Bushwick Property Search

Bushwick is a rapidly changing neighborhood in north-central Brooklyn known for its street art, creative community, and ongoing gentrification. The neighborhood features a mix of older rowhouses, walk-up apartments, and an increasing number of new construction projects.

Two-to-four family rowhouses, older walk-up apartments, newer mid-rise condos and rentals, converted industrial buildings, and remaining manufacturing uses. Predominantly low-rise (2-4 stories).

Rowhouses and walk-ups from the 1900s-1920s. Some rebuilding after the 1977 blackout fires. New construction from the 2010s-2020s, accelerating rapidly.

Illegal conversions (particularly basement apartments), construction without permits, HPD housing code violations including lead paint and heat/hot water complaints, fire safety violations in older buildings.

Relatively low assessed values compared to adjacent neighborhoods, though rising rapidly. Many properties benefit from Tax Class 1 caps. Some newer developments have 421-a exemptions.

Mix of R5, R6, R6A, and R6B residential zoning with C4 and M1 districts along commercial corridors. Community plan has proposed contextual rezoning to manage growth.

Rapid new construction along the M and L train corridors. The Bushwick community plan seeks to balance development with affordability preservation.