Clinton Hill townhouse sells off-market for $9.4 million, a neighborhood record
A renovated townhouse at 374 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill sold off-market for about $9.4 million, topping the neighborhood's previous high of $9.05 million, reports said October 6.
A renovated townhouse at 374 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, sold off-market for about $9.4 million, according to reports published October 6, 2026. The sale sets a new price record for the neighborhood, 6sqft and Hoodline reported. An off-market sale is one that does not appear on public listings.
The price tops the previous neighborhood high of $9.05 million, paid for the Pfizer Mansion at 280 Washington Avenue in July 2021, according to 6sqft. Hoodline gives the exact sale price as $9.396 million. Neither report names the buyer, and the reports read for this article do not describe the closing.
The Sale and Its Brokers
The brokers named in both reports are Matthew Lesser, Matthew Lipsky and Sophie Smadbeck, all of Leslie Garfield. Both outlets describe the deal as off-market, which means it was sold without appearing on public listings.
The sellers bought the house in 2014. The reports differ on that price: 6sqft says $3.8 million and Hoodline says $3.75 million, a gap of $50,000 that neither report explains. According to 6sqft, the sellers renovated the house after buying it. Both reports give the price as about $9.4 million, and 6sqft attributes the first report of the sale to Curbed.
What the House Includes
According to 6sqft, the house is 25 feet wide, sits on an unusually deep lot and has more than 7,000 square feet across three floors. It has five bedrooms, each with an en-suite bathroom and walk-in closet. The previous owners kept original features, including working fireplaces, and added an outdoor bar in the rear garden.
Hoodline, citing PropertyShark records, gives the floor area as 7,119 square feet and the build year as 1880. A CityRealty page for the address lists the building as built in 1930, so the age of the house differs across the sources read for this article. That page shows no sale price, no sale date and no listing history.
Hoodline's figures come from PropertyShark's property data, while the city publishes its own sales records in a different form. The NYC Department of Finance's rolling sales files cover the 12 months from September 2025 through August 2026, and they include square footage. The files cover tax classes 1, 2 and 4 and exclude utility properties. Longer history is in annualized files that begin in 2003. This article did not check which tax class the house falls in or find it in those files.
Hoodline's size figure is the more precise of the two, while 6sqft gives a rounded figure of more than 7,000 square feet.
How the Reports Explain the Price
6sqft suggests that the extra width and depth of the lot, along with the turnkey condition, likely contributed to the record price. Neither report gives a price per square foot, and neither quantifies those factors. The reports present these as likely contributors, not as confirmed causes. Both reports frame the sale as a neighborhood record rather than a citywide one.
Hoodline reports that Sophie Smadbeck told Curbed the townhouse market has few fully renovated options, which helps explain the premium this turnkey home commanded.
6sqft credits Curbed with first reporting the sale. The Curbed article was not opened for this report, so its account is attributed secondhand, through 6sqft and Hoodline.
“Sophie Smadbeck told Curbed the townhouse market has few fully renovated options, which helps explain the premium, Hoodline reported.”
What Remains Unsettled
As of October 8, 2026, the reports read for this article name no buyer and give no details of the closing. Both headlines describe the house as sold. The CityRealty page for the address also shows no listing history.
The reports disagree on the 2014 purchase price. They agree the build year is 1880, but a CityRealty listing gives it as 1930. The sources read for this article do not resolve either discrepancy, and they do not state the house's current owner.
PropertyShark's citywide figures give a sense of the wider market for this sale. It reports that the median home sale price in New York City was $885,000 in September 2026, up 8.7% from a year earlier, across 1,660 transactions, down 50.6%. For the third quarter of 2026, its median was $880,000, up 4.8%, across 8,494 transactions, down 18.1%. Its median price per square foot was $802 in September, up 13%. These are citywide medians for all home sales, so they do not describe a single townhouse.
For readers following Brooklyn townhouse prices, the sale sets a new reference point for Clinton Hill. The reports do not say whether other sales of this kind are planned or expected.
