# 1 Boerum Place, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 138 units · built 2019 · Block 153, Lot 3.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3001530003/1-boerum-place

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

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Apr 5, 2026, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of an illuminated business accessory blade sign. Double face. No change in use, egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Apr 5, 2026, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of an illuminated business accessory sign . No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 21, 2025, estimated cost $189K, described as “Interior renovation of first floor commercial space at retail tenant space for small eating and drinking establishment < 75 persons ('dos toros'). Demo and construct interior partitions, cabinetry, finishes. No change to use, egress, or…”
- Alteration, filed Jun 27, 2025, estimated cost $107K, described as “Filing herewith plumbing work for existing commercial space on the 1ST floor as per plans. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 27, 2025, estimated cost $159K, described as “Filing herewith interior fit out of commercial space as per plans. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 19, 2024, estimated cost $600, described as “Interior illuminated non-advertising accessory sign - in property lines - blank street coffee. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 18, 2024, estimated cost $3K, described as “Illuminated non-advertising accessory wall sign - blank street coffee. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 18, 2024, described as “Non-illuminated non-advertising double-face projecting accessory sign - blank street coffee. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 27, 2024, estimated cost $358K, described as “Filing herewith interior buildout of existing vacant commercial space, including lighting, millwork, equipment, and finishes as per plans. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 14, 2024, estimated cost $3K, described as “Erect illuminated accessory business sign on window for chopt”
- Alteration, filed May 14, 2024, estimated cost $4K, described as “Erect 1 illuminated window sign and 1 non-illuminated d/f blade sign. Signs are accessory business to chopt.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 12, 2024, estimated cost $203K, described as “Renovation of first floor commercial space at retail tenant space for small eating and drinking establushment < 75 persons ('chopt'). Demo and construct interior partitions, cabinetry, finishes. No change to use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 14, 2023, estimated cost $4K, described as “Erect illuminated accessory business wall sign; copy reading "salons by jc"”
- Alteration, filed May 25, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install exterior non-illuminated wall sign (born in brooklyn)”
- Alteration, filed May 25, 2023, estimated cost $3K, described as “Install exterior illuminated wall sign (mighty quinn's bbq)”
- Alteration, filed Jan 12, 2023, estimated cost $550K, described as “Filing herewith interior renovation of existing commercial space as per plans. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 21, 2022, estimated cost $338K, described as “Filing for MH build out of Com Space, Occupancy Group: M ( Mercantile) located on the 1st fl. of an existing bldg., 21 stories high. In conjunction with DOB Now Application# B00798546-I1. Work to include Installation of Exhaust/Hood for…”
- Alteration, filed Dec 21, 2022, estimated cost $116K, described as “Install new plumbing and sprinkler fixtures as per plans filed”
- Alteration, filed Sep 16, 2022, estimated cost $100K, described as “Interior renovation at partial 1ST floor. Propose plumbing & general construction work as per plan filed herewith. No change in use, occupancy or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 15, 2022, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed and plywood fence as per plans. Sidewalk shed live load 300 psf and fence shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2014 code no change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- No Work, filed Apr 13, 2022
- Alteration, filed Oct 6, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Filed for installation of lodige/5BY2 automated parking system (mechanized vehicle storage) at sub-cellar, cellar and 1ST floor for parking of 47 vehicles total in conjuction with NB #320912394 as. Per otcr submittal code #8-19.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 23, 2021, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of needle beam for overhead protection as per plans. Needle beams shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2014 code no change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- No Work, filed Jun 10, 2021
- Alteration, filed Oct 9, 2020, estimated cost $1K, described as “Filing herewith installattion of new boilers as per plans. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”

5 more, older permits are in this building’s full list on the map: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3001530003/1-boerum-place.

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $38,723,400
- 2026–27 tax: $322,525
- Market value (city estimate): $86,052,000
- Taxable value: $2,592,856
- Assessed land: $1,606,050
- Assessed improvements: $37,117,350

## Tax breaks

- 421-a exemption, through Jun 30, 2057, about $3,690,347 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

C6-4.5: floor area ratio 17.96 built, above the 12.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Nov 29, 2016: $76,500,000

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

- Proposed Extension of the Downtown Brooklyn BID (City Planning 2027K0210): Business improvement district, In Public Review. An action to facilitate a merger of 2 Business Improvement Districts (BID) and 1 Special Assessment District (SAD). The merger of the MetroTech Area BID, Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn BID and Fulton Mall SAD in Downtown Brooklyn, Community…

## In the news

[Windows Almost Finished at This 21-Story Condo Tower on a Busy Corner in Downtown Brooklyn](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/downtown-brooklyn-condo-skyscraper-construction-1-boerum-place-slce-architects-windows-in/), Brownstoner, Nov 12, 2020.

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology