 2F | 2 BR · 1 BA · 752 sf | $962,500 | $1,280/sf | -3.3% |
| Nov 6, 2023 | 1D | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,094 sf | $1,400,000 | $1,280/sf | +16.7% |
| Mar 23, 2021 | 2D | 1 BA · 879 sf | $640,000 | $728/sf | -5.2% |
| Aug 27, 2020 | 4A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,000 sf | $1,045,000 | $1,045/sf | -9.1% |
| Jan 27, 2020 | 2J | 1 BR · 1 BA · 769 sf | $750,000 | $975/sf | +0.0% |
| Oct 22, 2018 | 4G | 2 BR · 793 sf | $765,000 | $965/sf | -13.5% |
| Sep 26, 2018 | 3P | 1 BR · 1 BA · 579 sf | $675,000 | $1,166/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,309/sf across 1 sale. 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 3-02013-7501) 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.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
Loft and lower-level use: A sleeping loft, mezzanine or downstairs recreation room should be identified by its approved use when evaluating a Cathedral apartment. The conversion's tall rooms and split levels make it especially important to distinguish the principal living area from supplementary space before treating the advertised bedroom count as equivalent to a conventional flat.
Comparable buildings
- 475 Washington Avenue — A nearby prewar condominium with a comparable overall residential inventory.
- 10 Quincy Street — A low-rise prewar condominium for comparing older structures adapted to individual ownership.
- The Merchant House — A smaller prewar condominium with similarly low-rise massing.
- 105 Lexington Avenue — A smaller prewar condominium alternative in the surrounding area.
- The Graham — An older Washington Avenue conversion for buyers interested in residences within a historic structure.
- Butler Plaza — A prewar condominium of similar residential scale farther south.
More Clinton Hill buildings
- 82 Irving Place — 2013 condominium by Karl Fischer Architects
- 87 Irving Place — 2024 condominium
- 95 Lexington Avenue (Lofts on Lex) — 1910 condominium
- Clinton Lofts, 91 Grand Avenue — 1932 condominium
- Clinton Mews (372 DeKalb Avenue) — new-construction co-op
- Eleven Irving, 11–13 Irving Place — 2006 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Clinton Hill.
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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