Office building with commercial space · Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn

103 Court Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

103 Court Street is a 6-floor office building with commercial space in Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, built in 1929, with about 41,000 square feet of office space according to city records.

Also at 101-109 Court Street and 52-60 Schermerhorn Street.

Office space: 41K SF
Floors: 6
Year built: 1929
Zoning: C6-2A

Office space next to its nearest neighbors

111 Livingston Street2 min walk390K SF
65 Court Street2 min walk308K SF
103 Court StreetThis building41K SF

The 62nd largest of the 63 office buildings we track in Downtown Brooklyn. Compare it with 6 neighbors

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Compared with its neighbors

How 103 Court Street compares

Next to the 6 nearest large office buildings, all within a 3 minute walk, 103 Court Street is the smallest by office floor area. It went up in 1929; the median neighbor dates from 1924. Its estimated property tax, about $11.82 a square foot of floor area before abatements, is below the neighbors' median of $12.69.

103 Court Street and the 6 nearest large office buildings: size, floors, year built, estimated property tax per square foot
Building	Office space	Floors	Built	Tax / SF
103 Court StreetThis building	41K SF	6	1929	$11.82
65 Court Street2 min walk	308K SF	18	1963	Exempt
111 Livingston Street2 min walk	390K SF	22	1969	$8.94
Brooklyn Municipal Building, 210 Joralemon Street2 min walk	504K SF	13	1926	$1.43
Terminal Building, 50 Court Street2 min walk	110K SF	13	1913	$12.69
186 Joralemon Street2 min walk	80K SF	12	1922	$13.95
Temple Bar Building, 44 Court Street3 min walk	131K SF	12	1901	$14.48

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Sources: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2 for size, floors and year built; NYC Department of Finance 2026/27 roll for tax (taxable value times the class rate, before abatements, over the whole floor area). Large means at least 35,000 SF of the building's main use. Walking times are straight-line estimates.

NYC tax lot records

Building facts

Other addresses: 101-109 Court Street; 52-60 Schermerhorn Street
ZIP code: 11201
Building type: Office building with commercial space (city class O5)
Total floor area: 49,515 SF
Commercial floor area: 49,515 SF
Office: 41,262 SF
Retail: 8,253 SF
Height: 6 floors
Average floor: About 8,300 SF (floor area divided by floors)
Year built: 1929
Last major alteration: 2009
Lot area: 8,450 SF
Zoning district: C6-2A
Built FAR: 5.86
Max commercial FAR: 6
Tax lot (BBL): 3002710023

Nearest subway

Borough Hall3 min walk · Accessible station · connects to Court St
Jay St-MetroTech5 min walk · Accessible station
Bergen St6 min walk · Not accessible

Nearby large buildings

Central Building, 191 Joralemon Street77K SF office · 14 floors · 3 min walk
97 Boerum Place49K SF retail · 2 floors · 3 min walk
130 Livingston Street500K SF office · 12 floors · 3 min walk
32 Court Street104K SF office · 23 floors · 3 min walk
131 Livingston Street103K SF office · 6 floors · 3 min walk
142 Joralemon Street62K SF office · 13 floors · 3 min walk
32 Smith Street187K SF office · 18 floors · 4 min walk
Court and Remsen Building, 26 Court Street280K SF office · 29 floors · 4 min walk

All 8 large office buildings on Court Street

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-05; addresses from the Property Address Directory (PAD) 26b; subway stations from the MTA Subway Stations dataset, pulled 2026-10-05. Floor areas are the city's estimates for the whole building, not available space. Walking times are straight-line estimates. How we build these pages. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

NYC storefront registry (Local Law 157)

Storefronts and vacancy

Owners registered 5 storefronts at 103 Court Street for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood vacant that day.

Storefronts registered for December 31, 2024: 5
Vacant that day: 0
Share vacant here: 0.0%
Share vacant across Downtown Brooklyn: 14.6%
Share vacant along Court Street: 6.3%
Share vacant citywide: 8.7%

Vacant on December 31, by year

20190 of 5
20200 of 5
20211 of 5
20220 of 5
20230 of 5
20240 of 5

Bars show the share of the lot's registered storefronts that stood vacant.

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Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings for 2019 to 2024, pulled 2026-10-09. Owners of buildings with ground- or second-floor storefronts register each one every year with its status on December 31; counts are by tax lot, as the owners filed them. The 2024 filing was due June 3, 2025, so a storefront vacant then may have been leased since. A vacant storefront is not always on the market, and none here is listed on Leasemark unless it shows above.

