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686 Leonard Street Condominium

686 Leonard Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222

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Overview

686 Leonard Street is a new 3-unit condo in Brooklyn.

  • Offering plan: Accepted August 2025 · 270 pages · floor plans on page 96
  • Finishes: Wood floors, stone kitchen countertops, wood cabinets, Miele appliances, washer/dryer hook-ups, Kohler bathroom fittings and split-system units for heating and cooling
  • Prices: $2,041 a square foot on average, as first offered; $9.45 million in all
  • Common charges: $745–$1,011 a month, the sponsor's first-year estimate
  • Sponsor: 686 Leonard Condominiums LLC, represented by Eial Girtz, PC; principals Meir Daus, Elad Ben-Kimon and Haim Akzin
  • Neighborhood: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
  • Subway: 4-minute walk to Greenpoint Av (G); 4 minutes to Nassau Av (G)
  • Amendments: 1, the latest in May 2026
  1. SubmittedMay 2026
  2. AcceptedAugust 2025
  3. 1 amendment

First-Year Budget

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Property Taxes

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

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FigureThis building1357 Leonard23 units · 0.8 miaccepted 2025174 Eagle34 units · 0.5 miaccepted 2026
Common ChargesPer Square Foot / Month$0.57Below peers$0.58$0.72
Average Offering PricePer Apartment$3.15MHighest$2.35M$2.34M
Average PricePer Square Foot$2,041Above peers$1,765$1,992
Average Unit SizeSquare Feet1,544 SFLargest1,331 SF1,173 SF
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How We Got This
  • Comps: the closest Brooklyn plans on size, $/SF and launch date, within 2 miles when possible.
  • Figures: each building's own offering plan, filed with the NY Attorney General. Nothing is estimated.
  • Checked: a price list publishes only when its math adds up, and building pages cite the plan pages.
  • Labels: In line is between the comps; Below/Above peers is past both by up to 15%; Lowest/Highest by more.

Closing Costs

The buyer pays the NYC and NY State transfer taxes, which a seller usually pays.

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Team

Sponsor
686 Leonard Condominiums LLC
Principals
Meir Daus, Elad Ben-Kimon, Haim Akzin
Tax estimate
RE Tax Service, LLCPrepared the first-year real estate tax projection
Construction lender
Genesis Capital$5.5 million loan stated in the plan
General contractor
L & M Builders GroupHeld the general construction permit on DOB NOW job B00967874
Property report
Demerara Engineering, PLLCPrepared the plan's description of the property and its condition · Named on p. 129

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Zoning

Zoning district
R6B

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

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