THE CONDO BOOK PROJECT

Quay Tower Condominium

50 Bridge Park Drive, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Overview

A 29-story, 126-unit tower inside Brooklyn Bridge Park, sponsored by an entity of Robert A. Levine and David J. Wine. Owners buy a leasehold that ends in 2109, and common charges include ground rent and PILOT in place of property taxes.

  • Address: 50 Bridge Park Drive, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
  • Plan: CD180035, accepted for filing in May 2018
  • Building: 29 stories, steel-framed, with a double-glazed aluminum and glass curtain wall. Floors use marketing numbers, with no 13th floor.
  • Residences: 126, all two- to four-bedrooms, from about 1,214 to 4,016 square feet. One (unit 2B) is leased to the condo for the resident manager and not offered for sale.
  • Other units: one non-residential unit of about 690 square feet, planned as a public park restroom
  • Storage: 71 cellar storage lockers sold as licenses, about $1.96 million in total, plus about 63 bike spots rented at $200 a year. No parking.
  • First offering: 125 residences at about $507.7 million in total, from $1.955 million for a two-bedroom on the 3rd floor to $12.5 million for penthouse PH1A (sponsor offering prices, not sales)

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FigureThis building1One Clinton2133 units · 0.5 miaccepted 201898 Front3165 units · 0.9 miaccepted 2019
Common ChargesPer Square Foot / Month$1.42Highest$0.90$1.05
Average Offering PricePer Apartment$4.04MAbove peers$3.52M$1.48M
Average PricePer Square Foot$2,137Above peers$1,872$1,694
Property TaxesPer Square Foot / Month$1.22Highest$1.02$0.94
Average Unit SizeSquare Feet1,893 SFLarger1,876 SF875 SF

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  • 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.
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Homes closed94% of the homes in Schedule A118 of 126
Closing prices vs. Schedule A116 homes: $417,684,565 at closing against $465,870,000 in Schedule A (p. 66, p. 67, p. 68)−10.3%
Average closing price116 homes, on their Schedule A square feet$1,903 / SF
Closingsfirst and latest recordedFeb 26, 2020 – Jul 15, 2026

Sales recorded with the Department of Finance (ACRIS) through Sep 30, 2026: deeds, or transfer tax filings for a building on leased land, of $10,000 or more. A home's first sale since the plan was filed is the sponsor's closing; resales aren't counted. Closing prices are compared with the same home's Schedule A price, as first offered; a deed covering more than one home isn't compared. Amendments often change prices before a home closes, and a deed that includes parking or storage counts its full price. ACRIS records a sale weeks after closing, so recent contracts don't appear yet. Every building's sales.

