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Williamsberry Condominium

338 Berry Street, 79 South 5th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249

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Overview

Williamsberry is a 60-unit condo in Brooklyn, with 6 storage units.

  • Offering plan: Accepted March 2015 · 392 pages · floor plans on pages 249–250
  • Finishes: Hardwood floors, marble kitchen countertops, Liebherr, Bertazzoni and Bosch appliances, a washer and dryer in each apartment and ducted heat pumps for heating and cooling
  • Prices: $1,400 a square foot on average, as first offered; $91 million in all ($80.2 million when first offered)
  • Developer: Golden Lioness Corp.; principals Benjamin Berger, Mona Gora, Samuel Friedman and Stuart Polinsky
  • Sponsor: Berry Street Development Corporation, represented by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP
  • Neighborhood: Williamsburg, Brooklyn
  • Subway: 9-minute walk to Marcy Av (J, M, Z); 13 minutes to Bedford Av (L)
  • Amendments: 30, the latest in August 2021
  1. SubmittedMarch 2015
  2. AcceptedMarch 2015
  3. 30 amendments
  4. First sale
  5. Latest sale

Sales

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From city records (ACRIS), through Sep 30, 2026.

First-Year Budget

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Property Taxes

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Closing Costs

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Team

Sponsor
Berry Street Development Corporation
Developer
Golden Lioness Corp.
Principals
Benjamin Berger, Mona Gora, Samuel Friedman, Stuart Polinsky
Tax estimate
Tuchman, Korngold, Weiss, Liebman & Gelles, LLPPrepared the first-year real estate tax projection
Construction lender
Santander Bank$25.5 million recorded
MEP engineers
GEA Consulting Engineers, Sideris Kefala Engineers, PCMechanical, electrical and plumbing · Named on p. 160, p. 160
Property report
Workshop Design + Architecture, PLLCPrepared the plan's description of the property and its condition · Named on p. 160
Interior designer
Paris ForinoReported by cityrealty.com
Title agency
Omni Title AgencyThe sponsor's title company for buyers; you can choose another · Named on p. 84

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Zoning

Zoning district
M1-2/R6
Special district
Special Mixed Use District (MX-8) (MX-8)

Today's zoning, from city data (PLUTO 26v2).

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