# 90 Sands Street, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 491 units · built 1992 · Block 87, Lot 9.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3000870009/90-sands-street

More construction in Downtown Brooklyn: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/downtown-brooklyn.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Oct 29, 2026, estimated cost $300K, described as “Originally filing to revise DOB record to add two fire pumps on the 2ND flooor and special service pump on the 30TH floor. Filed and approved under application 321596723. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 4, 2024, estimated cost $120K, described as “Mechanical work for installation of new cooling & heating system with associated ducts & piping in conjunction with 1ST floor tenant-fit-out as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 2, 2024, estimated cost $400K, described as “General construction for interior tenant-fit-out renovations of office on 1ST floor as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 1, 2024, described as “Suspended scaffold outrigger system at 90 sands street brooklyn ny 11201”
- Alteration, filed Apr 23, 2024, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of pipe scaffolding and stair tower as per plans. Pipe scaffolding shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code 2022. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 5, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of 300PSF sidewalk shed as per plans. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter # 33 of the NYC code 2022. No use in egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 29, 2023, estimated cost $450K, described as “Structural work in conjunction with alt-1# 321596723”
- Alteration, filed Apr 13, 2023, estimated cost $1.3M, described as “Tenant fit out in conjunction with ALT1 321596723 filing.”
- No Work, filed Aug 31, 2022
- Alteration, filed Sep 23, 2021, estimated cost $5K, described as “File for heavy-duty sidewalk shed. No change in use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 28, 2021, estimated cost $20K, described as “Proposed installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. Livel load 300 per square feet. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2014 code. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 8, 2020, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install temporary construction fence as per plans filed. Filed in conjunction with alt 1 #321596723”
- Alteration, filed Jul 20, 2020, estimated cost $223K, described as “Sprinkler and standpipe modification in conjunction with alt-1#321596723”
- Alteration, filed Jul 20, 2020, estimated cost $1.6M, described as “Mechanical work in conjunction with alt-1# 321596723”
- Alteration, filed Jul 20, 2020, estimated cost $1.4M, described as “Plumbing work in conjunction with alt-1# 321596723”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $20,496,600
- Market value (city estimate): $45,548,000
- Taxable value: $0
- Assessed land: $2,858,850
- Assessed improvements: $17,637,750

## Tax breaks

- Article XI exemption, through Jun 30, 2058, about $2,549,572 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

M1-6/R10: floor area ratio 22.34 built, above the 10.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Aug 23, 2018: $170,000,000
- Aug 29, 2017: $135,000,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

## Board and land use applications

- 90 Sands Plaza - Design Change Certification (City Planning 2025K0132): Certification, Completed, filed Apr 1, 2025, decided Dec 4, 2025. A Certification pursuant to ZR 37-625 (Design Changes) in connection with an existing 7,600-sf plaza is being requested by a private applicant, 90 Sands Street Housing Development Fund Corp. at 90 Sands Street, in the DUMBO neighborhood,…
- 90 Sands Street Plaza Certification (City Planning 2020K0242): Certification, Completed, filed May 19, 2020, decided Sep 8, 2020. A plaza certification is being requested by a private applicant, 90 Sands Street Housing Development Fund Corp. at 90 Sands Street, in the DUMBO neighborhood, Community District 2, Brooklyn.
- 90 Sands Street (City Planning 2019K0320): Completed, filed Aug 16, 2019, decided Jun 26, 2020. A zoning map amendment to change an existing M1-6 district to a mixed-use MX (M1-6/R10) district, and a zoning text amendment to Appendix F to map an MIH area to facilitate the conversion of an existing 29-story building to a community…

## In the news

[90 Sands Street Affordable Housing Tower Opens in DUMBO, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/11/90-sands-street-affordable-housing-tower-opens-in-dumbo-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Nov 6, 2022.

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