# 69 Quay Street, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 132 units · built 2025 · Block 2589, Lot 1.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3025890001/69-quay-street

More construction in Greenpoint: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/greenpoint.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Mid-Rise, filed Jun 16, 2022, 132 units, 11 stories, described as “Proposed eleven (11) story + cellar mixed use building.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 14, 2026, estimated cost $940K, described as “Alteration type 1 for interior renovation and change of use from group m to group e (cellar) and group i-4 (first floor). Work includes new partitions, doors, and lighting. No structural or exterior work proposed”
- Alteration, filed Aug 9, 2024, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of 7100 lb single car personnel/material hoist as per plans during construction. Hoist shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 19, 2024, estimated cost $25K, described as “Installation of pipe scaffolding and heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. Temporary equipment shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 2, 2024, estimated cost $12K, described as “Installation of temporary needle beams as per plans. Needle beams shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 6, 2024, estimated cost $18K, described as “Installation of temporary roof protection over adjacent properties as per plans. Roof protection shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 20, 2023, estimated cost $25K, described as “Installation of pipe scaffolding and heavy duty sidewalk shed, and roof protection as per plans. Temporary equipment shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 28, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install an 8'-0" high temporary construction fence in conjunction with new building application #B00591681.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 16, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Foundation work hereby filed in conjunction with NB B00591681”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $11,691,450
- 2026–27 tax: $96,233
- Market value (city estimate): $25,981,000
- Taxable value: $11,499,840
- Assessed land: $482,850
- Assessed improvements: $11,208,600

## Zoning

M1-4/R7D: floor area ratio 7.31 built, above the 4.66 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Jul 14, 2016: $16,000,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## 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).

## Board and land use applications

- 79 Quay Street Rezoning (City Planning 2019K0442): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Completed, filed Nov 20, 2020, decided Dec 21, 2021. A zoning map amendment (M1-2/R6A \[MX-8\] to M1-4/R7D \[MX-8\]) and text amendment (123-00 and Appendix F), to facilitate a new nine-story residential and commercial building (approximately 92,1000 sf and 86 DUs), are sought by private…

## In the news

[Serén Completes Construction At 16 West Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/08/seren-completes-construction-at-16-west-street-in-greenpoint-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Aug 24, 2025.

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