The Govley, 76 Congress Street

The building is a seven-story, street-wall mid-rise, as R6A zoning requires, with a dark grey brick façade per listing records and a 12-foot garage curb cut on Congress Street per DOB. The residences sit on floors two through six, two per floor on an A and B line. On floors two through five the three-bedrooms run about 1,120 to 1,160 square feet. 6A and 6B are the largest, at about 1,450 to 1,470 square feet. 2B, the one one-bedroom, is about 620 square feet. The eight parking spaces are separate lots of about 150 square feet each. Listing records describe marble kitchens and baths. Confirm specifications against the offering plan, which is not on file.

Sponsor position. The sponsor closed seven residences with separately named record buyers between May and November 2025, several with a parking space. In September and December 2025 it transferred 2A, 4A and 6A, plus six parking spaces, to a separate LLC, without recorded consideration. That LLC is the owner of record on the current roll, and one of the units carries its own recorded mortgage. Treat these three residences as sponsor-side inventory until the managing agent confirms otherwise. Listing records show units at the address marketed for sale and for lease, so some of those three may be rented.

In a ten-unit building, three sponsor-side units carry real weight in common charges, board votes and a lender's review. Ask whether the sponsor is current on common charges.

Newness. The first temporary certificate of occupancy issued in April 2025 and the final certificate in June 2026, so the condominium has roughly a year of operating history and may not yet have a first audited statement. Ask the managing agent for the budget, any first-year financial statement, the working capital fund balance, and open punch-list items.

No exemption appears on the Department of Finance roll for any of the 18 lots. The residential assessed values are several times the $65,000-per-unit average that the 421-a(16) homeownership option outside Manhattan tests at the first assessment after completion, so a later benefit looks unlikely. Confirm with an offering plan amendment, and underwrite the full tax bill.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,792/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-00299-7505; 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.

Ask for the offering plan and every amendment. None is on file with us. The plan sets the sale and lease provisions, including any right of first refusal, as well as pet rules, the budget and the sponsor's obligations. Those are the policy facts this page cannot give you.

Price the full tax bill. No exemption appears on the reviewed roll; confirm any bill-level abatement on the apartment's current tax bill. Compare taxes, charges, assessments and financing with alternatives rather than assuming higher or more predictable total costs.

Check the sponsor's share. With three of ten residences sponsor-side, a lender may review the condominium's owner-occupancy and sponsor concentration. Raise it with your lender early.

Confirm what the unit includes. Parking spaces are deeded lots. Check how storage is conveyed.

Price against the sponsor. While the remaining sponsor units are listed, they are your direct competition. Know their asking prices and terms.

Lead with the three-bedroom plan and the parking. Few buildings in the district offer a new three-bedroom with a deeded space.

If you're considering The Govley, also evaluate:

• 100 Congress Street: the 30-residence condominium on the same block, with a garage, in the last year of its 15-year 421-a term
• 75 Columbia Street: the ten-residence condominium on the same block, also with parking, on the same 421-a schedule
• 110 Warren Street (Columbia Commons): the district's larger ground-up condominium, on a longer 421-a term
• 5 River Park (347 Henry Street): new construction in Cobble Hill, the price ceiling across the trench
• 291 Union Street (Sackett Union): a larger Carroll Gardens condominium with parking
• 345 Carroll Street: a newer Carroll Gardens condominium with parking and storage