Crown Heights Record Shattered Again With $3.45 Million Sale

We’re amazed to read that a Manhattan buyer has purchased a new-construction townhouse at 832 Dean Street in Crown Heights for $3,450,000, setting a new record for the price of a townhouse sale in the neighborhood. The sale closed recently, according to the New York Post, but has yet to hit public records.

Built in 2013, the house has three units and three stories, for a total of 3,960 square feet, according to PropertyShark. So that works out to $871 per square foot — reasonable compared to the square foot cost of condos in prime Brooklyn neighborhoods, which are now over $1,000, but pricey for a Crown Heights townhouse, even a top-of-the-line one. The house is close to Washington Avenue and the Prospect Heights border, where real estate is more expensive.

The buyer sold a townhouse in Chelsea, according to the Post.

Renderings on the Douglas Elliman listing show a typical new-construction interior, similar to a Williamsburg luxury condo, but with fairly high-level finishes and somewhat traditional styling, including floors that look old and have borders. Each unit is a two-bedroom, two-bath floor-through, except the top apartment, which is a duplex with an additional bedroom and bath in a hidden setback with a roof deck.

The exterior is red brick and has a traditional townhouse exterior on the top floors, with brownstone lintels and window boxes. The first floor is recessed, with an iron railing in front of it. The rendering of the outside actually appears to show the house next door at No. 828, an apparently identical twin with the same owner. The property, previously a vacant lot, received its final certificate of occupancy in December.

The previous record of $2,900,000 was set only last month by a 27-foot-wide mansion at 672 St. Marks Avenue.

Record $3.45M Crown Heights deals [NY Post]
832 Dean Street Listing [Douglas Elliman]
Mansion Sells for $2.9 Million, Sets Crown Heights Record [Brownstoner]