All 118 closings
HomeRecordedClosing priceSchedule ADifference
12AFeb 26, 2020$6,980,104$5,250,000 p. 67+33%
14AMar 2, 2020$7,250,000$5,300,000 p. 67+36.8%
14BMar 2, 2020$4,050,000$4,425,000 p. 67−8.5%
8BMar 9, 2020$3,623,663$4,255,000 p. 66−14.8%
16DMar 11, 2020$2,424,555$2,825,000 p. 67−14.2%
5CMar 16, 2020$2,490,000$3,000,000 p. 66−17%
18AMar 16, 2020$4,500,000$5,500,000 p. 67−18.2%
PH1AApr 3, 2020$20,301,000$12,500,000 p. 68+62.4%
16AMay 1, 2020$5,000,000$5,400,000 p. 67−7.4%
11BMay 15, 2020$3,575,000$4,345,000 p. 66−17.7%
15AMay 15, 2020$4,315,000$5,350,000 p. 67−19.3%
26AMay 19, 2020$10,182,500$5,870,000 p. 68+73.5%
7EMay 21, 2020$1,678,076$2,035,000 p. 66−17.5%
16BMay 29, 2020$3,900,000$4,525,000 p. 67−13.8%
6EJun 15, 2020$1,695,000$2,015,000 p. 66−15.9%
12CJul 7, 2020$3,050,000$3,350,000 p. 67−9%
6BJul 29, 2020$3,470,550$4,075,000 p. 66−14.8%
7DSep 30, 2020$2,080,000$2,600,000 p. 66−20%
20EDec 9, 2020$1,925,000$2,320,000 p. 67−17%
25BDec 22, 2020$4,700,000$5,000,000 p. 68−6%
3EJan 7, 2021$1,520,000$1,955,000 p. 66−22.3%
7CJan 22, 2021$2,660,000$3,200,000 p. 66−16.9%
16EJan 28, 2021$1,750,000$2,240,000 p. 67−21.9%
4DFeb 5, 2021$1,901,484$2,415,000 p. 66−21.3%
10BMar 8, 2021$3,550,000$4,315,000 p. 66−17.7%
3AMar 25, 2021$3,580,000$4,450,000 p. 66−19.6%
9CApr 23, 2021$2,700,000$3,230,000 p. 66−16.4%
5DApr 30, 2021$2,000,000$2,550,000 p. 66−21.6%
11EApr 30, 2021$1,750,000$2,115,000 p. 66−17.3%
12BJun 22, 2021$3,700,000$4,375,000 p. 67−15.4%
6DJul 8, 2021$2,031,409$2,575,000 p. 66−21.1%
17DJul 13, 2021$2,400,000$2,950,000 p. 67−18.6%
5EJul 19, 2021$1,600,000$2,025,000 p. 66−21%
18EAug 25, 2021$1,975,000$2,280,000 p. 67−13.4%
9BSep 3, 2021$3,674,700$4,285,000 p. 66−14.2%
10DSep 21, 2021$2,163,781$2,675,000 p. 66−19.1%
8CSep 24, 2021$2,675,000$3,200,000 p. 66−16.4%
6CSep 29, 2021$2,500,000$3,100,000 p. 66−19.4%
8ESep 30, 2021$1,750,000$2,055,000 p. 66−14.8%
PH3BOct 7, 2021$7,000,000$8,250,000 p. 68−15.2%
5AOct 8, 2021$3,850,000$4,900,000 p. 66−21.4%
18BNov 1, 2021$4,000,000$4,450,000 p. 67−10.1%
20DNov 3, 2021$2,500,000$3,050,000 p. 67−18%
19ENov 15, 2021$2,000,000$2,300,000 p. 67−13%
17BNov 29, 2021$4,083,000$4,575,000 p. 67−10.8%
4EDec 17, 2021$1,650,000$1,975,000 p. 66−16.5%
4CDec 22, 2021$2,450,000$2,850,000 p. 66−14%
7BDec 22, 2021$3,500,000$4,225,000 p. 66−17.2%
21CDec 22, 2021$3,300,000$3,820,000 p. 67−13.6%
11AJan 28, 2022$4,440,263$5,220,000 p. 66−14.9%
23AFeb 17, 2022$9,995,000one deed, 2 homes$5,750,000 p. 68—
23BFeb 17, 2022$9,995,000one deed, 2 homes$4,900,000 p. 68—
10CMar 18, 2022$2,750,000$3,260,000 p. 66−15.6%
8DMar 28, 2022$2,090,000$2,625,000 p. 66−20.4%
7AApr 13, 2022$4,285,000$5,100,000 p. 66−16%
5BApr 19, 2022$3,450,000$4,000,000 p. 66−13.7%
9DApr 25, 2022$2,150,000$2,650,000 p. 66−18.9%
19BMay 10, 2022$4,236,113$4,500,000 p. 67−5.9%
