Brian Hennelly

Nothing shapes you more as a person than family and life experiences. Being the oldest of five children, growing up in Queens, Brian learned at a young age what life is all about. His parents were two hard-working middle-class parents, who put all of them through Catholic school. His parents encouraged himself to always look out for his younger siblings, treat everyone with respect, and always do the right thing.

Brian took those experiences and lessons through high school at St. Francis Prep and college at Iona where he majored in Finance. After college, he bought a struggling bar in Bayside and turned it into a successful Bar and Grill. Owning his own business taught Brian a lot about the struggles of small businesses but it also enabled him to continue to do something he loved and that was coaching football. Brian coached high school football for 10 years under a great man, Vince O’Connor, who was a mentor to him in not only football but life. He encouraged Brian to get into teaching which he did from 2000-2003.

Brian got married New Years Eve of 2006 to his beautiful bride, Lea. They now have three girls and live in Garden City South. After he stopped coaching, Brian wanted to do something else, but he did not know what. That is when, as fate would have it, he was discussing real estate with a friend who was opening up a new real estate company. Brian was recruited as one of the first agents and they hit the ground running.

Today, Novus has climbed to the Top 10% of all real estate firms in the Long Island & Queens region, and Brian can proudly say he is one of the company's top agents. Brian believes he is successful at what he does because he took his life lessons and family values of caring and honesty and applied them to how he treats his clients.

Brian looks forward to discussing what Novus as a company and himself as an agent have to offer.