537 Columbia Street
BBL 3005910001Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook · Brooklyn
Floors
1
Built
2019
Area
95.8ksf
Units
0
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Address
PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
- Property address
- 537 COLUMBIA STREET
- Alternate address(es)
- 55 Bay St
- Zip code
- 11231
- Neighborhood
- Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
- Borough
- Brooklyn
- Block & lot
- 00591-0001
Zoning & buildable
Lot 88,000 sf · M1-1
- Zoning district
- M1-1
- PLUTO building class
- E1
FAR breakdown & buildable envelope — residential, commercial and community-facility headroom math in the full report.
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PLUTO · owner of record
GRINNEL REALTY HOLDINGS LLC
- Ownership form
- Other
- Legal structure
- LLC
- Last recorded sale
- None since 2000
Ownership history · 1 record since 2018 — the parties, amounts, and connected properties in the full report.
Sign in to see itTenancy & use
PLUTO units + DHCR rent-stabilization roll
0residential unitsnon-stabilized
- Residential sq. ft.
- 0
- Commercial sq. ft.
- 95,787
- PLUTO class
- E1
Lot
PLUTO · DOF parcel geometry
- Lot area
- 88,000 sf
- Dimensions
- 200.0 × 440.0 ft
- Position
- Corner lot
- Front street
- CREAMER ST
- Side street
- BAY ST
- D/F ratio
- 2.2 — typical NYC block geometry
Financial
NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
- Total assessment
- $13.1M
- Land value
- $1.0M
- $/sf (implied)
- $137
Debt history · 5 mortgages on record — lenders, amounts and maturity timing in the full report.
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HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Minor activity
0 open HPD violations · 0 open HPD complaints · 2 active DOB jobs
- HPD violations (24 months)
- 0
- DOB violations (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (open)
- 0
- DOB jobs (24 months)
- 2
$413K in alteration permits over last 24 months
Provenance
Every datum on this page is sourced from public NYC + federal datasets, refreshed on the schedule below.
| Source | What it covers | Last refresh |
|---|---|---|
| PLUTO | NYC DCP · physical / zoning / ownership baseline | Jul 9, 2026 |
| ACRIS | NYC DOF · deed + mortgage history | Jul 9, 2026 |
| HPD | Housing Preservation & Development · violations + complaints | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DOB | Department of Buildings · violations + permits | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DHCR | Rent Stabilization roll (through 2024) | Jul 9, 2026 |
| LPC | Landmarks Preservation Commission · landmark status | not loaded |
| Footprint | NYC DoITT photogrammetric building polygons | not loaded |
Assembled at Jul 9, 2026. Discrepancies between sources reflect upstream-data quality, not assembly bugs — file in our quality tracker.