6AMay 24, 2022$4,100,000$4,975,000 p. 66−17.6%
9EJun 2, 2022$1,800,000$2,075,000 p. 66−13.3%
21DJun 2, 2022$2,600,000$3,075,000 p. 67−15.4%
24CJun 3, 2022$3,500,000$4,080,000 p. 68−14.2%
10EJun 21, 2022$1,935,000$2,095,000 p. 66−7.6%
3CAug 4, 2022$2,341,975$2,800,000 p. 66−16.4%
21BAug 12, 2022$4,435,000$4,750,000 p. 67−6.6%
21EAug 16, 2022$2,100,000$2,340,000 p. 67−10.3%
24BOct 19, 2022$4,850,000$4,950,000 p. 68−2%
25COct 20, 2022$3,600,000$4,130,000 p. 68−12.8%
15BNov 21, 2022$4,300,000$4,475,000 p. 67−3.9%
19DDec 1, 2022$2,466,400$3,025,000 p. 67−18.5%
20BDec 29, 2022$4,375,000$4,550,000 p. 67−3.8%
8AJan 26, 2023$4,390,000$5,050,000 p. 66−13.1%
PH2BJan 27, 2023$7,300,000$8,650,000 p. 68−15.6%
10AApr 28, 2023$4,470,000$5,110,000 p. 66−12.5%
PH2AJun 6, 2023$9,110,000$10,650,000 p. 68−14.5%
4AJun 26, 2023$3,805,000$4,550,000 p. 66−16.4%
22DJul 13, 2023$2,630,000$3,100,000 p. 67−15.2%
9AJul 21, 2023$4,410,000$5,080,000 p. 66−13.2%
18DJul 28, 2023$2,450,000$3,000,000 p. 67−18.3%
18CAug 14, 2023$3,000,000$3,650,000 p. 67−17.8%
24DAug 24, 2023$2,705,000$3,150,000 p. 68−14.1%
23DSep 26, 2023$2,650,000$3,125,000 p. 68−15.2%
22COct 2, 2023$3,300,000$3,950,000 p. 67−16.5%
20AOct 18, 2023$4,780,000$5,600,000 p. 67−14.6%
11CDec 13, 2023$2,765,000$3,320,000 p. 66−16.7%
12DDec 15, 2023$2,135,000$2,575,000 p. 67−17.1%
14CDec 29, 2023$2,875,000$3,400,000 p. 67−15.4%
19ADec 29, 2023$4,900,000$5,550,000 p. 67−11.7%
PH3AJan 16, 2024$9,030,000$10,200,000 p. 68−11.5%
15CFeb 1, 2024$2,900,000$3,450,000 p. 67−15.9%
15EFeb 16, 2024$1,900,000$2,220,000 p. 67−14.4%
3DFeb 26, 2024$1,850,000$2,350,000 p. 66−21.3%
17CMar 15, 2024$2,999,999$3,550,000 p. 67−15.5%
14DMar 27, 2024$2,175,000$2,595,000 p. 67−16.2%
19CApr 4, 2024$3,150,000$3,700,000 p. 67−14.9%
PH3CApr 16, 2024$5,350,000$6,950,000 p. 68−23%
15DApr 23, 2024$2,500,000$2,800,000 p. 67−10.7%
22BMay 6, 2024$4,800,000$4,850,000 p. 67−1%
11DJun 5, 2024$2,130,000$2,555,000 p. 66−16.6%
16CJun 7, 2024$2,965,000$3,500,000 p. 67−15.3%
22EJun 14, 2024$2,050,000$2,400,000 p. 68−14.6%
25DJul 19, 2024$2,850,000$3,175,000 p. 68−10.2%
4BJul 24, 2024$2,950,000$3,500,000 p. 66−15.7%
26CAug 5, 2024$3,800,000$4,230,000 p. 68−10.2%
PH1CAug 8, 2024$6,150,000$8,500,000 p. 68−27.6%
23CSep 18, 2024$3,450,000$4,000,000 p. 68−13.7%
20COct 1, 2024$3,260,000$3,800,000 p. 67−14.2%
17AOct 2, 2024$4,785,000$5,450,000 p. 67−12.2%
24EDec 16, 2024$2,150,000$2,440,000 p. 68−11.9%
21ADec 20, 2024$4,999,995$5,650,000 p. 67−11.5%
22ADec 23, 2024$4,995,000$5,700,000 p. 67−12.4%
2AJan 9, 2025$3,995,000$4,200,000 p. 66−4.9%
26EFeb 5, 2025$2,375,000$2,495,000 p. 68−4.8%
3BJul 2, 2025$2,850,000$3,450,000 p. 66−17.4%
23EOct 9, 2025$2,100,000$2,420,000 p. 68−13.2%
17ENov 24, 2025$1,995,000$2,260,000 p. 67−11.7%
PH2CNov 26, 2025$5,300,000$7,250,000 p. 68−26.9%
24AJul 15, 2026$4,995,000$5,720,000 p. 68−12.7%

