A Crown Heights house sold at a median of $1.9 million last quarter, and a Crown Heights co-op at $412,000. That gap is what makes downsizing here work.
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Crown Heights is a central Brooklyn neighborhood along Eastern Parkway, in ZIPs 11213, 11216 and 11225. PropertyShark’s housing-stock table lists 8,016 residential properties: 4,329 two-to-four family homes, 982 single-family homes, 1,903 condos and 769 co-ops. Many longtime owners hold a brownstone or a two-family bought decades ago, and the condos and co-ops are where they can move without leaving the neighborhood.
PropertyShark reports a Crown Heights median sale price of $1,425,000 for Q2 2026, up 26.8% year over year, on 53 sales. Houses sold at a median of $1.9 million on 30 sales, up 11.4%. Condos sold at a median of $1.3 million on 15 sales, and co-ops at $412,000 on 8 sales. Redfin, measuring the period ending August 2026, reports a median of $1,399,325, up 3.7%, on 63 sales, with a median of 75 days on market, 20 days longer than a year earlier.
The two medians agree within about $26,000, which is a solid anchor for pricing. The longer days on market is the part a seller should plan around: a Crown Heights house priced from last year’s pace may sit. See what a Brooklyn home is worth.
Crown Heights’ median sale price rose 26.8% in Q2 2026 while its median price per square foot fell 16.7%, to $742, according to PropertyShark. That is a mix shift. Houses made up 30 of the 53 sales, and a house carries a high total price but a lower price per foot than a condo. House price per square foot fell 14.8%, to $622.
For a downsizing seller, the useful reading is that big Crown Heights houses are selling, at a median of $1.9 million, but buyers are paying less per foot for space than they did a year ago. Pricing by the 26.8% headline would overshoot.
Often less than people expect. IRC §121 lets a seller exclude up to $250,000 of gain on a primary residence, or $500,000 for a married couple filing jointly, if they owned and lived in the home for two of the last five years. A Crown Heights owner who bought decades ago may still have gain above that, especially on a two-family where part of the house was rented. Joseph Ranola is a real estate broker, not a CPA, and the calculation belongs to a tax professional.
Yes, if you qualify, but you must apply for the new home. NYC’s Senior Citizen Homeowners’ Exemption, SCHE, reduces assessed value by 5% to 50% for owners aged 65 or older whose combined income is $58,399 or less, on a primary residence. Applications are accepted from September 28 through March 15, and the exemption renews every two years. If the co-owners are spouses or siblings, only one needs to be 65. For other co-owners, such as a parent and an adult child, all must be 65 or older, which matters if a child is added to the title of the new home.
Joseph Ranola handles both sides of a downsizing move: pricing the house from same-type comps, timing the sale against the purchase, and finding a condo or co-op that fits the budget the sale creates. Joseph Ranola serves every neighborhood across Staten Island and Brooklyn, from Tottenville to Williamsburg.
“Joseph is amazing! I can't recommend him highly enough. My house sold the very next day after it appeared on the MLS listing and it sold for 38,000 more than the asking price! Joseph made what is often a notoriously stressful process into something relatively painless. He let me know what to expect every step of the way. I also want to add that Joseph is an active participant in the Staten Island community and he cares about making and keeping connections.” — Renee Watson, verified Google review
Also today: Joseph Ranola’s guide to new construction in Bensonhurst, the Staten Island guide to selling an inherited home in Westerleigh, and a guide to adding or removing a name from a deed. Read the Brooklyn realtor guide, or contact Joseph Ranola directly at (917) 905-2541.
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