Brooklyn Heights Property Search

Brooklyn Heights is one of NYC's most prestigious neighborhoods and home to the city's first designated historic district (1965). Overlooking the East River with stunning Manhattan skyline views from the Promenade, the neighborhood features an exceptional collection of early-to-mid 19th-century architecture, including Federal, Greek Revival, and Italianate row houses.

Historic row houses and townhouses (many single-family), prewar apartment buildings and co-ops, and a small number of newer buildings. The housing stock is among the best-preserved and most valuable in Brooklyn.

Row houses from the 1820s-1860s, some of the oldest residential buildings in Brooklyn. Apartment buildings from the 1900s-1930s. The historic district designation has effectively prevented post-war development.

Landmarks violations for unpermitted exterior modifications (strictly enforced), facade maintenance on historic buildings, fire safety in older buildings, and construction violations related to interior renovations of historic properties.

Very high market values with Tax Class 1 brownstones benefiting from substantial assessment caps. Some of the largest gaps between market value and assessed value in Brooklyn. Co-ops in Tax Class 2 with capped assessments.

R6 residential zoning with the Brooklyn Heights Historic District overlay (designated 1965, the first in NYC). LPC strictly reviews all exterior modifications. Commercial overlays on Montague Street and along Atlantic Avenue.

Brooklyn Bridge Park continues to enhance the waterfront. The Pierhouse and 1 Hotel development at the park's edge was controversial but has been completed.