Diana Condominium
435 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
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
- Units
- 40 residential · 20 parking
- Neighborhood
- Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
- Subway
- 6 min walk to Kingston-Throop Avs CNostrand Av A C, 9 min
- Principals
- Benjamin Pinover
- Average $/sf
- $1,311Homes in Schedule A, as first offered
- Common charges
- $296–$921 a monthSponsor's first-year estimate in Schedule A, July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023
- Offering price
- $35.6 million total
- Floor plans
- Page 56 of the plan
- SubmittedFebruary 2023
- AcceptedJune 2022
- 4 amendments
- First sale
- Latest sale
Units & Prices
Sales
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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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
Team
- Sponsor
- Dragonfly Tompkins, LLC
- Principals
- Benjamin Pinover
- Counsel
- Herrick, Feinstein LLP
- Tax estimate
- Marcus & Pollack LLPPrepared the first-year real estate tax projection
- Construction lender
- Bank of Hope$15 million loan stated in the plan
- 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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