Eight Larger Homes Planned for 447 Prospect Place in Crown Heights

Permits Filed

Nov 1

447 Prospect Place is a four-story, eight-unit walk-up built in 1907 on Prospect Place between Grand and Classon Avenues in Crown Heights. Permits show it growing by about 40 percent while keeping eight homes, and it's 30 feet wide, where most Brooklyn buildings are 20. The developer, Habitat Living NYC, has turned four smaller buildings west of Flatbush Avenue into condos, and this is its largest project yet and its first east of Flatbush.

Where Things Stand

The building sold on April 30, 2026, for $2.5 million, and the buyer took out financing to support the renovation and enlargement. The enlargement job, filed with the Department of Buildings on July 8, 2026, is still in plan examiner review, with its structural and foundation sub-filings in objections. What is permitted and moving is an interior renovation, approved August 6, 2026, and the construction fence, approved August 20, 2026. No offering plan has been filed with the Attorney General yet, so nothing is for sale and there's no pricing. Based on Habitat Living NYC's past projects, these are likely to be condos, but nothing is confirmed until an offering plan is filed. Join my early access list below and you'll hear when the offering plan is filed.

What We Know So Far

Eight homes before and after, across four stories
Floor area growing from 8,884 to 12,461 square feet, roughly 1,550 square feet per home
Likely two- and three-bedrooms, based on that size
A new certificate of occupancy is part of the application, so the finished building is legally a new one
No elevator filings on record, past or pending

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A Closer Look at the Building

The 30-foot width is the unique element here. I'm curious to see if these are built with four front homes and four back homes, which would make for very interesting layouts. At four stories under an alteration, nothing requires an elevator, but there may still be time to include one if the numbers work. Habitat Living NYC's finished buildings, 708 Degraw Street, 239 President Street, 340 6th Avenue and 42 Garfield Place, are all recorded condominiums on the city's tax rolls, and 436 State Street is under construction. Finishes, outdoor space and the unit mix aren't public yet.

Crown Heights Highlights

This end of Crown Heights, right on the Prospect Heights border, is all brownstone and limestone blocks, with Franklin Avenue's restaurants and bars a few minutes east and Washington Avenue's cafes to the west.

The C at Clinton-Washington Avenues and the A and C at Franklin Avenue, both a short walk
The S shuttle at Park Place, connecting to the 2, 3, 4 and 5 at Franklin Avenue
Franklin and Washington Avenue dining, plus the Brooklyn Museum and Botanic Garden, close by

Katie's Take

I track every new development filing in Brooklyn, and this one stands out because at roughly 1,550 square feet a home, these would be larger than nearly every Crown Heights project in my tracker, including 701 Prospect Place down the street at about 1,490. The closest comparisons, gut renovations like 820 Classon Avenue and 582 Park Place, sold out at about $1,180 to $1,230 per square foot, so 447 could offer real space for the money. The next milestone is the enlargement job clearing review, and then the offering plan filing.