Office building with commercial space · Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn
29 Columbia Heights
Brooklyn, NY 11201
29 Columbia Heights is a 12-floor office building with commercial space in Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, built in 1924, with about 274,000 square feet of office space according to city records.
Also at 17-27 Columbia Heights, 24-46 Doughty Street, 2-10 Mc Kenny Street and 1-35 Vine Street.
- Office space
- 274K SF
- Floors
- 12
- Year built
- 1924
- Zoning
- M2-1
The 22nd 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 29 Columbia Heights compares
Next to the 6 nearest large office buildings, all within a 6 minute walk, 29 Columbia Heights ranks 4th of 7 by office floor area. It went up in 1924; the median neighbor dates from 1928. Its estimated property tax, about $12.96 a square foot of floor area before abatements, is above the neighbors' median of $11.63.
| Building | Office space | Floors | Built | Tax / SF | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Columbia Heights | 274K SF | 12 | 1924 | $12.96 | Aug 2016, $340M (4 lots) |
| 51 Furman Street | 405K SF | 12 | 1938 | $12.99 | Aug 2016, $340M (4 lots) |
| 55 Water Street | 326K SF | 5 | 1900 | $20.92 | n/a |
| 45 Main Street | 275K SF | 12 | 1919 | $11.63 | n/a |
| 39 Washington Street | 130K SF | 9 | 1904 | $10.68 | n/a |
| 55 Prospect Street | 237K SF | 10 | 1967 | $10.24 | Mar 2017, $138M |
| 160 Adams Street | 66K SF | 3 | 1955 | Exempt | n/a |
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); ACRIS for the last deed that moved the whole lot for a real price (a price for several lots is their combined price; condominiums sell by the unit and show n/a). 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
- 17-27 Columbia Heights; 24-46 Doughty Street; 2-10 Mc Kenny Street; 1-35 Vine Street
- ZIP code
- 11201
- Building type
- Office building with commercial space (city class O6)
- Total floor area
- 274,426 SF
- Commercial floor area
- 274,426 SF
- Office
- 274,426 SF
- Height
- 12 floors
- Average floor
- About 22,900 SF (floor area divided by floors)
- Year built
- 1924
- Last major alteration
- 2017
- Lot area
- 32,000 SF
- Zoning district
- M2-1
- Built FAR
- 8.58
- Max commercial FAR
- 2
- Tax lot (BBL)
- 3002040001
Nearest subway
- High St
- Clark St
- York St
Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-16; addresses from the Property Address Directory (PAD) 26b; subway stations from the MTA Subway Stations dataset, pulled 2026-10-16. 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 Department of Finance records
Owner, property tax and assessed value
The Department of Finance lists 25-30 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS BROOKLYN, LLC as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 29 Columbia Heights at $77.1 million and assesses it at $34.7 million. After phase-ins and exemptions its taxable value is $32.8 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 $3.56 million a year before abatements, roughly $12.96 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
- 25-30 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS BROOKLYN, LLC
- Tax class
- Class 4 (commercial and industrial)
- City market value
- $77,067,000
- Land market value
- $12,796,000
- Assessed value
- $34,680,150
- Taxable value (phased in)
- $32,793,650
- Estimated yearly tax
- About $3.56 million
- Tax per SF of floor area
- About $12.96
City market value by tax year
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How to find who owns any NYC buildingSource: 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 2026-10-16; 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 property records (ACRIS)
Sales history
29 Columbia Heights last sold in August 2016 in a $340 million sale that covered 4 tax lots, this one among them, according to the deed recorded with the city. WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NY, INC. sold it to 25-30 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS (BROOKLYN), LLC.
- Last sale (deed date)
- August 3, 2016
- Combined price
- $340,000,000 for 4 tax lots
- Seller
- WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NY, INC.
- Buyer
- 25-30 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS (BROOKLYN), LLC
- Deed recorded
- August 11, 2016
- ACRIS document
- 2016080800760001
Source: NYC Department of Finance, ACRIS, Real Property Master, Legals and Parties, pulled 2026-10-16; prices as the deeds state them, names as recorded (companies and public bodies only). Shown are deeds that move the whole lot for a real price. Transfers between related companies for a nominal sum, sales of partial interests, land sales before the building went up and sales of the company that owns a building are left out; a price for several tax lots is the combined price, not this building's alone.
