Al Capone’s childhood home in New York sells for over $9 million

A New York townhouse once home to the notorious crime boss Al Capone has sold after seven months on the market. 

Capone moved into the brick house in Brooklyn’s Park Slope with his family in the early 1900s when he was 11.

It was during his time at the property that he first became involved in criminal activity, joining the Five Points Gang as a teenager. 

He would call the property home until 1919, after which he moved to Chicago and became known by authorities in the Windy City as “Public Enemy No.1”.

Capone was convicted of tax evasion in 1931. He served eight years behind bars, almost five of them in Alcatraz – the once maximum security island prison in San Francisco Bay. 

Capone died in 1947 from a heart attack. He was 48.

His Park Slope home was bought by a development firm in 2024 for $US1.85 million ($2.86 million), public price records show. 

It was the first time it had changed hands since the previous owner purchased it from the Capone family years ago.

When the developers moved in, the townhouse was “uninhabitable”, Douglas Elliman agent Nadia Bartolucci told the New York Post. 

An extensive renovation followed, and the property was relisted in April 2025 with an asking price of $US6.25 million ($9.6 million). 

It finally sold to a local Park Slope couple for $US5.82 million ($9 million), The Post reported. 

The property listing by Douglas Elliman makes no mention of the home’s mob history, instead focusing on the recent renovation. 

It is billed as an “extraordinary residence” that has been “meticulously crafted with the finest and highest quality materials”.

The four-bedroom, five-bathroom home spans five storeys and overlooks a sunny garden. 

Large floor-to-ceiling windows, white walls and pale timber floors bring light into the rooms. 

The bathrooms feature herringbone tiles and freestanding bathtubs, and the main bedroom benefits from a walk-in-wardrobe. 

The basement is currently set up as a hobby room, while the top floor boasts a ‘solarium’, or sunroom. 

The home is a short walk away from popular Prospect Park.