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Diana Condominium

435 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

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Overview

Diana is a 40-unit condo in Brooklyn, with 20 parking units.

  • Offering plan: Accepted June 2022 · 506 pages · floor plans on page 56
  • Finishes: Quartz kitchen countertops, Liebherr and Bertazzoni appliances, a washer and dryer in each apartment and a VRF heat pump system for heating and cooling
  • Prices: $1,311 a square foot on average, as first offered; $35.6 million in all
  • Common charges: $296–$921 a month, the sponsor's first-year estimate
  • Sponsor: Dragonfly Tompkins, LLC, represented by Herrick, Feinstein LLP; principals Benjamin Pinover
  • Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
  • Subway: 6-minute walk to Kingston-Throop Avs (C); 9 minutes to Nostrand Av (A, C)
  • Amendments: 4, the latest in March 2025
  1. SubmittedFebruary 2023
  2. AcceptedJune 2022
  3. 4 amendments
  4. First sale
  5. Latest sale

Sales

40 of 40homes sold (100%)
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From city records (ACRIS), through May 31, 2026.

First-Year Budget

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Property Taxes

The plan's first-year tax estimate, checked against the city's real bills for 39 homes.

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Closing Costs

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Amendments

Amendment 4 Mar 4, 2025

Amendment updates unsold units list, removes two parking units from offering, and establishes electric vehicle charger installation.

  • Parking Units P6 and P7 removed from offering; parking units in plan reduced to 18 total
  • As of June 25, 2025: only Residential Unit 304 and Parking Unit P01 remain unsold
  • No units under contract as of June 25, 2025
  • Electric vehicle chargers planned for P6 and P7; all installation and operating costs borne by EV Installer
  • First closing occurred December 26, 2023; common charges collection began April 1, 2024
  • Certified financial statements for year ending December 31, 2024 attached
  • Budget continues under projections from Third Amendment for April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025 operating year
  • Board members listed: Benjamin Pinover (President), Gordon Wilhelm (Vice President), Olga Jurga (Treasurer/Secretary)

Amendment 3 Mar 19, 2024

This amendment updates unit prices, establishes closing records and occupancy certificates, sets common charges collection terms, and clarifies parking unit use rules.

  • Purchase prices of unsold residential and parking units changed (see Exhibit A)
  • First closing held December 26, 2023 for Unit 306
  • Temporary certificate of occupancy issued November 13, 2023 and updated April 15, 2024, expiring July 14, 2024
  • PCO Escrow Amount set at $20,000.00 for permanent certificate work
  • Working Capital Fund established at Citizens Bank with $15,816.06
  • Common Charges waived from first closing through April 30, 2024; collection commenced May 1, 2024
  • Closing fees increased by $500.00 for legal preparation of storage licenses
  • Board members designated: Benjamin Pinover (President), Clayton Harley (Vice President), Olga Jurga (Treasurer), Jay Murray (Secretary)
  • Schedule A prices increased for 2 homes (median +12.2%): 505 $980,000 → $1,100,000; 604 $1,100,000 → $1,200,000

Amendment 2 Nov 15, 2023

Amendment discloses Declaration recording, updates construction timeline and budget due to utility rate increases, reconfigures parking units, and extends offering period.

  • Declaration recorded August 4, 2023 as CRFN 2023000196761
  • Closings expected to commence in or before January 2024
  • Temporary certificate of occupancy issued November 13, 2023, expires December 28, 2023
  • Schedule B budget increased by approximately 17% (total $45,445): gas from $60,619 to $78,439, water/sewer from $30,412 to $31,874, electric from $60,619 to $68,073
  • Parking Units 8 and 9 reconfigured; Unit 9 designated Handicap Parking Unit; new Unit 7 created; total remains 20 parking units
  • Residential Unit 101 now offered with Parking Units 8 and 9
  • Handicap Parking Unit holder may exchange deed with another parking unit owner instead of paying fair market value
  • Offering period extended six (6) months

Amendment 1 Jan 27, 2023

Plan declared effective with 6 units sold; First Year of Condominium Operation moved to April 1, 2023–March 31, 2024; Common Charges, real estate taxes, and budget updated; flip tax eliminated.

  • Plan declared effective as of January 19, 2023 (6 units sold, 15% of total)
  • First Year of Condominium Operation: April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
  • Real estate taxes for First Year: $167,550.00 (3 months of 2023/2024 + 9 months of 2024/2025 fiscal years)
  • Schedule A-1 offering prices and Common Charges updated
  • Schedule B budget updated for new dates and increased insurance costs
  • Special Risk #16 revised with detailed real estate tax projections and warnings
  • Flip Tax eliminated; Board may still impose transfer fees in future
  • FinCEN Order (Special Risk #56) extended through April 24, 2023
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Team

Sponsor
Dragonfly Tompkins, LLC
Principals
Benjamin Pinover
Tax estimate
Marcus & Pollack LLPPrepared the first-year real estate tax projection
Construction lender
Bank of Hope$15 million loan stated in the plan
General contractor
1 ArborHeld the general construction permit on DOB job 321385602
Title agency
Regal Title Agency, Inc.The sponsor's title company for buyers; you can choose another · Named on p. 58

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Zoning

Zoning districts
R6A, R6BThe lot is split between two districts, the largest share first
Commercial overlay
C2-4

Today's zoning, from city data (PLUTO 26v2).

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