NYC energy benchmarking (Local Law 84)
Energy use and emissions
29 Columbia Heights's 2024 Local Law 84 benchmarking filing got no ENERGY STAR score, 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 10.5 kBtu per square foot, less than half the national median of 41.6 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 319 metric tons of CO2e (1.21 kg per square foot).
- ENERGY STAR score (2024)
- None given
- Property type (Portfolio Manager)
- Office
- Site energy use intensity
- 10.5 kBtu/SF
- National median for the type
- 41.6 kBtu/SF
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 319 t CO2e
- Emissions per SF
- 1.21 kg CO2e
- Floor area in the filing
- 264,037 SF
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), pulled 2026-10-16; 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, 29 Columbia Heights comes to about 235 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 2,001 tons for 2024 to 2029 (12% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 710 tons and the same energy use counts as about 118 tons, still under the limit.
- Period
- 2024 to 2029
- Emissions limit
- 2,001 t CO2e
- Estimated emissions
- 235 t CO2e
- Under the limit by
- 1,767 t CO2e
- Estimated penalty a year
- None
- Period
- 2030 to 2034
- Emissions limit
- 710 t CO2e
- Estimated emissions
- 118 t CO2e
- Under the limit by
- 593 t CO2e
- Estimated penalty a year
- None
Estimated from the owner's 2024 Local Law 84 filing, which reports energy by source and floor area by use: Office 264,037 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.
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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 29 Columbia Heights 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
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Source: NYC Department of Buildings, DOB NOW: Build Approved Permits, pulled 2026-10-24 (permits issued through 2026-10-22). 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 29 Columbia Heights
How big is 29 Columbia Heights?
29 Columbia Heights has about 274,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 274,000 square feet of office, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.
When was 29 Columbia Heights built?
City records list 1924 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2017. The building is 12 floors tall.
What other addresses does 29 Columbia Heights have?
City records list 17-27 Columbia Heights, 24-46 Doughty Street, 2-10 Mc Kenny Street and 1-35 Vine Street on the same tax lot (BBL 3002040001) as 29 Columbia Heights. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.
What is the ZIP code of 29 Columbia Heights?
29 Columbia Heights 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 29 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11201, in Downtown Brooklyn.
What is the zoning at 29 Columbia Heights?
The lot is in the M2-1 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 8.58 and a maximum commercial FAR of 2 for this lot.
What subway station is closest to 29 Columbia Heights?
The closest subway station to 29 Columbia Heights is High St (the A and C trains), about 0.2 miles away in a straight line, roughly 5 minutes on foot. Also nearby: Clark St (the 2 and 3 trains), 6 min walk; York St (the F train), 8 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.
Who owns 29 Columbia Heights?
The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 25-30 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS BROOKLYN, LLC as the owner of record of 29 Columbia Heights (BBL 3002040001). 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.
When was 29 Columbia Heights last sold?
29 Columbia Heights last sold in August 2016 in a $340 million sale that covered 4 tax lots, this one among them, according to the deed recorded with the city. WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NY, INC. sold it to 25-30 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS (BROOKLYN), LLC. The deed is ACRIS document 2016080800760001 (BBL 3002040001) in the city's property records. A sale of the company that owns a building is not recorded as a deed, so it would not show there.
Does 29 Columbia Heights have an energy grade?
29 Columbia Heights's 2024 Local Law 84 benchmarking filing got no ENERGY STAR score, 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 10.5 kBtu per square foot, less than half the national median of 41.6 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 319 metric tons of CO2e (1.21 kg per square foot).
Does 29 Columbia Heights meet Local Law 97?
At its 2024 energy use, 29 Columbia Heights comes to about 235 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 2,001 tons for 2024 to 2029 (12% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 710 tons and the same energy use counts as about 118 tons, still under the limit. 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 29 Columbia Heights?
The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 29 Columbia Heights 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 3002040001. 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 29 Columbia Heights?
The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $32.8 million for 29 Columbia Heights. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $3.56 million a year, roughly $12.96 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 3002040001 show the actual bill.
What is the assessed value of 29 Columbia Heights?
For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 29 Columbia Heights at $77.1 million ($12.8 million of it land) and its assessed value at $34.7 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 2% from 2022/23 ($75.2 million) to 2026/27.
Is there office space for lease at 29 Columbia Heights?
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