160 South Portland Ave
Brooklyn · Parcel 3020030046
What the numbers say
Generated from this property's own figures using the rules set out in our methodology. Every statement below refers to a number shown on this page.
Unused development capacity on the lot
Built floor-area ratio is 1.95 against a permitted 4.00, leaving 2.05 of unused ratio — roughly 4,100 sq ft of buildable area on a lot of 2,000 sq ft. Treat that as a ceiling under the floor-area rules, not a plan: height limits, setbacks, lot coverage, landmark status and sitting tenants can each reduce it, in some cases to nothing.
No open violations on record
Nothing is currently outstanding against this property. Closed violations are not counted here — a violation that was raised and then fixed is a problem that went away, and an older building will have accumulated many of them. What matters is what is still open, and here that is nothing.
No arm's-length sale on record
The last recorded transfer is dated 10 Jul 2007 at a recorded price of $0. Transfers between related parties, estate settlements and corrective filings are legitimately recorded at nominal amounts, so this is neither an error nor a bargain — it means there is no usable sale price here, and every ratio derived from one (price per unit, price against assessed value) is therefore withheld rather than shown as zero.
Assessed value trend
Assessed value has fallen 1.2% across the 5 assessment years on record (2023 to 2027), standing at $258,900. Because tax is levied on the assessed figure rather than on market value, a sustained move here tends to show up in the bill.
Development & zoning
Floor-area ratio
| Built | 1.95 |
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| Residential limit | 4.00 |
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| Commercial limit | 0.00 |
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| Community-facility limit | 4.00 |
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Development headroom (calculated) calculated
| Highest permitted ratio | 4.00 |
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| Unused ratio | 2.05 |
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| Unused buildable area | 4,100 sq ft |
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| Lot area | 2,000 sq ft |
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Value & taxes
Assessment
| Assessed total | $258,900 |
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| Assessed land | $34,020 |
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| Assessed building | $224,880 |
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| Market value on record | $4,315,000 |
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| Assessed as % of market | 6.0% |
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Tax
| Tax class | 1 |
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| Taxable assessed | $22,786 |
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| Tax rate | 20.085% |
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| Estimated annual levy | $4,576.57 |
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The levy is an estimate — taxable value × the published rate for the class. It does not account for exemptions or abatements the property may carry, and will not match an actual bill. It is not the property's total debt to the city: unpaid tax and water arrears are not shown anywhere on this page.
Assessed value by year
| Year | Assessed value | Change |
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| 2027 | $258,900 | — |
| 2026 | $235,800 | +9.8% |
| 2025 | $277,440 | -15.0% |
| 2024 | $266,940 | +3.9% |
| 2023 | $261,960 | +1.9% |
Building & occupancy
Structure
| Year built | 1899 |
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| Floors | 3 |
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| Building area | 3,900 sq ft |
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| Residential area | 2,850 sq ft |
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| Commercial area | — |
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Occupancy
| Total units | 1 |
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| Residential units | 1 |
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| Residential Avg unit size | 2,850 sq ft (calculated) |
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| Building class | A4 |
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Neighborhood, risk & energy
Neighborhood & transit
| Nearest subway | Lafayette Av (C) — 0.11 mi |
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| School district | 15 |
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| Police precinct | 88 |
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| Nearest firehouse | Engine 219/Ladder 105 — 494 Dean Street |
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Location risk
| Flood zone | Minimal hazard (Zone X) |
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| Hurricane evacuation zone | Not in an evacuation zone |
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Comparable sales
| Address | Sale date | Price | Sq ft | $/sq ft |
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| 162 South Portland Avenue, 4 | 2026-01-06 | $1,995,000 | — | — |
| 155 South Elliott Place | 2023-12-28 | $12,048,550 | — | — |
| 68 Hanson Place | 2022-09-30 | $42,600,000 | — | — |
| 62 Hanson Place | 2022-09-30 | $42,600,000 | — | — |
| 162 South Portland | 2020-05-13 | $1,759,000 | — | — |
| 162 South Portland Ave, 2 | 2019-04-26 | $1,512,804 | — | — |
| 162 South Portland, 4 | 2019-04-15 | $1,916,328 | — | — |
| 162 South Portland, 3 | 2019-02-01 | $1,550,000 | — | — |
Record activity
Compliance calculated
| Open violations | 0 |
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| Open per residential unit | 0.0 (calculated) |
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| Enforcement penalties | $0.00 |
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| Safety-violation penalties | Not available |
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| Total penalties owed | — |
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| On tax-lien sale list | No |
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Activity
| Complaints recorded | 26 |
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| Permits / alterations | 0 |
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| Recorded documents | 23 |
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| Legal proceedings | 0 |
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Total penalties owed combines two separate debts — enforcement penalties (from summonses) and safety-violation penalties (unfiled inspections and reports on boilers, elevators, facades and energy use). The second kind accrues quietly and is routinely missed; it is a standing debt on the building, not a fine someone can walk away from. The safety figure could not be retrieved for this property, so no total is shown — we would rather show nothing than a total that silently omits it. Neither figure includes unpaid property tax or water and sewer arrears, which are frequently the largest number of all and appear nowhere on this page. For a true payoff figure, go to the city directly.
Ownership & last recorded sale
Owner of record
| Owner | Burns, Marilyn |
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| Parcel | 3020030046 |
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| Block | 2003 |
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| Lot | 46 |
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| Mortgage on record | $1,309,000 (2007) — Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation — note assigned |
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Last recorded transfer
| Date | 10 Jul 2007 |
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| Recorded price | $0 |
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| Price per unit | Not meaningful |
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| Price vs assessed | Not meaningful |
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Owner of record comes from the public land-use record and may lag a recent sale. It is frequently a holding company rather than an individual. If you own or manage this property and believe something here is wrong, tell us — we read and respond to every message of that kind.
Complaints
A complaint is an allegation, not a finding — many are dismissed. A sustained pattern is nevertheless informative about how a building is run.
Recorded documents
Deeds, mortgages and related instruments recorded against the lot. A recorded amount is not necessarily a market price.
About this page
Compiled from New York City public records — data retrieved 1 day ago. Coverage on this parcel: 15 of 15 record groups populated. The derived figures — unused floor-area ratio, buildable area, the assessed-value trend and the per-unit ratios — are calculated by us and appear in no public dataset; the formulas are in the methodology.
This is a research tool, not advice. It is not a title search, a lien search, a survey or an inspection, and it does not replace any of them. If a figure here matters to a decision, verify it at the source. See Terms.