A fully renovated Greenpoint townhouse has landed a $6 million contract, making it Brooklyn’s priciest luxury-home deal of the week and putting a rare single-family property near the East River back in the spotlight.
The five-bedroom home at 96 Franklin Street asked $6 million and reportedly went into contract at the full asking price, according to The Real Deal. Listing agents Yuval Vidal and Leonard Steinberg represented the property, though the contract is not yet a recorded closing.
A Turnkey Greenpoint House With Serious Rooftop Perks
The roughly 4,300-square-foot home has been reworked as a five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath single-family residence with a private elevator, garage, garden and multiple outdoor spaces. The listing details reviewed by StreetEasy also highlight floor-to-ceiling glass opening to the garden, a second-floor terrace and views toward the East River.
Upstairs, the property brings the kind of amenity package usually associated with a glossy new development: roughly 900 square feet of rooftop space, a cedar hot tub, outdoor kitchen and barbecue deck. The primary suite includes a walk-in shower and freestanding soaking tub, while the first floor is arranged around an open-concept living and dining area.
The home last sold for $2.4 million in 2016, according to the Compass listing history, before returning to market at $6 million this summer. That price history helps explain why a thoroughly renovated townhouse with private outdoor space can command a dramatically different number in today’s Greenpoint market.
Brooklyn Luxury Deals Cooled But Kept Moving
The Franklin Street contract topped a Brooklyn luxury week in which 16 homes asking at least $2 million went into contract, totaling $49 million in asking-price volume, The Real Deal’s report said. The group included 11 condos and five single-family homes, with a median asking price of $2.8 million, an average of $1,504 per square foot and an average 69 days on the market.
The deal also lands in the same neighborhood as last year’s roughly $6.94 million closing at 111 Noble Street, a two-unit Greenpoint townhome that sold in July 2025, according to Redfin’s sales record. That makes the new contract a major neighborhood benchmark, even if it does not yet establish a new Greenpoint townhouse record.
Why Greenpoint’s Luxury Competition Is Getting Fiercer
Greenpoint’s high-end housing market now spans renovated historic homes and amenity-packed waterfront developments. At nearby Front & York in Dumbo, the project’s official materials emphasize a 25,000-square-foot private park and a deep roster of resident amenities, a sign of how Brooklyn sellers are competing on lifestyle as much as square footage.
The latest deal fits a pattern noted in prior Hoodline coverage: buyers with serious budgets are still gravitating toward move-in-ready Brooklyn homes with outdoor space, privacy and a finished product. In Greenpoint, at least, the townhouse remains very much in the luxury conversation—especially when it comes with a rooftop hot tub and a $6 million price tag.
