Brooklyn's Biggest Residential Deals of '09
Here they are, the five biggest sales recorded in public records this year. It’s worth noting that the One Brooklyn Bridge Park and Cobble Hill sales went into contract before ’09, and Cobble actually closed in 2008 but the deed didn’t hit public records until this year. The highest-end sales recorded in ’08, were, unsurprisingly,…

Here they are, the five biggest sales recorded in public records this year. It’s worth noting that the One Brooklyn Bridge Park and Cobble Hill sales went into contract before ’09, and Cobble actually closed in 2008 but the deed didn’t hit public records until this year. The highest-end sales recorded in ’08, were, unsurprisingly, pricier than this year’s batch. They included a $10.8 million sale on Remsen Street, the highest price on record for Brooklyn Heights; the sale of Jennifer Connelly’s old Prospect Park West digs for $8.45 million; and the $7 million sale of a Dumbo condo, the most expensive condo trade in Brooklyn on record. Still, there were plenty of properties that sold this year that 99.9 percent of us could never afford to buy!
1. GRAVESEND $10,260,000
2111 East 2nd Street GMAP (top left)
The trade of this 8,206-square-foot one-family was, as expected, the biggest sale in Brooklyn this year, and one of the highest-priced houses ever to sell in Kings. Entered into contract on 9/16/09; closed on 9/16/09; deed recorded on 9/25/09.
2. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $6,322,711
One Brooklyn Bridge Park, Unit 1214 GMAP (top right)
Early this year, Elizabeth Stribling closed on her purchase of a penthouse at One Brooklyn Bridge Park. The pad sprawls over 3,442 square feet (with 1,900 square feet of outdoor space), according to a Real Deal article. The purchase price recorded in public records is a few hundred thousand below the $6.6 million Stribling was reportedly paying for the unit plus a parking spot. Entered into contract on 3/29/07; closed on 1/29/09; deed recorded on 2/5/09.
3. COBBLE HILL $5,400,000
155 Warren Street GMAP (bottom left)
This 7,000-sf, 25-foot-wide Greek Revival house hit the market in October ’07 with an $8.75 million asking price. The price was reduced several times, ending up at $5.9 million in late September, according to StreetEasy. Is this the highest price ever paid for a house in Cobble Hill? Probably. Entered into contract on 11/14/08; closed on 12/16/08; deed recorded on 1/13/09.
4. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $5,309,390
One Brooklyn Bridge Park, Unit 1220 GMAP (top right)
3-bedroom, 3-bath condo has 3,456 square feet of indoor space and 1,903 square feet of terrace space. Sale included a parking spot. Entered into contract on 6/15/07; closed on 3/25/09; deed recorded on 4/1/09.
5. GRAVESEND $5,002,000
2021 East 5th Street GMAP (bottom right)
Property Shark says it’s a 2,016-sf one-family. Entered into contract on 3/16/09; closed on 9/24/09; deed recorded on 10/6/09.
Photos from Property Shark.
LOL, joeingowanus
i bid 10,200,000 for that gravesend house. just missed….