# 163 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 99 units · built 2025 · Block 2062, Lot 24.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3020620024/163-willoughby-street

More construction in Fort Greene: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/fort-greene.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Tower, filed Nov 25, 2024, 99 units, 29 stories, described as “Proposed multi-story mixed use building total of 99 dwelling units and general retail”
- New Building — Tower, filed Sep 17, 2024, 99 units, 29 stories, described as “Proposed multi-story residential building total of 99 dwelling units”
- Alteration, filed Oct 22, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary engineered enclosed system as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 2, 2025, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary roof protection as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 30, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary pipe & system scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 30, 2025, estimated cost $6K, described as “Installation of temporary needle beam as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 29, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary pipe & system scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 28, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 28, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $39,142
- 2026–27 tax: $4,869
- Market value (city estimate): $86,982
- Taxable value: $39,142
- Assessed land: $39,142

## Zoning

C6-4: floor area ratio 21.22 built, above the 10.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Aug 28, 2024: $12,500,000, 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

- Appeal (Board of Standards and Appeals 2024-56-A): Appeal, Granted, filed Oct 24, 2024, decided Feb 10, 2025. Proposed development of a building located partially within the bed of a mapped street contrary to General City Law §35. C6-4 Special Downtown Brooklyn DistrictSpecial South Richmond Purpose District.
- 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

[Housing Lottery Launches for 163 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2026/07/housing-lottery-launches-for-163-willoughby-street-in-downtown-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Jul 8, 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