NYC Department of Finance records

Owner, property tax and assessed value

The Department of Finance lists CHANIN COURT LLC as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 103 Court Street at $14.5 million and assesses it at $6.51 million. After phase-ins and exemptions its taxable value is $5.39 million; at the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists) that comes to about $585,030 a year before abatements, roughly $11.82 per square foot of floor area. Commercial leases here often pass a tenant's share of tax increases over a base year through as additional rent.

Owner of record: CHANIN COURT LLC
Tax class: Class 4 (commercial and industrial)
City market value: $14,459,000
Land market value: $2,000,000
Assessed value: $6,506,550
Taxable value (phased in): $5,392,980
Estimated yearly tax: About $585,030
Tax per SF of floor area: About $11.82

City market value by tax year

2022/23$9.88 million
2023/24$10.2 million
2024/25$12.2 million
2025/26$13.1 million
2026/27$14.5 million

Market value rose 46% from 2022/23 ($9.88 million) to 2026/27.

How Downtown Brooklyn compares: property tax per SF across NYC neighborhoods Estimate this tax bill, or a tenant's share of it

Source: NYC Department of Finance, Property Valuation and Assessment Data (2026/27 roll; owner names as the roll records them, which cuts some long names short), pulled 2026-10-09; tax rate from the Department of Finance tax rates page, checked 2026-09-28. The estimate is the taxable value times the class rate. It leaves out abatements, payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements and charges, so the actual bill can differ.

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NYC Department of Buildings permits

Work permits and build-outs

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 103 Court Street in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in January 2024.

New jobs, last 12 months: 0
Initial permits, last 12 months: 0
Newest job first permitted: January 2024
Interior build-outs, last 24 months: 0

New jobs by year

20212
20220
20233
20241
20250
2026 to date0

Build-outs across Downtown Brooklyn Where NYC offices are being built out

Source: NYC Department of Buildings, DOB NOW: Build Approved Permits, pulled 2026-10-09 (permits issued through 2026-10-06). A job counts once, when its first permit is issued; renewals are not new work. A build-out groups jobs on the same floors first permitted within 120 days of each other. Costs are the estimates filed with the jobs. Jobs filed before DOB NOW (in the older BIS system) are not counted. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

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Questions about 103 Court Street

How big is 103 Court Street?

103 Court Street has about 50,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 41,000 square feet of office and 8,000 square feet of retail, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

When was 103 Court Street built?

City records list 1929 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2009. The building is 6 floors tall.

What other addresses does 103 Court Street have?

City records list 101-109 Court Street and 52-60 Schermerhorn Street on the same tax lot (BBL 3002710023) as 103 Court Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

What is the ZIP code of 103 Court Street?

103 Court Street is in ZIP code 11201, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 103 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, in Downtown Brooklyn.

What is the zoning at 103 Court Street?

The lot is in the C6-2A zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 5.86 and a maximum commercial FAR of 6 for this lot.

What subway station is closest to 103 Court Street?

The closest subway station to 103 Court Street is Borough Hall (the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R trains, connected to Court St), about 700 feet away in a straight line, roughly 3 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: Jay St-MetroTech (the A, C, F and R trains), 5 min walk; Bergen St (the F and G trains), 6 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

Who owns 103 Court Street?

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists CHANIN COURT LLC as the owner of record of 103 Court Street (BBL 3002710023). Big buildings are usually held through a company set up for that one property, so the name on the roll can differ from the landlord's brand or the managing agent. Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

Is there construction at 103 Court Street?

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 103 Court Street in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in January 2024. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 3002710023. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

What are the property taxes at 103 Court Street?

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $5.39 million for 103 Court Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $585,030 a year, roughly $11.82 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 3002710023 show the actual bill.

What is the assessed value of 103 Court Street?

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 103 Court Street at $14.5 million ($2 million of it land) and its assessed value at $6.51 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 46% from 2022/23 ($9.88 million) to 2026/27.

Are there vacant storefronts at 103 Court Street?

Owners registered 5 storefronts at 103 Court Street for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood vacant that day. These are the owners' filings with the Department of Finance under Local Law 157, so a storefront may have come free since. Owners and brokers can list a storefront on Leasemark for free.

Is there office space for lease at 103 Court Street?

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