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Budget

What It Costs to Run

The sponsor projected a first-year budget (September 2019 to August 2020) of about $4.09 million, almost all of it paid by residential owners. Storage locker and bike fees cover about $34,000. Here's how that works out in monthly common charges, per Schedule A:

  • About $1,715 a month for E-line two-bedrooms and about $2,035 to $2,105 for D-line two-bedrooms.
  • About $2,490 to $2,905 a month for three-bedrooms and about $3,400 to $3,500 for A-line four-bedrooms.
  • About $3,600 to $6,070 a month for the penthouses.
  • Projected PILOT adds about $1,475 to $5,220 a month.

Notable lines:

  • Staff: about $1.2 million.
  • Ground rent: $597,000.
  • Utilities: about $436,000 for common electricity, about $299,000 for gas and about $227,000 for water and sewer.
  • Service contracts: about $366,000, including about $134,000 for window cleaning and about $60,000 for elevators.
  • Insurance: about $259,000, including federal flood coverage.
  • Management fee: $189,000 to Property Management Affiliates, which is controlled by sponsor principal Robert A. Levine.

Good to know: the budget puts $158,748 into a reserve fund in year one, based on a 30-year reserve study by Strategic Inspections. You'll also pay two months of common charges into working capital at closing (see reserve funds, why operating costs differ and our common charge benchmarks).

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The Building

Finishes

The architect's report lists the appliances line by line for each apartment type (compare with our NYC condo finishes guide).

Kitchen

  • A Gaggenau suite in every home: panel-ready refrigerator and dishwasher, gas cooktop with five sealed brass burners, wall oven, speed oven and, in most layouts, a warming drawer.
  • Penthouses add a Gaggenau freezer column and full-height wine storage, and most have two dishwashers and two wall ovens. A-line four-bedrooms above the 2nd floor get a Thermador under-counter wine refrigerator.
  • Natural stone counters, wood veneer and painted cabinets, an XO hood insert, an InSinkErator disposal and a Davinci faucet.
  • Cooking gas is on a common meter, so it's paid through common charges.

See how these brands compare in our kitchen appliance brands guide.

Baths

  • Primary baths have a freestanding cast-stone tub and integral sinks by Apaiser, mud-set stone floors, marble accent walls and polished nickel Davinci fittings.
  • Secondary baths have Kohler Bellwether tubs and Apaiser sinks. Powder rooms have Lacava sinks and marble wainscots. Toilets are Toto Vespine II.
  • Primary and perimeter bathrooms have electric radiant floor heat.

See how these names rank in our bathroom brands guide.

Floors, Ceilings and Windows

  • Engineered hardwood floors laid over an acoustic underlayment.
  • The plan doesn't give ceiling heights. Ceilings are skim-coated concrete or painted drywall.
  • Curtain wall windows with a 10-year manufacturer's warranty. A copper-colored grid wraps the facade, which raises some sills, lowers some window heads and leaves about 30 inches of blank wall in places. Lower floors (2 to 4) have sloped, recessed facades and unusual window shapes. There are no window screens.

Laundry, Heating and Cooling

  • Every home gets a Whirlpool washer and dryer. A and B lines, most C lines and the PH1 homes have vented dryers. D and E lines from floor 3 up and the C line on floor 11 get ventless dryers.
  • Each home has water-source heat pumps on a building condenser loop fed by gas-fired Lochinvar boilers, with thermostats in each unit. Some exterior zones have supplemental electric baseboards.
  • Electricity is submetered. The engineer estimated about $4,500 a year for an average two-bedroom up to about $9,600 for an average penthouse four-bedroom.
  • A 350 kW gas generator covers egress lighting, life safety and legally required loads, not apartments.

Amenities, Staffing & Transportation

The amenities are spread across the ground, second and roof floors (compare with amenities by building size).

Ground and Second Floors

  • A fitness room with treadmills, bikes, ellipticals and cable machines, plus a separate training studio.
  • A children's playroom and a music practice room with sound-absorbing finishes. You bring your own instruments.
  • A dog wash room, a lobby with a gas fireplace, and a staff-only package room with cold storage for groceries.

Roof (29th Floor)

  • Two resident lounges. The north lounge has a fireplace, a warming pantry and a service bar. The south space has a pantry.
  • Two common roof terraces, each with an outdoor kitchen with a gas grill, an under-counter fridge and a sink.

Good to know: there's no pool and no laundry room, since every home has its own washer and dryer. The three PH1 penthouses have private roof terraces of about 561 to 629 square feet, each with its own outdoor kitchen. Owners maintain them, and structural repairs are shared by all residential owners (see private outdoor space).

Staffing and Services

The first-year budget assumes 11 full-time staff in Local 32BJ:

  • A resident manager: about $175,000 in compensation. The condo rents unit 2B from the sponsor for the manager at $9,000 a month for three years, then $9,450, and also pays that unit's common charges, PILOT, utilities, phone and a nearby parking space. That line comes to about $163,000 a year.
  • Two handypersons.
  • Eight doormen, concierges and porters.

Payroll comes to about $1.2 million. The plan assumes half the handypersons and front-of-house staff are new hires at reduced starting wages, so expect this line to rise. When the five-year lease on 2B ends, the board must renew it, buy the unit or find another way to house a manager. See where common charges go for how that compares.

