Retail building · Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn
263 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, NY
263 Livingston Street is a 4-floor retail building in Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, built in 1928, with about 36,000 square feet of retail space according to city records.
Also at 22-30 Hanover Place and 263-265 Livingston Street.
- Retail space
- 36K SF
- Floors
- 4
- Year built
- 1928
- Zoning
- C6-4
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Compared with its neighbors
How 263 Livingston Street compares
Next to the 6 nearest large retail buildings, all within a 11 minute walk, 263 Livingston Street ranks 6th of 7 by retail floor area. It went up in 1928; the median neighbor dates from 1934. Its estimated property tax, about $4.71 a square foot of floor area before abatements, is below the neighbors' median of $14.58.
| Building | Retail space | Floors | Built | Tax / SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263 Livingston Street | 36K SF | 4 | 1928 | $4.71 |
| 474 Fulton Street | 36K SF | 4 | 1920 | $26.04 |
| 523 Fulton Street | 58K SF | 3 | 1924 | $14.58 |
| 408 Fulton Street | 43K SF | 3 | 1937 | $28.91 |
| 97 Boerum Place | 49K SF | 2 | 2013 | $13.14 |
| 625 Atlantic Avenue | 417K SF | 3 | 1995 | Exempt |
| 229 Nevins Street | 40K SF | 4 | 1931 | $11.64 |
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
- 22-30 Hanover Place; 263-265 Livingston Street
- ZIP code
- 11201 (PLUTO); 11217 (Finance roll)
- Building type
- Retail building (city class K4)
- Total floor area
- 60,000 SF
- Commercial floor area
- 60,000 SF
- Office
- 12,000 SF
- Retail
- 36,000 SF
- Industrial and storage
- 12,000 SF
- Height
- 4 floors
- Average floor
- About 15,000 SF (floor area divided by floors)
- Year built
- 1928
- Last major alteration
- 2009
- Lot area
- 12,000 SF
- Zoning district
- C6-4
- Built FAR
- 5
- Max commercial FAR
- 10
- Tax lot (BBL)
- 3001600029
Nearest subway
- Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts
- Nevins St
- DeKalb Av
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 one storefront at 263 Livingston Street for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and it was not vacant that day.
- Storefronts registered for December 31, 2024
- 1
- Vacant that day
- 0
- Share vacant across Downtown Brooklyn
- 14.6%
- Share vacant along Livingston Street
- 16.7%
- Share vacant citywide
- 8.7%
Vacant on December 31, by year
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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 J W MAYS INC as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 263 Livingston Street at $5.94 million and assesses it at $2.67 million. After phase-ins and exemptions its taxable value is $2.6 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 $282,410 a year before abatements, roughly $4.71 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
- J W MAYS INC
- Tax class
- Class 4 (commercial and industrial)
- City market value
- $5,943,000
- Land market value
- $1,470,000
- Assessed value
- $2,674,350
- Taxable value (phased in)
- $2,603,340
- Estimated yearly tax
- About $282,410
- Tax per SF of floor area
- About $4.71
City market value by tax year
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 energy benchmarking (Local Law 84)
Energy use and emissions
263 Livingston Street's 2024 Local Law 84 benchmarking filing got no ENERGY STAR score (no single use that ENERGY STAR scores covers more than half of the floor area), and Local Law 33 letter grades come from that score, so the filing does not yield an A to D grade. Its site energy use came to 55.7 kBtu per square foot, 33% above the national median of 42 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 1,908 metric tons of CO2e (5.08 kg per square foot). The filing covers 4 tax lots together, so these figures are for the whole property.
- ENERGY STAR score (2024)
- None given
- Property type (Portfolio Manager)
- Mixed Use Property
- Site energy use intensity
- 55.7 kBtu/SF
- National median for the type
- 42 kBtu/SF
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 1,908 t CO2e
- Emissions per SF
- 5.08 kg CO2e
- Floor area in the filing
- 375,764 SF
- Tax lots in the filing
- 4
Energy sources in 2024
Source: NYC Department of Buildings and Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, NYC Building Energy and Water Data Disclosure for Local Law 84 (2024 filing, one filing for 4 tax lots), pulled 2026-10-09; grade cutoffs from the Department of Buildings energy grades page. Figures are as the owner filed them in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.
Local Law 97 of 2019, estimated
Local Law 97 emissions limit
At its 2024 energy use, 263 Livingston Street comes to about 1,517 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 3,452 tons for 2024 to 2029 (44% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 821 tons and the same energy use counts as about 975 tons, about 153 tons over, or an estimated $41,000 a year unless the building cuts its emissions.
