78–80 Spencer Street
78–80 Spencer Street, on the west side between Park and Myrtle Avenues, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
BBL 3017347512 · BIN 3387578
- Type
- Condominium
- Amenities
- Elevator access
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2016
- $543
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Recorded sales
- 14
- On record
- 2005–2026
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78–80 Spencer Street comprises two six-story buildings within one twelve-residence condominium. Each entrance serves six apartments, and the development retains an active twenty-five-year 421-a benefit. The small number of homes per entrance gives its physical organization a different scale from the total ownership count.
The condominium sits in the mixed-use area north of Myrtle Avenue. Its MX-4 district combines residential and manufacturing zoning, and the buildings occupy nearly the residential floor area currently allowed on the lot. The Myrtle–Willoughby G station serves this part of Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Architecture and unit composition
Henry Radusky was the architect of record on both new-building jobs. The permits were issued a week apart in August 2003, and the two jobs received their signoffs three days apart in June 2007. The development occupies a combined frontage of approximately forty-three feet and extends about sixty feet into the lot.
The residential inventory follows corresponding left and right series across the pair. Ground-floor homes are around 940 square feet, intermediate homes around 1,029 square feet, and the upper apartments around 1,057 square feet. This is a relatively narrow size band for a condominium containing twelve separately owned homes.
The two-entrance arrangement also explains why an individual building's DOB filing carries six dwellings while the condominium contains twelve. Both buildings rise to the same six-story height. Elevator access serves the vertical arrangement, with only a small number of apartments sharing each entrance.
Building operations
One condominium encompasses both addresses. Repairs involving the separate buildings still belong within the association's allocation of common expenses and maintenance responsibilities. The shared ownership structure is a specific consideration when comparing costs between the left and right sides of the development.
The 421-a benefit remains active on the 2027 tax roll. Its twenty-five-year term began in 2007, so a long-term ownership budget extends beyond the remaining benefit period. The twelve residential lots are in tax class 2, and the current ownership roll shows no owner holding more than one apartment.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2026 | 2R | $1,335,000 | ||
| Dec 19, 2016 | 6R | 1,057 sf | $560,000 | $530/sf |
| Jul 26, 2011 | 4R | 1,057 sf | $225,000 | $213/sf |
| Jan 20, 2011 | 2R | 1,029 sf | $470,000 | $457/sf |
| May 20, 2005 | 4RSponsor Sale | 1,057 sf | $253,500 | $240/sf |
| Apr 20, 2005 | 6RSponsor Sale | 1,057 sf | $238,290 | $225/sf |
| Apr 18, 2005 | 5RSponsor Sale | 1,057 sf | $253,500 | $240/sf |
| Apr 13, 2005 | 6LSponsor Sale | 1,057 sf | $253,500 | $240/sf |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2016): a median $543/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026.
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 3-01734-7512; 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.
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Comparable buildings
- 15 Lynch Street — an early-2000s condominium with a similarly small ownership count in South Williamsburg.
- 119 Lorimer Street — a ground-up condominium of comparable scale with a two-address identity.
- 170 Broadway — the Broadway Arms, another small condominium from the same development period.
- 434 Marcy Avenue — a nearby condominium spanning two buildings under one ownership regime.
- 446 Marcy Avenue — a larger corner condominium in the nearby Marcy–Flushing area.
More Bedford-Stuyvesant buildings
- 74–76 Spencer Street — condominium
- 770 Putnam Avenue — 1899 condominium
- 771 Park Avenue, Brooklyn — 1931 condominium
- 792 Greene Avenue — 1899 condominium
- 80 Vernon Avenue — condominium
- 829 Bedford Avenue — 2005 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Bedford-Stuyvesant.
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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