Al Capone’s childhood home in Brooklyn’s Park Slope has sold for $5.82 million, The Post has learned.
The five-story townhouse listed in late April for $6.25 million after undergoing a radical renovation.
Capone, a Brooklyn native, moved to 38 Garfield Place in the early 1900s. Little Al, just 11 at the time, would go on to join the local Five Points Gang.
The newly renovated facade of the five-story townhouse. Evan Joseph
Al Capone spent his childhood in the house. Bettmann Archive
The Garfield Place townhouse, pictured in 2016. Annie Wermiel/NY Post
He moved out of this townhouse in early adulthood to make his fortune in Chicago, eventually building a criminal empire that earned him the title of “Public Enemy No. 1.”
But the home’s ties to the Capone family was not the property’s main selling point, listing representative Nadia Bartolucci told The Post. The association went unmentioned in initial tours, she said, and potential buyers only learned of the home’s mob history when they did research of their own.
“Everyone thought it was super cool,” Bartolucci said.
Bartolucci also represented the nearby 21 Garfield Place, once home to Capone’s extended family.
Bartolucci, who leads Douglas Ellimans’ Bartolucci Team, said it was the seller’s grand reimagining of the historic home, however, that really sealed the deal.
Minerva, a real estate development firm, purchased the property in 2024. The firm was only the second owner since the Capones moved out.
The tiled vestibule. Evan Joseph
The double-height great room connects to the backyard. Evan Joseph
The subsequent ground-up renovation maintained the appearance of its former brick facade, but gutted the aged interiors. Italian marble and bespoke millwork redefined the home, with high-end finishes like Carrara marble fish-scale tiles in the vestibules and Calcutta Oro countertops on the kitchen island.
The townhouse’s expanded footprint spans more than 4,000 square feet across five stories. There are four bedrooms, five full bathrooms, plus three powder rooms.
Bartolucci praised the garden level’s open-concept great room, with “jaw-dropping” double-height ceilings and patio access.
“Coupled with the fact that this specific lot was unusually deep, at 113 feet deep,” Bartolucci said. “Usually the deepest you get is about 100 feet.”
The open-concept chef’s kitchen. Evan Joseph
The jewel-box powder room. Evan Joseph
The primary suite. Evan Joseph
A bedroom. Evan Joseph
The added depth brings a dramatic southern light into the home’s oversized windows.
The fifth floor boasts a skylighted solarium with a terrace view of Prospect Park and Lower Manhattan.
Bartolucci said the for-sale home received multiple offers, with a lot of interest from buyers heralding from the West Village, Williamsburg, Greenpoint and the Upper West Size.
She said those interested buyers were attracted by the neighborhood’s walkability, lanes of brownstones and educational options.
The backyard benefits from the home’s impressive depth. Evan Joseph
But a local Park Slope couple won out, Bartolucci said.
While the connection to Chicago’s most notorious gangster certainly added drama to the listing, other, sweeter histories emerged throughout the selling process.
“I had a lovely couple come by to see the renovation, because they lived in it when it was a rental, after it exchanged hands from the Capone family,” Bartolucci said.
The couple had remained in Park Slope for decades after their tenancy there, and had always wondered if the grapevine they planted in the garden was still growing.
“I thought that was a full-circle moment for these guys coming back, and the grapevine was still in the yard,” Bartolucci said.