- Period
- 2024 to 2029
- Emissions limit
- 3,452 t CO2e
- Estimated emissions
- 1,517 t CO2e
- Under the limit by
- 1,935 t CO2e
- Estimated penalty a year
- None
- Period
- 2030 to 2034
- Emissions limit
- 821 t CO2e
- Estimated emissions
- 975 t CO2e
- Over the limit by
- 153 t CO2e
- Estimated penalty a year
- $41,000
Estimated from the owner's 2024 Local Law 84 filing, which reports energy by source and floor area by use: Strip Mall 136,289 SF; Office 183,851 SF; Urgent Care/Clinic/Other Outpatient 6,512 SF; Retail Store 49,112 SF. It applies the coefficients and per-use limits in Department of Buildings rule 1 RCNY 103-14 and Administrative Code 28-320.3.1.1 (as the Department lists them) and the $268 per ton penalty, checked 2026-10-04. It is not the building's Local Law 97 report: that report can count renewable energy credits, solar and storage deductions and, for 2024 and 2025, the law's occupancy group limits where higher, and penalties can be reduced for good faith efforts. The filing covers 4 tax lots together, so these figures are for the whole property.
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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 263 Livingston Street in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in November 2023.
- New jobs, last 12 months
- 0
- Initial permits, last 12 months
- 0
- Newest job first permitted
- November 2023
- Interior build-outs, last 24 months
- 0
New jobs by year
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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 263 Livingston Street
How big is 263 Livingston Street?
263 Livingston Street has about 60,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 12,000 square feet of office, 36,000 square feet of retail and 12,000 square feet of industrial and storage space, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.
When was 263 Livingston Street built?
City records list 1928 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2009. The building is 4 floors tall.
What other addresses does 263 Livingston Street have?
City records list 22-30 Hanover Place and 263-265 Livingston Street on the same tax lot (BBL 3001600029) as 263 Livingston Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.
What is the ZIP code of 263 Livingston Street?
City records give two ZIP codes for this tax lot: 11201 in NYC PLUTO 26v2 and 11217 on the Department of Finance's assessment roll. Some large New York buildings have a ZIP code of their own beside the area's, so check with the building's management which one it uses before you rely on either.
What is the zoning at 263 Livingston Street?
The lot is in the C6-4 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 5 and a maximum commercial FAR of 10 for this lot.
What subway station is closest to 263 Livingston Street?
The closest subway station to 263 Livingston Street is Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts (the A, C and G trains), about 600 feet away in a straight line, roughly 2 minutes on foot. Also nearby: Nevins St (the 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains), 3 min walk; DeKalb Av (the B, Q and R trains), 3 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.
Who owns 263 Livingston Street?
The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists J W MAYS INC as the owner of record of 263 Livingston Street (BBL 3001600029). Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.
Does 263 Livingston Street have an energy grade?
263 Livingston Street's 2024 Local Law 84 benchmarking filing got no ENERGY STAR score (no single use that ENERGY STAR scores covers more than half of the floor area), and Local Law 33 letter grades come from that score, so the filing does not yield an A to D grade. Its site energy use came to 55.7 kBtu per square foot, 33% above the national median of 42 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 1,908 metric tons of CO2e (5.08 kg per square foot). The filing covers 4 tax lots together, so these figures are for the whole property.
Does 263 Livingston Street meet Local Law 97?
At its 2024 energy use, 263 Livingston Street comes to about 1,517 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 3,452 tons for 2024 to 2029 (44% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 821 tons and the same energy use counts as about 975 tons, about 153 tons over, or an estimated $41,000 a year unless the building cuts its emissions. This is an estimate from the owner's 2024 benchmarking filing using the coefficients and per-use limits in the law and the Department of Buildings rule, at $268 per ton over. It is not the building's Local Law 97 report, which can count credits and deductions this estimate cannot.
Is there construction at 263 Livingston Street?
The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 263 Livingston Street in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in November 2023. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 3001600029. 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 263 Livingston Street?
The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $2.6 million for 263 Livingston Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $282,410 a year, roughly $4.71 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 3001600029 show the actual bill.
What is the assessed value of 263 Livingston Street?
For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 263 Livingston Street at $5.94 million ($1.47 million of it land) and its assessed value at $2.67 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value fell 6% from 2022/23 ($6.3 million) to 2026/27.
Are there vacant storefronts at 263 Livingston Street?
Owners registered one storefront at 263 Livingston Street for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and it was not 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 retail space for lease at 263 Livingston Street?
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