A contrarian housing market within New York City is the role that Brooklyn continues to assume. For the final quarter of 2016, the housing market showed a combination of rising prices, falling inventory and more sales. Median sales price increased 15.4% year over year to a new record of $750,000, the fourth new quarterly record of the past 2 years. Average sales price jumped 17.3% to $947,553 as this metric continues to approach the $1 million threshold…