Brownstone Real Estate

What Brownstone Real Estate does

Brownstone Real Estate LLC is a privately held, licensed real estate brokerage firm founded in 2004 and headquartered at 268 Court Street in Brooklyn, New York. The firm specializes in residential and commercial sales and rentals across Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods — including Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Boerum Hill, and surrounding areas — serving individual buyers, sellers, renters, and a smaller set of commercial property clients. It operates through a small team (11-50 employees) of long-tenured licensed agents, with several second-generation family operators (the DiMartino family).

The firm's core product is a proprietary property listing and search platform at brownstonelistings.com, which combines residential and commercial listings with neighborhood guides and agent profiles. Supporting capabilities include the "All-In Marketing Promise" — in-house professional photography, physical and virtual staging, graphic design, Matterport 3D virtual tours, and featured placement on third-party digital and print marketplaces. The platform also feeds from REBNY (Real Estate Board of New York) membership and the RLS listing service, and is supplemented by a WordPress blog (ebrownstone.wordpress.com) for content marketing.

Revenue is generated entirely through transaction commissions on sales (NYC industry-typical 5-6%, split between listing and buyer's agents) and rentals, with rates negotiated per transaction and not publicly disclosed. The firm has no proprietary technology stack beyond its listing website, no disclosed AI capabilities, no institutional funding, no parent company, and no public listing. Operating status is active, with current listings and ongoing agent operations.

Name

Brownstone Real Estate

Legal name

Brownstone Real Estate LLC

Website

https://brownstonelistings.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brownstone Real Estate LLC is a Brooklyn-based licensed real estate brokerage founded in 2004, specializing in residential and commercial sales and rentals across Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods through a small team of licensed agents and a proprietary listing website.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential and Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Real Estate Brokerage (Buy/Sell) (FSAEAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Investment Property Brokerage (SFR/Small Multifamily) (BPAJAAAE), Commercial Real Estate Brokerage (Leasing & Sales) (FSAEAJAB)

Keywords

• Residential real estate brokerage
• Property sales and rentals
• Commercial real estate services
• Brownstone Brooklyn listings
• Property listing platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Sales Commissions: Traditional real estate brokerage commissions from residential and commercial property sales. Fees are typically a percentage of the transaction value.
2. Real Estate Rental Commissions: Commissions from residential and commercial rental transactions. Property management services also available.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Brownstone Real Estate LLC is a licensed real estate brokerage firm providing residential and commercial property sales, rentals, and property management services throughout Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods including Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, and Boerum Hill. The brokerage combines an in-house property listing platform (brownstonelistings.com) with a team of licensed agents delivering personalized sales, rental, and listing-marketing services. Revenue is generated primarily through commissions on residential and commercial transactions.

Product overview

Brownstone Real Estate operates as a licensed real estate brokerage firm offering a unified platform combining online property listings with full-service brokerage operations. The core product is a property listing website (brownstonelistings.com) that enables property searches across residential sales, residential rentals, and commercial properties in Brooklyn neighborhoods. Supporting services include professional marketing assistance for sellers, neighborhood information resources, and a team of licensed agents. The company does not offer separate modular products or add-ons—the offering is integrated within the single platform and service model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brownstone Real Estate Property Listing Platform Online property listing and search platform enabling users to browse, filter, and inquire about residential and commercial properties for sale and rent in Brooklyn neighborhoods including Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, and surrounding areas.
• Residential Property Sales Full-service residential property sales brokerage for single-family homes, multi-family brownstones, condos, and cooperatives throughout Brownstone Brooklyn.
• Residential Property Rentals Rental brokerage services for apartments, garden apartments, and townhouse units across Brooklyn neighborhoods, including featured and no-fee listings.
• Commercial Property Services Commercial sales and rental brokerage for retail, mixed-use, and other commercial properties in Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods.
• List With Us (All-In Marketing Promise) Marketing service for property owners that includes professional photography, physical and virtual staging, graphic design, strategic planning, and featured advertisements on top digital and print real estate marketplaces, delivered by the firm's in-house advertising experts.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBrownstone Real Estate receives automatic listing feeds from REBNY (Real Estate Board of New York). Their website displays the REBNY logo indicating membership, and they participate in the RLS (REBNY Listing Service) for property listings. This provides access to the most comprehensive real estate listing database in New York.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• SERHANT. Newer tech-forward NYC residential brokerage and media brand competing for Brooklyn seller mandates. Represents the technology-enabled model that Brownstone Real Estate does not currently match.

Broad incumbents

• Compass: Technology-enabled national residential brokerage with deep presence across NYC, including Brooklyn. Directly competes for Brooklyn seller mandates and agent recruitment against Brownstone Real Estate, but operates a vastly larger and tech-driven platform.
• Brown Harris Stevens: Long-established NYC luxury residential brokerage with strong presence in Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods. Direct competitor on higher-end Brooklyn townhouse and brownstone sales mandates that anchor Brownstone Real Estate's inventory.
• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices: Large national brokerage franchise with NYC affiliates operating in Brooklyn residential sales. Overlaps with Brownstone Real Estate on commission-based residential brokerage services and agent recruitment in the same neighborhoods.
• Douglas Elliman: One of the largest NYC-area residential brokerages with extensive Brooklyn agent networks. Competes for the same Brooklyn buyer/seller and renter pool as Brownstone Real Estate but at significantly greater scale across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Hamptons.
• Corcoran Group: Established NYC residential brokerage with strong Brooklyn coverage offering sales, rentals, and commercial services. Comparable core business model (commission-based brokerage) but with significantly broader geographic reach and marketing budget than Brownstone Real Estate.
• Sotheby's International Realty: Global luxury residential brand with affiliate offices covering Brooklyn. Competes for higher-end Brooklyn townhouse and brownstone sales, particularly on properties that benefit from international buyer reach.

Direct peers

• Warburg Realty: Independent NYC-focused boutique brokerage with a comparable agent-led, locally specialized model in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Closely aligned to Brownstone Real Estate in size, culture, and reliance on neighborhood expertise versus tech scale.
• Garfield Residential: Boutique Brooklyn-focused residential brokerage with comparable agent-led, neighborhood-specialist model. Most closely comparable peer to Brownstone Real Estate in size, culture, and Brownstone Brooklyn geographic focus.
• Halstead Real Estate (Engel & Völkers): NYC boutique brokerage, now part of Engel & Völkers, with deep Brooklyn agent presence and similar hyper-local service model. Direct competitor for Brooklyn residential mandates with comparable scale to Brownstone Real Estate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/brownstonere
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brownstone-real-estate-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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