Greenpoint buyer files to add two floors 20 days after $3.3M deed
A Greenpoint buyer paid $3.3M to an estate on Sept. 16 and filed to take a 3-story building to 5 stories on Oct. 6, 20 days later, per ACRIS and DOB NOW.
231 Calyer Street LLC paid $3.3M for a 3-story Greenpoint building and, 20 days after the deed date, filed to make it five stories, the clearest sign yet that this buyer bought the air rights as much as the building.
Why it matters
The sequence is the playbook: close on an estate sale, then file the vertical expansion before most buyers have finished their first inspection. The seller was Natalie Wooley, as administrator, so this was an estate disposal rather than a marketed trade. The deed is dated Sept. 16, 2026 and was recorded Oct. 5, per the ACRIS record. The buyer did not wait for the recording to line up the architect.
The numbers
DOB NOW job B01457248-I1 is an Alteration CO filed Oct. 6, 2026 for block 2576, lot 25, 231 Calyer Street, 11222. It shows 3 existing stories and 5 existing dwelling units, going to 5 stories and 4 dwelling units. That is two floors added and one fewer apartment, so the extra height is not buying extra unit count on paper.
Initial cost is listed at $750,900 across 7,509 sq ft of construction floor area, about $100 per sq ft. That is a filing estimate, not a bid. The owner field reads “Not Applicable,” and the filer is a registered architect at Kushner Studios. The record carries no lot or building area, so we cannot compute the $3.3M on a per-square-foot basis. We do not know who stands behind the LLC.
What’s next
The job sat in Plan Examiner Review as of Oct. 7. Watch for objections, any change to the 4-unit count, and a construction financing recording against the lot. A mortgage tied to this deed would show how much of the $3.3M was borrowed. For the wider neighborhood pipeline, see our New York coverage and the Greenpoint waterfront plan refiling.
On the record
What we checked ourselves, and where you can check it too.
- Public recordDOB NOW job B01457248-I1 was filed Oct. 6, 20 days after the Sept. 16 deed date, taking the building from 3 stories and 5 dwelling units to 5 stories and 4 unitsView the record on data.cityofnewyork.us
- Public recordThe filing lists an initial cost of $750,900 for 7,509 sq ft of construction floor area, about $100 per sq ftView the record on data.cityofnewyork.us
On the record
- Primary recordNYC Department of Finance (ACRIS)Deed, 231 Calyer Street, Brooklyn
- Also reported by
- NYC Department of Buildings (DOB NOW job filings)Job filing B01457248-I1, 231 Calyer Street