# 160 12th Street, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 7 units · built 2025 · Block 1027, Lot 11.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3010270011/160-12-street

More construction in Gowanus: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/gowanus.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Oct 6, 2026, estimated cost $12K, described as “Application filed to propose 36.58 linear feets frontage builders pavement plan. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 12, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary supported scaffold during NB construction (Filed under BIS 321591933) 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 Nov 3, 2025, estimated cost $186K, described as “Sprinkler work on the cellar, 1ST thru 4TH and roof floors as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 14, 2025, estimated cost $8K, described as “Installation of the scaffolding for the elevator shaft construction only as per plans filed herewith, no change in use, egress and occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 7, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of 2022 the NYC building code. Live load 300PSF.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 31, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “SE application filed in conjunction with NB 321591933. Excavation was not required under the NB because the existing foundations were approved to remain in the site, however the front and rear foundations walls were redesign and excavation…”
- Alteration, filed May 25, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Proposed Structural work type filed in conjunction with NB dob#321591933”
- Alteration, filed Feb 2, 2022, estimated cost $5K, described as “Install 8' high plywood construction fence around job site perimeter”
- Alteration, filed Apr 1, 2021, estimated cost $84K, described as “Plumbing work filed herewith as per plans, no change in use, egress or occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $411,300
- 2026–27 tax: $5,671
- Market value (city estimate): $914,000
- Taxable value: $45,590
- Assessed land: $411,300

## Zoning

R6B: floor area ratio 2.93 built, above the 2.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Aug 16, 2019: $2,100,000, sold with other lots

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

- MASTER DESIGN CO (City Planning P1990K0752): Completed. 90-006K: BSA VAR FOR A SPEC PERM (ZR73-53) FOR AN EXPANSION OF A MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT WITH 4000SF

## In the news

[Permits Filed for 160 12th Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2020/07/permits-filed-for-160-12th-street-in-gowanus-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Jul 3, 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