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552 Van Buren Street
Brooklyn, NY 11221
552 Van Buren Street is a 4-floor self-storage building in Bushwick, Brooklyn, built in 1910, with about 40,000 square feet of industrial and storage space according to city records.
- Industrial and storage space
- 40K SF
- Floors
- 4
- Year built
- 1910
- Zoning
- C4-4L
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Compared with its neighbors
How 552 Van Buren Street compares
Next to the 6 nearest large industrial and storage buildings, all within a 19 minute walk, 552 Van Buren Street is the smallest by industrial and storage floor area. Built in 1910, it is the oldest of them. Its estimated property tax, about $4.60 a square foot of floor area before abatements, is above the neighbors' median of $3.87.
| Building | Industrial and storage space | Floors | Built | Tax / SF | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 552 Van Buren Street | 40K SF | 4 | 1910 | $4.60 | Nov 2011, $22.3M (2 lots) |
| 105 Evergreen Avenue | 145K SF | 3 | 1955 | Exempt | Dec 2018, $47M |
| 134 Noll Street | 45K SF | 4 | 1926 | $3.87 | n/a |
| 24 Rock Street | 134K SF | 4 | 1920 | $3.64 | n/a |
| 349 Suydam Street | 43K SF | 4 | 1931 | $2.86 | n/a |
| 25 Rock Street | 68K SF | 3 | 1958 | $5.16 | n/a |
| 9 White Street | 63K SF | 4 | 1931 | $5.39 | Jul 2016, $27.5M |
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
- ZIP code
- 11221
- Building type
- Self-storage building (city class E7)
- Total floor area
- 40,445 SF
- Commercial floor area
- 40,445 SF
- Industrial and storage
- 40,445 SF
- Height
- 4 floors
- Average floor
- About 10,100 SF (floor area divided by floors)
- Year built
- 1910
- Lot area
- 8,500 SF
- Zoning district
- C4-4L
- Built FAR
- 4.76
- Max commercial FAR
- 4
- Tax lot (BBL)
- 3016180015
Nearest subway
- Kosciuszko St
- Gates Av
- Central Av
Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-05; 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 552 Van Buren 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 Bushwick
- 7.2%
- 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 CUBESMART, L.P. as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 552 Van Buren Street at $8.83 million and assesses it at $3.97 million. After phase-ins and exemptions its taxable value is $1.72 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 $186,138 a year before abatements, roughly $4.60 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
- CUBESMART, L.P.
- Tax class
- Class 4 (commercial and industrial)
- City market value
- $8,829,000
- Land market value
- $255,000
- Assessed value
- $3,973,050
- Taxable value (phased in)
- $2,828,270
- Exemptions
- $1,112,400
- Estimated yearly tax
- About $186,138
- Tax per SF of floor area
- About $4.60
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 property records (ACRIS)
Sales history
552 Van Buren Street last sold in November 2011 in a $22.3 million sale that covered 2 tax lots, this one among them, according to the deed recorded with the city. 552 VAN BUREN LLC sold it to CUBESMART, L.P..
- Last sale (deed date)
- November 3, 2011
- Combined price
- $22,270,000 for 2 tax lots
- Seller
- 552 VAN BUREN LLC
- Buyer
- CUBESMART, L.P.
- Deed recorded
- November 4, 2011
- ACRIS document
- 2011110301108001
Recorded sales
Source: NYC Department of Finance, ACRIS, Real Property Master, Legals and Parties, pulled 2026-10-09; 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
552 Van Buren 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 18.7 kBtu per square foot, 19% below the national median of 23.1 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 67.3 metric tons of CO2e (1.66 kg per square foot).
- ENERGY STAR score (2024)
- None given
- Property type (Portfolio Manager)
- Self-Storage Facility
- Site energy use intensity
- 18.7 kBtu/SF
- National median for the type
- 23.1 kBtu/SF
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 67.3 t CO2e
- Emissions per SF
- 1.66 kg CO2e
- Floor area in the filing
- 40,445 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 2026-10-09; 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, 552 Van Buren Street comes to about 54 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 172 tons for 2024 to 2029 (31% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 25 tons and the same energy use counts as about 35 tons, about 11 tons over, or an estimated $2,900 a year unless the building cuts its emissions.
- Period
- 2024 to 2029
- Emissions limit
- 172 t CO2e
- Estimated emissions
- 54 t CO2e
- Under the limit by
- 118 t CO2e
- Estimated penalty a year
- None
- Period
- 2030 to 2034
- Emissions limit
- 25 t CO2e
- Estimated emissions
- 35 t CO2e
- Over the limit by
- 11 t CO2e
- Estimated penalty a year
- $2,900
Estimated from the owner's 2024 Local Law 84 filing, which reports energy by source and floor area by use: Self-Storage Facility 40,445 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 552 Van Buren Street in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in September 2021.
- New jobs, last 12 months
- 0
- Initial permits, last 12 months
- 0
- Newest job first permitted
- September 2021
- Interior build-outs, last 24 months
- 0
New jobs by year
Build-outs across BushwickWhere 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 552 Van Buren Street
How big is 552 Van Buren Street?
552 Van Buren Street has about 40,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 40,000 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 552 Van Buren Street built?
City records list 1910 as the year built. The building is 4 floors tall.
What is the ZIP code of 552 Van Buren Street?
552 Van Buren Street is in ZIP code 11221, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 552 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221, in Bushwick.
What is the zoning at 552 Van Buren Street?
The lot is in the C4-4L zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 4.76 and a maximum commercial FAR of 4 for this lot.
What subway station is closest to 552 Van Buren Street?
The closest subway station to 552 Van Buren Street is Kosciuszko St (the J train), about 800 feet away in a straight line, roughly 3 minutes on foot. Also nearby: Gates Av (the J and Z trains), 6 min walk; Central Av (the M train), 9 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.
Who owns 552 Van Buren Street?
The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists CUBESMART, L.P. as the owner of record of 552 Van Buren Street (BBL 3016180015). 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 552 Van Buren Street last sold?
552 Van Buren Street last sold in November 2011 in a $22.3 million sale that covered 2 tax lots, this one among them, according to the deed recorded with the city. 552 VAN BUREN LLC sold it to CUBESMART, L.P.. The deed is ACRIS document 2011110301108001 (BBL 3016180015) 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 552 Van Buren Street have an energy grade?
552 Van Buren 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 18.7 kBtu per square foot, 19% below the national median of 23.1 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 67.3 metric tons of CO2e (1.66 kg per square foot).
Does 552 Van Buren Street meet Local Law 97?
At its 2024 energy use, 552 Van Buren Street comes to about 54 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 172 tons for 2024 to 2029 (31% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 25 tons and the same energy use counts as about 35 tons, about 11 tons over, or an estimated $2,900 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 552 Van Buren Street?
The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 552 Van Buren Street in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in September 2021. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 3016180015. 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 552 Van Buren Street?
The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $1.72 million for 552 Van Buren Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $186,138 a year, roughly $4.60 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 3016180015 show the actual bill.
What is the assessed value of 552 Van Buren Street?
For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 552 Van Buren Street at $8.83 million ($255,000 of it land) and its assessed value at $3.97 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 71% from 2022/23 ($5.17 million) to 2026/27.
Are there vacant storefronts at 552 Van Buren Street?
Owners registered one storefront at 552 Van Buren 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 industrial and storage space for lease at 552 Van Buren Street?
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