Not one home in Carroll Gardens sold for under a million dollars between April and June. Nineteen of the 39 closings cleared $3,000,000. The median sale landed at $2,995,000, the highest of any neighborhood we track, the median listing reached contract in 36 days, and 53% of sales closed at or above asking (Compass closed-sales records, Q2 2026). This is the monthly Carroll Gardens market report, refreshed as new closings record; the borough-wide picture lives in our Brooklyn market report.
What sold, and for how much
Thirty-nine sales in three months. That's the first thing to know, because it's a small number and it means a handful of closings can move any figure on this page. The second thing: 17 of the 19 house sales carried a multi-family designation. The brownstones here trade as buildings with rental floors far more often than as one-family homes.
Property type | Sales (Q2) | Median sale price | Average sale price | Avg. price per sq ft | Median days on market | Avg. vs ask | At or above ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houses | 19 | $4,033,333 | $4,162,053 | $1,256 (17 reporting) | 36 (12 reporting) | -2.7% | 42% (12 reporting) |
Condos | 18 | $2,175,000 | $2,412,446 | $1,610 (17 reporting) | 28 (18 reporting) | -0.3% | 67% (18 reporting) |
Co-ops | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Two co-op sales closed all quarter, so the count publishes and nothing else does. A median of two sales is just the midpoint between two numbers. Reporting counts sit beside every other figure that rests on a subset.
Houses ran the neighborhood: 19 sales at a $4,033,333 median, averaging $1,256 a square foot. The quarter's top sale was 181 President Street, a 4,478-square-foot townhouse that closed at $7,500,000 in June after 87 days. Condos came in lower on price and higher per foot, 18 sales at a $2,175,000 median and $1,610 a square foot, which is what happens when the newer product is smaller and better finished than the century-old stock around it.
Where the money went
The distribution is unlike anywhere else we track. Zero sales under $1,000,000. 10% between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000, 18% between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000, 23% between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, and 49% above $3,000,000 (Compass closed-sales records, Q2 2026). Half this market is a three-million-dollar market. By bedroom count, across the 34 sales reporting one, two-bedrooms ran a $1,700,000 median across 11 sales and five-bedrooms $4,525,000 across 5. The three and four bedroom counts sit at 8 apiece and their medians cross over each other, which is a sample-size artifact rather than a real inversion.
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Pace and negotiation
Carroll Gardens has the most orderly rhythm of any neighborhood on our list. Among the 32 sales reporting marketing time, 38% went to contract inside 30 days, another 38% took between 30 and 60, 12% ran 60 to 89, and 12% went past 90 (Compass closed-sales records, Q2 2026). Almost nothing stalls here. Houses take longer to find their buyer, only 17% inside 30 days, but they don't sit either, with just 8% past 90. Condos move faster and negotiate harder in the seller's favor, 56% inside a month and 67% clearing ask. The median sale across the neighborhood closed exactly at ask, and 8 of the 32 landed on the number precisely.
For buyers right now
Expect a real conversation rather than a bidding war, and expect it to happen on a schedule. Houses took a median of 36 days and closed a bit under ask, so there's room to negotiate, but not much room to wait: only 12% of the quarter's inventory made it past 90 days, which means the listing you're thinking about will probably be gone in six weeks. If you're buying a two-to-four family, and most house buyers here are, underwrite it as a building. Rent roll, leases, certificate of occupancy, and any open violations belong in your diligence before the inspection, and a real estate attorney should be reading the leases.
For sellers right now
You're in the strongest price position in Brooklyn and the thinnest data. Both are true. The neighborhood median cleared $2,995,000 and half of everything closed above three million, but it did that on 39 transactions, which means a neighborhood-level number is close to useless for pricing an individual house. What the quarter does tell you is that discipline works: sellers who priced to recent comps went to contract in about a month, and the ones who didn't gave back a couple of percent at the table. Come to market with the building documented and the photography done.
Questions buyers and sellers ask
Quick answers on the Carroll Gardens housing market, straight from the Q2 closed-sales record.
How much does a home in Carroll Gardens cost?
The median Q2 2026 sale was $2,995,000 across 39 closings, the highest median of any Brooklyn neighborhood we track. Houses ran a $4,033,333 median and condos $2,175,000. Only two co-ops sold all quarter (Compass closed-sales records, Q2 2026).
Can you buy in Carroll Gardens for under $1 million?
Not in the second quarter of 2026. Every one of the 39 closings came in above $1,000,000, and 49% of them cleared $3,000,000.
How much is a Carroll Gardens brownstone?
The 19 house sales in Q2 2026 posted a $4,033,333 median at an average of $1,256 per square foot, and the quarter's top sale, 181 President Street, closed at $7,500,000.
How long does it take to sell a home in Carroll Gardens?
The median Q2 listing reached contract in 36 days among the 32 sales reporting marketing time, and only 12% ran past 90 days. Condos moved faster than houses, 28 days against 36 at the median.
What are property taxes like in Carroll Gardens?
Among Q2 sales recording a tax bill, the median was about $694 a month on condos across 17 sales and about $913 a month on houses across 13. Co-op taxes are paid through the building and sit inside monthly maintenance rather than arriving as a separate bill. Tax treatment varies by property class, assessment history, and any abatement on the building, so check the actual bill on any specific address.
Fouad Rahmé
Founder, the Rahmé Team at Compass
The Rahmé Team advises buyers, sellers, investors, and developers across Brooklyn, with 40 years of combined experience, more than 1,000 clients and transactions, and over $800 million in career sales, $167 million of it since 2020. RealTrends Verified ranks the team in the top 1.5% of real estate professionals nationwide. Every number on this page comes from closed-sales records the team pulls and computes itself.
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What would your home sell for right now?
The Rahmé Team at Compass tracks Carroll Gardens closings block by block, and on 39 quarterly sales a neighborhood median can't price your building, your garden depth, or your rent roll. Call (718) 233-3365 or contact us with the address. The borough-wide numbers live in the Brooklyn market report.
All figures Q2 2026, computed from Compass closed-sales records pulled August 5, one record per sale, condos, co-ops, and houses only. Days on market and at-or-above shares cover the 32 sales reporting an asking price: 18 condos, 12 houses, 2 co-ops. Price per square foot covers the 35 sales reporting size. Bedroom medians cover the 34 sales reporting a bedroom count. With 39 sales in the quarter, every neighborhood-level figure here is sensitive to a small number of closings. Borough-wide, sales at or under $50,000, sales 90% or more below ask, and recorded parking or storage units sit out of the averages while still counting toward every median and sale count; no Carroll Gardens sale met any of those conditions this quarter.
Next update: September 2026, once August's closings post.