Transportation

  • Subway: 11 min walk to Borough Hall/Court St 2 3 4 5 R; Clark St 2 3, 14 min

Fine Print

What's Specific to It

  • A leasehold that ends: the condo sits on land the city owns, under a sublease from Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation that expires on July 27, 2109 with no renewal right. Owners must then surrender their units.
  • Ground rent and PILOT in the common charges: owners pay their share of base rent of $597,000 a year, which rises 7.5% every five years, plus PILOT equal to full property taxes.
  • A park transfer fee: starting 10 years after completion, every resale pays the park 0.75% of the price.
  • A public restroom in the building: the one non-residential unit is expected to go to the park as a public restroom. It pays no common charges, so residents cover its utilities.
  • Semi-private elevators: two of the five elevators open directly into a single home per floor, serving the A and B lines.
  • Seven gas fireplaces: one in the lobby, one in the north roof lounge, and five in the three PH1 penthouses, three of them on roof terraces with outdoor kitchens.

Quay Tower stands west of Furman Street and east of Pier 6 in Brooklyn Heights, reached from Atlantic Avenue by Bridge Park Drive,, surrounded on all sides by Brooklyn Bridge Park. Its offering plan tells you what the ground lease means for owners, what's in the apartments and what the building should cost to run.

Fine Print Worth Knowing

  • The lease governs: the board becomes the tenant under the ground lease. If it fails to pass on owners' rent to the park, the lease could be terminated. The plan warns that values may fall and lenders may stop lending as 2109 approaches (see ground lease condos).
  • PILOT, not taxes: you pay PILOT through common charges, not to the city. Your lender's escrow must pay the board, and you can't look the amount up on the Department of Finance site.
  • Sponsor control: the sponsor controls the board until 95% of units close or five years pass, whichever is first, and possibly longer if it still has the votes. It may also rent unsold units rather than sell them.
  • Flood zone: the building is in FEMA Zone AE. It's designed to a flood elevation of 13 feet with a dry flood-proofed cellar, and groundwater was found 6 to 10 feet down. Your lender may require your own flood policy.
  • Living in a park: the park is public, with concerts, movies and crowds. The site is within a block of the Red Hook industrial area. An affiliated entity planned a 16-story rental building across the street at 15 Bridge Park Drive.
  • Every window is a lot line window: the parcel is surrounded by the park, and light and air easements let the windows meet code. The park reserves rooftop space for telecom equipment.
  • Bigger deposits: buyers put down 10% at signing and another 10% within six months or at effectiveness. Units can't be resold or listed for a year without the sponsor's consent.

Team

  • Sponsor: Landing A Associates LLC (sole member Pier 6 Partners LLC), principals Robert A. Levine and David J. Wine
  • Landlord: Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation
  • Architect: ODA
  • Interior designer: Marmol Radziner
  • Architect's report: Cangelosi Design and Architecture
  • Engineers: Cosentini Associates (MEP), Vertex Engineering (structural) and Laufs Engineering Design (facade)
  • Managing agent: Property Management Affiliates (a sponsor affiliate)
  • Selling agent: Douglas Elliman
  • Sponsor's counsel: Watson Farley & Williams
  • PILOT counsel: Marcus & Pollack
  • Budget expert: Appraisers and Planners
  • Construction lender: Bank of the Ozarks

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FAQ

Do you own the land at Quay Tower?

No. Quay Tower is a qualified leasehold condo on city-owned land inside Brooklyn Bridge Park. Owners hold their units under a ground sublease that expires on July 27, 2109 with no renewal right, and they pay a share of the ground rent through common charges.

Does Quay Tower pay property taxes?

Not directly. Property in the park is exempt, but owners pay PILOT, which is set equal to full property taxes and collected through common charges. The plan projects about $3.5 million a year across all homes, or roughly $1,475 to $5,220 a month per unit.

What amenities does Quay Tower have?

A fitness room with a training studio, a children's playroom, a music practice room, a dog wash, a cold-storage package room and two roof lounges with terraces and outdoor kitchens. There's no pool, and every home has its own washer and dryer.

Where this comes from: the building's offering plan (CD180035) as filed with the New York Attorney General, including its Special Risks, Summary of the Lease, Description of Property and Improvements, Schedule A, Schedule B, Identity of Parties and the architect's report. Prices are the sponsor's offering prices, not sales, and budget figures are the sponsor's first-year projections. Later amendments may change them. Updated October 2026.