78-14 Austin Street
78-14 Austin Street, near 78th Avenue · Forest Hills, Queens
BBL 4033340250 · BIN 4079633
- Year built
- 1932
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 60
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Elevator, resident superintendent, central laundry, bicycle storage and storage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,078
- Listing discount
- 2.6%
- Recorded sales
- 97
- On record
- 2004–2026
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78-14 Austin Street is a six-story prewar cooperative near the Forest Hills–Kew Gardens boundary. Built in 1932, it contains 60 residences and is known as The Bristol. The inventory includes studios, one-bedroom homes and two-bedroom layouts, supported by elevator access and a resident superintendent.
The address is close to the Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike subway station and within reach of the Kew Gardens rail station. It occupies a different part of Austin Street from the main shopping concentration around 71st Avenue. Its immediate setting is an established residential stretch near Union Turnpike.
The apartment appeal rests on prewar proportions and practical common services. High ceilings, hardwood floors and windowed bathrooms occur in the inventory, with some smaller homes retaining dressing areas and substantial closets. The building has a shared laundry room, bicycle storage and additional storage.
Architecture and unit composition
Studios form the smallest category. Some have an entrance or dressing area between the main room and bathroom, allowing closets to sit outside the central living space. Kitchenettes and compact separate kitchens occur, depending on the layout and subsequent renovation.
One-bedroom homes provide an enclosed bedroom and a separate main living room. Recent offerings include relatively broad one-bedroom footprints, while the two-bedroom inventory can fit an additional room into only moderately more space. The actual plan therefore matters more than assuming that every two-bedroom is substantially larger than every one-bedroom.
The building's six-story height places lower apartments near the surrounding streetscape and upper apartments above some neighboring roofs. Rooms may face the street or the interior of the block. A garden outlook and a street outlook describe different positions within the same building.
Period floors and ceiling height coexist with individually updated kitchens and bathrooms. Some interiors have built-in storage or a dressing area; others have been rearranged during renovation. The shared lobby and hallways retain the more formal circulation of a prewar elevator building.
Building operations
A resident superintendent supports maintenance,. Laundry, bicycle storage and additional storage are common facilities. Elevator access serves the six residential floors.
The property is class 2, without the assessment-growth caps applicable to small residential tax classes. No building-level tax abatement is identified. Its built FAR exceeds the present residential allowance in the R6 district, while LPC records show no landmark designation.
Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2025 | 315 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 737 sf | $794,200 | $1,078/sf | -5.0% |
| Aug 16, 2023 | 6J | 1 BR · 1 BA | $339,000 | -5.8% | |
| Nov 29, 2022 | 5A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $315,000 | -7.1% | |
| Sep 1, 2022 | 5H | 1 BR · 1 BA · 775 sf | $269,000 | $347/sf | -3.6% |
| Aug 10, 2022 | 6C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 802 sf | $340,000 | $424/sf | +0.3% |
| Oct 12, 2021 | 1D | 1 BA · 501 sf | $175,000 | $349/sf | -5.4% |
| Jun 3, 2021 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $270,000 | -12.9% | |
| Dec 22, 2020 | 3C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $285,000 | -12.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $1,078/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.6% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 4-03334-0250) 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
At the recent median sale of $265K (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $10,050 to close, or 3.8% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $10,050
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
- Lane Towers — A taller Forest Hills cooperative for comparing a postwar layout and service model.
- Kennedy House — A substantially larger tower cooperative with a different scale of amenities.
- Colonial Court — A farther cooperative alternative with a low-rise form and older apartment proportions.
- Washington Plaza — A larger cooperative complex for comparing shared grounds and prewar-era layouts.
- Plymouth Hall — A prewar cooperative peer for buyers comparing similar construction periods across Queens.
More Forest Hills buildings
- 150 Burns Street — 1932 co-op
- 4 Dartmouth Street — 1931 co-op
- 64-34 Grand Central Parkway, 64-34 Grand Central Parkway service road — 2009 condominium
- Boulevard Towers, 119-49 Union Turnpike — 1971 condominium
- Green Park Condominiums, 110-18 65th Avenue and associated addresses along 65th Avenue · Forest Hills — 1951 condominium
- Meadow Apartments, 110-12 64th Avenue — 1950 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Forest Hills.
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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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