Audrey Pastorek pays $3.8M to Roman Catholic Church in Crown Heights

Audrey Pastorek through the entity 225 Brooklyn Avenue LLC paid $3.8 million to Roman Catholic Church through the entity The Roman Catholic Church Of St. Gregory, for the specialty building (N2) at 225 Brooklyn Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The expected use is cash flowing.
The deal closed on September 25, 2025 and was recorded on October 10, 2025. The property has 11,460 square feet of built space according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The sale price per built square foot is $332 per the PincusCo analysis. (The price per square foot analysis is the transaction price divided by square feet as reported in public records and assumes no air rights have been sold.)
The signatory for Roman Catholic Church and was Alonzo Q. Cox. The signatory for Audrey Pastorek was Audrey Pastorek. The contract date was March 19, 2025.

Prior sales and revenue

Prior to this transaction, PincusCo has records that the buyer Audrey Pastorek purchased two properties in two transactions for a total of $6 million and has no record it sold any properties over the past 24 months.
The seller Roman Catholic Church had not purchased any other properties and sold 26 properties in 16 transactions for a total of $308.8 million over the same time period.

The property

The specialty building in Crown Heights has 11,460 square feet of built space according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The parcel has frontage of 30 feet and is 100 feet deep with a total lot size of 3,000 square feet. The zoning is R6 which allows for up to 2.43 times floor area ratio (FAR) for residential. The property is in the Crown Heights North III Historic District. The city-designated market value for the property in 2022 is $1.4 million.

Violations and lawsuits

The property was involved in one lawsuit and zero bankruptcies over the past two years. The suit was a $3.8 million judgment concerning a leave to sell filed on April 15, 2025, by Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church of St. Gregory against Cohabs and Francois Samya. In addition, according to city public data, the property has received $150 in OATH penalties in the last year.

Development

On the lot, there is one active major alteration construction project, B01198058, for a four-unit, 9,399 square-foot R-2 building. The project was submitted by Max Cuttler and filed by Max Cuttler with plans filed June 10, 2025 and it has not been permitted yet.

The neighborhood

In Crown Heights, The bulk, or 39 percent of the 46.5 million square feet of commercial built space are walkup buildings, with elevator buildings next occupying 36 percent of the space. In sales, Crown Heights has 2.5 times the average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $723.2 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 7th highest in Brooklyn. For development, Crown Heights has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 12th highest in Brooklyn. It had 1.3 million square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 3 percent of the neighborhood’s built space. There was one pre-foreclosure suit filed among other specialty buildings in the past 12 months.

The block

On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of four of the four commercial properties representing 381,432 square feet of the 381,432 square feet. The largest owner is Ska Marin, followed by Local Development Corporation Of Crown Heights and then Dovie Sperlin.
There are no active new building construction projects on this tax block.

All properties are elevator.

The seller

The PincusCo database currently indicates that Roman Catholic Church owned at least 153 commercial properties with 886 residential units in New York City with 5,692,132 square feet and a city-determined market value of $1.1 billion. (Market value is typically about 50% of actual value.) Within the portfolio, the bulk, or 38 percent of the 5,692,132 square feet of built space are specialty properties, with M1 properties next occupying 16 percent of the space. The bulk, or 46 percent of the built space, is in Brooklyn, with Queens next at 24 percent of the space.
The PincusCo database currently indicates that owned at least three commercial properties with eight residential units in New York City with 224,231 square feet and a city-determined market value of $78.3 million. (Market value is typically about 50% of actual value.) Within the portfolio, the bulk, or 98 percent of the 224,231 square feet of built space are specialty properties, with walkup properties next occupying 2 percent of the space. The bulk, or 98 percent of the built space, is in Manhattan, with Queens next at 2 percent of the space.

The buyer

The PincusCo database currently indicates that Audrey Pastorek owned at least three commercial properties with five residential units in New York City with 19,574 square feet and a city-determined market value of $6 million. (Market value is typically about 50% of actual value.) Within the portfolio, the bulk, or 59 percent of the 19,574 square feet of built space are N2 properties, with mixed-use properties next occupying 26 percent of the space. The bulk, or 74 percent of the built space, is in Brooklyn, with Manhattan next at 26 percent of the space.

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