Spencer Street Condominium
175 And 192 Spencer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Overview
Spencer Street is an 82-unit condo conversion in Brooklyn, with 42 parking units.
- Offering plan: Accepted February 2020 · 384 pages
- Finishes: Engineered wood floors, quartz kitchen countertops, wood veneer cabinets, Liebherr and Bosch appliances, a washer and dryer in each apartment, Grohe bathroom fittings and through-wall PTAC units for heating and cooling
- Prices: $60.4 million in all ($59.8 million when first offered)
- Developer: Black Spruce Management LLC; principals Joshua Gotlib
- Sponsor: Bsp Spencer LLC, represented by Spolzino Smith Buss & Jacobs LLP
- Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
- Subway: 7-minute walk to Bedford-Nostrand Avs (G); 9 minutes to Myrtle-Willoughby Avs (G)
- Amendments: 9, the latest in November 2025
- Units
- 82 residential · 42 parking
- Neighborhood
- Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
- Subway
- 7 min walk to Bedford-Nostrand Avs GMyrtle-Willoughby Avs G, 9 min
- Developer
- Black Spruce Management LLC
- Principals
- Joshua Gotlib
- Offering price
- $60.4 million total $59.8 million when first offered
- SubmittedFebruary 2020
- AcceptedFebruary 2020
- 9 amendments
Sales
From city records (ACRIS), through Aug 31, 2017.
First-Year Budget
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Closing Costs
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Amendments
Amendment 9 Nov 3, 2025
This amendment updates the sponsor's unsold-unit schedule and financial disclosures, lists the current board, attaches the 2024 audited financial statements and 2025 budget, and sets a 12-month limit on using the plan.
- Schedule of unsold units updated as of October 1, 2025 (Exhibit A)
- 2024 audited financial statements attached (Exhibit B)
- 2025 condominium budget attached (Exhibit C)
- Sponsor's aggregate monthly real estate taxes on unsold units: approximately $5,092.64
- Sponsor's aggregate monthly rental income as of October 1, 2025: $60,088.78 residential; $1,375.35 parking; $190.00 storage
- Working capital/reserve fund balance approximately $793,835.73
- Board members listed: John Ferguson (President), Corey Malinowski (Vice President), Jennifer Lee (Treasurer), Tianhui Hou (Secretary), Matthew Keller (Member, Sponsor affiliate)
- Plan may not be used after 12 months following the amendment's acceptance date unless extended or amended
Amendment 7 Oct 25, 2022
This amendment lowers the price of one unit, 192 Spencer 1F, and cancels the offer of a free parking space to buyers of duplexes who pay full asking price.
- Price of 192 Spencer 1F lowered from $910,000 to $895,000
- Offer of a free parking space with purchase of a duplex at full asking price rescinded
- Sponsor may further revise prices and sale terms, but not for any unit with a fully executed Purchase Agreement without that buyer's consent
Amendment 4 Nov 12, 2020
Lowers prices on three units, has the Sponsor pay New York State and New York City transfer taxes and offer a free parking unit with duplex purchases for buyers who sign within 120 days, and updates the plan's effective status, closing timing, and use period.
- Price of 192 Spencer 2H decreased from $650,000 to $625,000
- Price of 192 Spencer 3C decreased from $645,000 to $620,000
- Price of 192 Spencer 1D decreased from $910,000 to $850,000
- Sponsor pays NYS and NYC real property transfer taxes for buyers who sign Purchase Agreements within 120 days after presentation of this Amendment; Mansion Tax remains the purchaser's responsibility
- Buyers of duplex Units who sign within 120 days after presentation of this Amendment also receive one Non-Residential Parking Unit with no additional payment to Sponsor; buyers pay its ongoing costs
- Projected date of commencement of condominium operation tolled under Executive Order 202.18 and 202.55; Sponsor must update it within 45 days after those orders expire
- Plan declared effective by notice dated September 3, 2020, with 16 purchasers (19.51%)
- Plan use extended for six months following the acceptance date of this Amendment; architect's report updated with minor changes (Exhibit C)
Amendment 3 Jun 16, 2020
This amendment temporarily lowers the down payment for tenants, has the Sponsor pay certain transfer taxes for buyers who sign within 60 days, adds a 3.5% tenant price cut through June 30, 2020, and changes the prices of five vacant unsold units.
- Minimum down payment for tenants in occupancy reduced to 5% of the Purchase Price for 60 days after presentation of this Amendment
- Sponsor to pay NYS and NYC real property transfer taxes for buyers, tenants and non-tenants, who sign Purchase Agreements within 60 days after presentation; the Mansion Tax over $1,000,000 remains the buyer's responsibility
- Reduced Offering Price to Tenants decreased by an additional 3.5% until and including June 30, 2020
- Unit 175-3D price changed from $615,000 to $665,000
- Unit 175-3F price changed from $645,000 to $595,000
- Unit 192-3H price changed from $695,000 to $645,000
- Unit 192-4D price changed from $650,000 to $600,000
- Unit 192-4E price changed from $660,000 to $610,000
Amendment 2 2020
This second amendment extends the tenant purchase period, offers tenants a common-charge rebate, adds a lender and a loan-withdrawal cancellation right, and changes the package room, storage bins, floor plans, and terrace access.
- Exclusive purchase period for tenants in occupancy extended 30 days, now expiring June 11, 2020
- Sponsor rebate of common charges to tenants in occupancy for the first two years of condominium operation, offered for 30 days after the amendment is presented
- Citizens Bank added as a Sponsor Designated Lender
- Purchaser may cancel if a Sponsor Designated Lender withdraws a loan commitment before closing due to a change in the purchaser's circumstances beyond their control
- Storage bins available to purchasers reduced to 48; storage room at 175 Spencer Street converted to a package room; no existing purchaser affected
- Floor plans updated: kitchen island removed from 192 Spencer 6A; sunken yards and parking walkways designated limited common elements
- Six-foot Fire Department access corridor along terraces, with no furniture or obstructions allowed
- Sponsor's counsel and escrow agent renamed Smith Buss & Jacobs LLP
Amendment 1 Feb 18, 2020
This amendment raises the offering price of one unit, 175 Spencer 4B, from $710,000 to $725,000, and states there are no other material changes to the Plan.
- Price of unit 175 Spencer 4B raised from $710,000 to $725,000, effective immediately
- Sponsor may further revise unit prices and terms, but not for units with a fully executed Purchase Agreement without the purchaser's consent
- No other material changes to the Plan
Team
- Sponsor
- Bsp Spencer LLC
- Developer
- Black Spruce Management LLC
- Principals
- Joshua Gotlib
- Tax estimate
- Metropolitan RealtyPrepared the first-year real estate tax projection
- Construction lender
- Investors BankLender on the mortgage and building loan agreement recorded November 2015 in ACRIS; $40.3 million recorded
- Structural engineer
- Robert Silman Associates PCNamed on p. 189
- MEP engineer
- Matthew K. Bendix PE PC Consulting EngineersMechanical, electrical and plumbing · Named on p. 189
- Buyer's lenders
- First Republic Bank, JPMorgan ChaseThe sponsor's preferred mortgage lenders; you can use another, though the mortgage contingency is offered through the sponsor's lender · Named on p. 9
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Zoning
- Zoning district
- R6B
Today's zoning, from city data (PLUTO 26v2).
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