--- title: Barack Obama's Former Brooklyn Apartment for Sale description: The onetime Brooklyn home of former President Barack Obama is on the market for $4.3 million. Obama lived there after graduating college canonical: https://time.com/4758648/barack-obama-brooklyn-apartment-park-slope-townhouse/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-27T22:08:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:38:58.072Z article:section: Politics og:title: Barack Obama's Post-Graduation Brooklyn Apartment Is on Sale for $4.3 Million og:description: Obama lived lived on a floor of the townhouse with his girlfriend in the 1980s og:url: https://time.com/4758648/barack-obama-brooklyn-apartment-park-slope-townhouse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Barack Obama's Post-Graduation Brooklyn Apartment Is on Sale for $4.3 Million twitter:description: Obama lived lived on a floor of the townhouse with his girlfriend in the 1980s twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Barack Obama's Post-Graduation Brooklyn Apartment Is on Sale for $4.3 Million  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Apr 27, 2017 10:08 PM UTC  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Apr 27, 2017 10:08 PM UTC The onetime Brooklyn home of former [President Barack Obama](http://time.com/4725723/donald-trump-barack-obama-rex-tillerson-iran-russia-syria/) is on the market for $4.3 million. The ad for the 5-bedroom home on the real estate website [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/640-2nd-St-Brooklyn-NY-11215/30587422%5Fzpid/) touts the fame of its former resident, noting that the Park Slope townhouse has “the unique distinction of being the residence of [President Obama](http://time.com/4750637/barack-obama-chicago-speech/) after he graduated [Columbia University.”](http://time.com/4675446/columbia-accidental-acceptance/) Obama lived lived on a floor of the townhouse with his girlfriend in the 1980s, AM New York [reports](http://www.amny.com/real-estate/obama-s-park-slope-brooklyn-apartment-is-up-for-sale-1.13533049). There will be an open house for the house on Sunday, according to Zillow, and again on Wednesday May 3. **READ MORE:** [This is Where the Obamas Will Move After Leaving the White House](http://time.com/4349036/barack-obama-washington-house/?iid=sr-link1) “Rush to this noteworthy home forever stamped with a historical footprint,” the ad says. The Queens childhood home of Obama’s successor, [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4756797/environment-donald-trump-100-days/) recently sold for over $2 million, according to the [New York _Times_. ](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/nyregion/donald-trump-childhood-home-sold.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4758648/barack-obama-brooklyn-apartment-park-slope-townhouse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4758648/barack-obama-brooklyn-apartment-park-slope-townhouse/"},"headline":"Barack Obama's Post-Graduation Brooklyn Apartment Is on Sale for $4.3 Million","datePublished":"2017-04-27T22:08:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:38:58.072Z","description":"Obama lived lived on a floor of the townhouse with his girlfriend in the 1980s","url":"https://time.com/4758648/barack-obama-brooklyn-apartment-park-slope-townhouse/","keywords":["New York","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4758648/barack-obama-brooklyn-apartment-park-slope-townhouse/","name":"Barack Obama's Post-Graduation Brooklyn Apartment Is on Sale for $4.3 Million"}}]}] ```