Condo/Co-op of the Day Greenpoint

Greenpoint Prewar Walkup With Mantel, Fireplace, Dishwasher Wants $780K

The largely intact 19th century railroad apartment has windows on three exposures, vintage style, and low maintenance.

greenpoint living room with wood floors, stone mantel

Photo via Brown Harris Stevens

by Cate Corcoran

12/10/2025 0

In a circa 1870s Greenpoint tenement building turned co-op not far from McGoldrick Park, this top-floor unit has period charm, modern updates, and low maintenance. The four-story, eight-unit wood frame walkup at 100 Newel Street boasts a well-preserved exterior with Italianate/Neo Grec-style arched and incised window surrounds, a matching canopy over the front door, bay windows, and a bracketed cornice.

Greenpoint is home to a surprising number of early apartment buildings, with some possibly going back as far as the 1860s. The most famous is The Astral, developed by Charles Pratt as progressive worker housing in the 1880s.

This one was likely built sometime between 1874 and 1886. An 1874 land transaction indicates the property was a lot and doesn’t mention a building. The apartment house is there by the time of a map of 1886.

This unit is a largely intact railroad comprising four rooms. With windows on three exposures and high ceilings, it appears airy in the listing photos. There are wood floors and original moldings throughout.

The front parlor has a ceiling medallion and an incised slate mantel that would have originally had a painted faux marble finish. In the rear is a large updated kitchen with tin ceiling, white minimalist cupboards, built-in pantry, industrial metal pendant lights, and a dishwasher.

The brick of the chimney breast has been exposed and shelves inserted in the firebox. The fireplace would probably have had a cast iron stove coming out of it for cooking and heating, and the bracketed mantel shelf is likely original.

Awkwardly, the kitchen floor is not level with the rest of the apartment but requires a step up — perhaps to accommodate plumbing for the bathroom.

The latter — with mid 20th century black and white wall tile, “Venetian” mirrored medicine cabinet, and newer floor tile and vanity — is a somewhat recent addition, an old i-card reveals. Perhaps built with a privy and pump in the backyard, by 1902 the building had a toilet in each hallway shared by two apartments per floor and running water going to sinks and laundry tubs in the kitchens.

In the center of the unit are two bedrooms, one of which has built-in shelving for books or other items and a niche for a desk.

The floor plan shows only one closet, but a private storage room in the building is included with the apartment, according to the listing. The self-managed co-op also provides shared laundry, bike storage, and a garden.

Maintenance is a relatively low $600 a month. Listed by Christian Emanuel of Brown Harris Stevens, the apartment is asking $780,000. Worth it?

[Listing: 100 Newel Street #4L | Broker: Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP