68 Remsen Street (The Remsen)

The 103 apartments distribute across ten stories in lines running from studios and one-bedrooms through two-bedroom and combined configurations; decades of combinations have produced a meaningful population of larger units, and combination potential remains part of the building's value story where adjacencies allow. Prewar characteristics documented across the inventory include beamed ceilings, entry foyers, cork parquet and hardwood floors, and multiple-exposure corner lines with light from two and three sides. Upper-floor units on the south and west lines gain outlooks over the low historic-district fabric; unit-level light and outlook vary enough that line-specific evaluation matters.

The façade is the building's signature asset: the arcaded upper stories, the carved figure band, and the crests are protected historic-district fabric, and the cooperative's stewardship of that ornament — façade cycles, LL11-equivalent work, and the associated capital planning — is a legitimate diligence topic given the density of carved detail.

The Remsen operates as a full-service cooperative: full-time doorman and concierge, live-in superintendent, elevator service, central laundry, bike room, and private storage. The building's size lets it carry this service level on 103 maintenance streams — the fundamental economic advantage over the Heights' smaller co-ops. Maintenance at the building has historically bundled meaningful costs (building staff, taxes, and in at least part of the inventory, electricity) into the monthly figure; buyers should confirm what the current maintenance covers for the specific unit rather than comparing headline numbers across buildings. Building financials, house rules, and board-package requirements are maintained in The Roebling Research Library and reviewed with clients during diligence.

Board process: Standard cooperative purchase application, financial package, and board interview. Package requirements are maintained in The Roebling Research Library.

Pets: Cats and dogs reported as welcome; confirm current house rules.

Pied-à-terre: Reported as permitted — a meaningful point of flexibility for a Heights cooperative if confirmed against the board's current policy at offer stage.

Subletting: Board-controlled under the cooperative form; the current policy and any term limits should be confirmed before offer.

Financing minimum and flip tax: Not publicly documented; both should be confirmed with the managing agent early in diligence, as each directly shapes offer structure.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $703/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. 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 1.4% 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 3-00253-0057). 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.

This is the full-service tier of the Heights co-op market. Doorman, concierge, live-in super, central laundry, bike room, storage — a service package most of the district's brownstone-scale cooperatives cannot offer, with relative prices to establish from dated matched Manhattan sales and actual service comparisons.

Confirm the policy set before you offer. Pet, pied-à-terre, sublet, financing, and flip-tax policies are board-controlled and current-year specific; the reported flexibility on pets and pied-à-terre use should be verified in writing through the managing agent.

Read the maintenance line carefully. Where maintenance bundles electricity and staff costs, headline figures run higher than at leaner buildings while out-of-pocket totals may not; run True Monthly Carrying Cost on the actual bundle.

Ask about the façade program. The carved ornament is the building's glory and its recurring capital obligation; review recent LL11-equivalent cycles, reserve funding, and any planned assessments in diligence.

Co-op timelines apply. Board package, interview, and approval typically pace closings at 60–90 days from contract.

Market the building, then the apartment. The Feldman façade, the 1929 vintage, and the full-service staffing carry real weight with Heights buyers; the building's story should lead before the unit's finishes.

Assess actual demand and sales activity by layout. Compare studios and one-bedrooms with dated same-line and relevant broader Heights sales, adjusting for actual features rather than assuming the district's deepest buyer pool.

Combined and corner units need line-specific comps. The spread between standard lines and multi-exposure or combined units is wide; anchor pricing to the closest configuration precedent.

Prepare buyers for the board. Clean board packages and early disclosure of the building's financial posture shorten the 60–90 day co-op timeline and protect deals at the approval stage.

If you're considering The Remsen, also evaluate:

• The Breukelen (57 Montague Street) — elevator cooperative peer one block north
• 60 Remsen Street — neighboring elevator co-op on the same block
• 76 Remsen Street — smaller co-op neighbor toward Henry Street
• 100 Remsen Street — co-op peer toward the Borough Hall end of Remsen
• 2 Grace Court — large full-service prewar cooperative one block south
• 35 Pierrepont Street — prewar co-op peer on the district's other great apartment street
• 135 Willow Street — cooperative in the central Heights
• 145 Hicks Street — larger prewar co-op alternative in the north-central Heights