Janice Cimberg

Sapphire Club Brooklyn Mentor of the Year, 2018 For Janice Cimberg, the business of Park Slope real estate always begins with the personal. As a young mother in 1975, she began her career helping new and established Brooklynites find the perfect fit for their housing needs. While navigating the ups -- and even a few downs -- of the Brooklyn brownstone market, she developed lifelong relationships with a large and loyal clientele. Her customers quickly appreciate that she believes in face-to-face conversations as the foundation for a mutually successful arrangement. "Janice was the first broker we met that took the time to really understand what my family was looking for. She spent as much time talking to us before we saw any properties as she did showing us all the options and that really made a difference." Over her decades of experience, Janice accumulated many professional distinctions for her work. She has won awards for the most exclusive listings. She set and broke her own records for highest sales prices, and for transactions closed in a calendar year. However, none of these accolades matter as much as helping a new family find their first apartment, grow into an extra bedroom or acquire that dream townhouse. "We were new to Brooklyn, but Janice shepherded us expertly through the process of buying our first home. Years later, when it was time for us to move, she again took us in hand and got a great sale for us!" This type of repeat business is a hallmark of her career and testament to the trust both buyers and sellers have in her. Nothing exemplifies the quality of her reputation and experience as much as serving more than one generation of a neighborhood family with purchases and sales for the same property. Janice excels in helping people through these transitions because she and her family have lived them as well, even while putting down deep roots in the community. She can't walk three blocks without running into a former client who has now become a neighbor and friend. Her encyclopedic knowledge of the market comes from her total immersion in the neighborhood. Over the decades, she has been president of her coop board; a member of the civic council; a trustee at the local synagogue; and a member of many civic institutions including the Prospect Park Alliance, Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Academy of Music. You can find her most mornings beginning her day with a walk in Prospect Park. "Janice seemed to be everywhere and know everyone. I couldn't imagine someone with a better and more intuitive understanding of Park Slope. From schools to restaurants to which subway lines were best! She was as much a referral service as she was a real estate broker." Janice has travelled extensively and has lived in both Asia and California, but she believes Brooklyn is the very best place in the world to live. Her family seems to agree with her. Her mom lived here until she was 103. Her son and his family live nearby in a brownstone they bought and renovated. Guess the name of their broker.