215 Ryerson Street, Brooklyn
School · built 1975 · Block 1920, Lot 1.
Building permits
- Alteration, filed Sep 14, 2026, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary overhead protection as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 3, 2026, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary beta max hoist as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 4, 2026, estimated cost $1.9M, described as “Herewith filing architectural work for facade repairs, new ramp and railing as per plans. No change in use, egeress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 23, 2026, estimated cost $2.1M, described as “Removal and installation of interior non load bearing partitions for the installation of an elevator Schaft as per plans filed.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 25, 2025, estimated cost $150K, described as “Herewith filing fire escape work as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Jun 25, 2025, estimated cost $150K, described as “Herewith filing fire escape work as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Jun 18, 2025, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporary overhead protection 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 17, 2025, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporarily 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 13, 2025, estimated cost $150K, described as “Herewith filing fire escape work as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Aug 20, 2024, 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 Aug 20, 2024, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty 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 Jul 18, 2024, estimated cost $300K, described as “Herewith filing repairs to the masonary facade of east hall as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Dec 20, 2023, described as “Barriers with fence to be installed as per plan. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 28, 2023, estimated cost $1.0M, described as “Herewith Filing Landscaping Plans as part of Plaza Level enhancements, related General Construction and Structural filed separately.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 7, 2023, estimated cost $36K, described as “Support of excavation and removal of soil and installation of underpinning for existing footings inside the building for a proposed elevator pit”
- Alteration, filed Jul 31, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed as indicated on the attached drawings. There are no changes in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 30, 2023, estimated cost $52K, described as “Mechanical work as shown on plans in conjunction with new elevator.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 30, 2023, estimated cost $45K, described as “Plumbing work as shown on plans”
- Alteration, filed Jun 29, 2023, estimated cost $1.6M, described as “General construction and installation of a new elevator, exterior ramp, and reconstruction of an exterior stair at thewest (ryerson walk) entrance of north hall.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 28, 2023, estimated cost $127K, described as “Foundation work as shown on plans”
- Alteration, filed Jun 22, 2023, estimated cost $215K, described as “Structural work as shown on plans”
- Alteration, filed May 4, 2023, estimated cost $360K, described as “Repairs to existing facade as shown on the drawings filed herewith. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 4, 2023, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of temporary one man basket per plan submitted. Work shall comply with BC2022. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 22, 2022, estimated cost $2.0M, described as “Herewith filing Facade Repairs at 200 Grand Avenue. No change in use, egress or occupancy is proposed under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 22, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary material hoist as per plan. No change in use,egress or occupancy.”
18 more, older permits are in this building’s full list on the map.
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $39,467,700
- Market value (city estimate)
- $87,706,000
- Taxable value
- $0
- Assessed land
- $1,867,500
- Assessed improvements
- $37,600,200
Tax breaks
- Nonprofit exemption (college or university), with no end date, about $4,281,456 a year below the full tax.
Zoning
R7-1: floor area ratio 2.08 built, 3.44 allowed by base zoning.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Landmarks
Part of Pratt Institute Main Building, South Hall and Memorial Hall (Individual Landmark). 41 Landmarks Preservation Commission permits are on file.