# 498 Columbia Street, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 371 units · built 2025 · Block 579, Lot 3.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3005790003/498-columbia-street

More construction in Red Hook: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/red-hook.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Large Residential, filed Mar 6, 2024, estimated cost $47.9M, 369 units, 8 stories, described as “New building application to construct mixed use building.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 4, 2025, estimated cost $15K, described as “Application filing for the erection of 3 shanty locations situated within the ground floor of structure under construction. Location will be coordinated by latest approved plans.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 27, 2025, estimated cost $20K, described as “Installation of 7,000# temporary dual cars personnel hoists in conjunction with NB# B00830930-I1 per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 16, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 16, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 9, 2025, estimated cost $65K, described as “Application filed for temp standpipe”
- Alteration, filed Aug 20, 2024, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of 300 psf sidewalk shed as per plans. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 9, 2024, estimated cost $6K, described as “Application filed for curb cut”
- Alteration, filed Jul 13, 2023, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 12, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “Proposed to cap and remove sprinkler system in conjunction with full demo job # B00868436. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Demolition, filed Jun 21, 2023, estimated cost $500K, described as “Full demolition to a one story building”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $1,134,000
- Market value (city estimate): $2,520,000
- Taxable value: $587,956
- Assessed land: $1,134,000

## Zoning

R6: floor area ratio 5.39 built, above the 2.43 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone AE, high risk: a 1% chance of flooding each year, base flood elevation 10 ft (NGVD29). FEMA’s preliminary map: zone AE, high risk: a 1% chance of flooding each year, base flood elevation 11 ft (NAVD88).

## In the news

[371-Unit All-Affordable Building Completes Construction at 498 Columbia Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2026/07/371-unit-all-affordable-building-completes-construction-at-498-columbia-street-in-red-hook-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Jul 14, 2026.

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