39 Washington Street

39 Washington Street has about 448,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 130,000 square feet of office, 40,000 square feet of retail and 248,000 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.

City records list 1904 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2015. The building is 9 floors tall.

City records list 28 Adams Street, 56 Adams Street, 97-119 Front Street, 41-45 Washington Street, 55 Washington Street and 112-130 Water Street on the same tax lot (BBL 3000380001) as 39 Washington Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

39 Washington 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 39 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, in Dumbo.

The lot is in the M1-2/R8A zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 9.24 and a maximum commercial FAR of 2 for this lot. It is inside the DUMBO Historic District, so exterior changes go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The closest subway station to 39 Washington Street is York St (the F train), about 850 feet away in a straight line, roughly 3 minutes on foot. Also nearby: High St (the A and C trains), 5 min walk; Clark St (the 2 and 3 trains), 9 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 55 WASHINGTON STREET LLC as the owner of record of 39 Washington Street (BBL 3000380001). 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.

39 Washington Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 91 for calendar year 2024 in its Local Law 84 benchmarking filing. Under Local Law 33, as amended by Local Law 95 of 2019, a score of 85 or higher earns an A, 70 to 84 a B, 55 to 69 a C and under 55 a D, so 91 earns an A. The Department of Buildings assigns the grade a building posts, so the posted label can differ if a filing was corrected. Its site energy use came to 47 kBtu per square foot, less than half the national median of 100.8 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 1,876 metric tons of CO2e (4.18 kg per square foot).

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 39 Washington Street in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in May 2025. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 2 floors (floors 8 and 9). The newest build-out, on floor 9 and the roof, was first permitted in May 2025 (construction, mechanical, plumbing; filed cost estimate $520,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 3000380001. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $44.1 million for 39 Washington Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $4.79 million a year, roughly $10.68 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 3000380001 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 39 Washington Street at $104.1 million ($2.62 million of it land) and its assessed value at $46.8 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 17% from 2022/23 ($89 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 12 storefronts at 39 Washington Street for December 31, 2025, 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.

No space at 39 Washington Street is listed on Leasemark right now. Owners and brokers can list space here for free, and tenants can post a requirement to be matched when space opens up.