171 Calyer Street (The Calyer)

The condominium fills a corner lot of 9,600 square feet, 96 feet along Calyer by 100 feet deep, with the ground floor given over to two retail units — 4,820 and 1,994 square feet — and a cellar-level garage reached through the Lorimer Street curb cut that predated the project. Six stories rise above, with residences beginning on the second floor.

The stack is compact and legible. Floor two holds five apartments (the A through E lines), floor three holds seven, floor four holds four, floor five holds four, and a single penthouse occupies the set-back top level. Department of Finance records the apartments between 778 and 2,160 square feet, with a median near 1,530 — a reported size distribution to compare with approved apartment plans and identified Greenpoint alternatives, without inferring a neighborhood-wide bedroom mix. The third and fourth floors carry the largest homes; the fourth floor alone holds three apartments over 1,600 square feet, one of them 2,160.

Note one gap in the line lettering: there is no 5B on the tax roll. Buyers should confirm the current common-interest schedule against the recorded declaration rather than assuming a continuous alphabet.

Interiors and common spaces were designed by PKSB alongside the building. The lobby is finished in Calacatta marble with Lagos blue limestone and lacquered maple and polished nickel pendants. The roof level carries the common deck, its grill package and paver terrace, and the bicycle storage — an unusual placement, and one worth seeing before an offer, since it means hauling a bicycle to the top of the building rather than to the cellar.

The reviewed materials do not establish current staffing. Neither the public record nor the project's own description of the property documents a doorman or an attendant's desk, and this page will not assert either way. Package handling, access control and service coverage should be confirmed with the managing agent, alongside the current budget and applicable service contracts; twenty-one apartments do not determine staffing or its cost.

Two items in the Buildings record belong in a diligence file.

The building is still on a temporary certificate of occupancy. The initial TCO issued January 22, 2024, and it has been renewed continuously since — fourteen certificates through the most recent renewal on August 3, 2026. No final certificate of occupancy has been issued. A TCO in serial renewal is common in new Brooklyn condominiums and is not by itself alarming, but it is a live condition: lenders occasionally ask about it, and a buyer should ask the managing agent what remains outstanding and what the sponsor's obligation is to close it out.

The commercial space has a daycare fit-out on file. An alteration filed in August 2024 covers plumbing, sprinkler, HVAC and mechanical modifications to coordinate with a new daycare fit-out in the ground-floor commercial area, with permits carried into 2025; confirm whether the work is complete and the use is operating. That is a use worth knowing about — it would produce morning and afternoon activity at the base of the building — and the retail units are separately owned condominium units, so their tenancy is not within the residential owners' control.

One open Environmental Control Board violation stands against the building as of this writing: a Class 2 issued August 14, 2025 for an expired fire-extinguisher tag and missing elevator cab mirrors. Two 2024 Department of Buildings violations for late energy benchmarking and a late energy-efficiency report were both dismissed. None of this is structural; all of it is the ordinary administrative churn of a young building, and a buyer should simply confirm current status with the managing agent.

Purchaser review: Condominium mechanics — the condominium's application and a board right of first refusal rather than cooperative-style approval, and no board interview.

Property taxes: The roll shows no exemption on any unit lot; check each apartment's tax bill. With no step-down schedule, the bill still changes with assessments and tax rates.

Parking and storage: Deeded condominium units with their own tax lots, not licenses. Twelve parking units and fifteen storage units exist against twenty-one apartments, so most but not all apartments can be paired with one. A deeded space is a separately transferable asset and should be priced and title-searched as one — confirm in writing whether a specific apartment conveys with a parking or storage unit, and whether that unit is subject to any restriction on transfer to non-residents of the building.

Landmark review: Review the actual window, storefront, rooftop, equipment or signage scope with LPC; visibility alone does not determine requirements. Specified maintenance is exempt, qualifying work uses staff permits, and other proposals require Commission review. This applies to unit owners as well as to the condominium.

Pets, subletting, pied-à-terre and flip tax: No offering plan for this condominium is on file in The Roebling Research Library, and this page will not assert house rules it cannot document. Condominium form alone does not establish this building’s pied-à-terre or leasing permissions; verify the operative declaration, bylaws and current house rules before relying on either. Confirm the pet policy, minimum lease term, sublet procedure and any transfer fee with the managing agent before making an offer that depends on them.

Recent sales

Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.

Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,617/sf (floor-adjusted) across 8 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 3-02573-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.

Compare current and future carrying costs. Verify any benefit on the current tax bill, then model actual benefit schedules and complete costs for each alternative over the expected holding period; post-benefit costs alone omit the value of remaining relief.

Confirm whether parking or storage conveys. Both are deeded condominium units with their own tax lots. Get the unit number, the deed and the common-interest allocation in writing rather than relying on a listing description.

Ask about the temporary certificate of occupancy. It has been renewed fourteen times since January 2024. Ask the managing agent what is outstanding, who is responsible for closing it, and whether the sponsor retains any obligation.

Landmarks governs the exterior. Check scope-specific LPC requirements for windows, rooftop work and other exterior changes. Some maintenance is exempt and qualifying work receives staff approval; visibility alone does not determine the route. Budget time, not just money.

Get the house rules in writing. No offering plan for this building is on file here. Obtain current pet, leasing and transfer-fee terms from the operative documents and managing agent; the review does not establish which issues most often determine a transaction.

Lead with the tax line, don't apologize for it. "No abatement to expire" is a stronger position than most sellers in Greenpoint can claim, and it needs to be stated as a feature with the comparison math attached.

Sell the Landmarks record. The Commission rejected the first scheme and approved the second with further modifications. The brick, the stepped cornice and the set-back penthouse are the product of that review. That is a credible quality story with a public document behind it.

Sell the size. The reported median is near 1,530 square feet across twenty-one apartments; compare the specific home’s measured area and layout with suitable sales rather than inferring scarcity or selecting only the largest units.

Package the deeded parking or storage separately. If the apartment conveys with either, present the deed. Explain title, access, charges and transfer restrictions; a deeded interest does not automatically command more than a license with different terms.

Be ready for the TCO question. A prepared answer with a timeline beats having a buyer's attorney raise it in week three.

If you're considering 171 Calyer Street, also evaluate:

• The Huron (29 Huron Street) — the closest peer for a design-led Greenpoint condominium of recent vintage
• The Greenpoint (21 India Street) — the neighborhood's full-service tower and the amenity comparison a buyer will make
• 50 Greenpoint Avenue — the other contemporary Greenpoint condominium of comparable delivery era
• 125 North 10th Street — the Northside Williamsburg alternative
• Warehouse 11 (214 North 11th Street) — the abated Williamsburg comparison; useful precisely because its tax position is the opposite of this one
• 450 Warren Street — the other recent Brooklyn condominium built without an abatement, in Gowanus
• One Northside Piers (1 Northside Piers) — the waterfront full-service alternative for buyers weighing services against scale