Dewitt Condominium
483 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Overview
Dewitt is a condo in Brooklyn, with 7 parking units and 16 commercial units.
- Offering plan: Accepted May 2007 · 376 pages · floor plans on pages 237–239
- Finishes: Frigidaire appliances and through-wall PTAC units for heating and cooling
- Prices: $562 a square foot on average, as first offered; $10.1 million in all
- Developer: Urban Builders Collaborative, LLC; principals Deborah Howard and Nicholas A. Lettire
- Sponsor: 483 Washington Avenue, LLC, represented by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP
- Subway: 1-minute walk to Clinton-Washington Avs (C); 6 minutes to Clinton-Washington Avs (G)
- Amendments: 8, the latest in May 2011
- Units
- 7 parking · 16 commercial
- Subway
- 1 min walk to Clinton-Washington Avs CClinton-Washington Avs G, 6 min
- Developer
- Urban Builders Collaborative, LLC
- Principals
- Deborah Howard, Nicholas A. Lettire
- Average $/sf
- $562Homes in Schedule A, as first offered
- Offering price
- $10.1 million total
- Floor plans
- Pages 237–239 of the plan
- SubmittedJuly 2007
- AcceptedMay 2007
- 8 amendments
- First sale
- Latest sale
Units & Prices
Sales
From city records (ACRIS), through Mar 31, 2026.
First-Year Budget
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Property Taxes
The plan's first-year tax estimate, checked against the city's real bills.
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Amendments
Amendment 8 2011
Eighth amendment updates sponsor ownership, financial disclosures, board composition, managing agent status, and adopts 2011 budget with certified 2009 financial statements.
- Sponsor owns 1 unsold residential unit (7A) and 1 parking unit (P4), representing 8.15% of common interests as of May 1, 2011
- Monthly common charges on unsold units approximately $700; monthly real estate taxes $59
- 2011 budget adopted with total revenue and expenses of $107,900.00
- Board of Managers consists of Sara Upton (President), Daisy Okas (Vice-President), Kuza Woodward (Treasurer), Angela Robb (Secretary), Deborah Howard (Sponsor designee)
- Management agreement with Pratt Area Community Council, Inc. renewed in January 2011 for two years
- Certified Financial Statement for year ending December 31, 2009 attached; 2010 statement not yet provided to unit owners
- Plan extended for additional one year term from filing date by Department of Law
Amendment 7 Apr 6, 2010
Amendment grants Section 421-a tax exemption, updates sponsor's unsold units, financial position, and budget for 2010.
- Section 421-a real estate tax exemption benefits granted and applied
- Sponsor owns 2 unsold residential units (6B, 7A) and 2 unsold parking units (P4, P6) as of February 1, 2010
- Monthly common charges on sponsor's unsold units approximately $1,409
- Monthly real estate taxes on sponsor's unsold units $151
- Sponsor receives $5,500 monthly in rental payments from tenants
- 2010 budget adopted with total revenue $106,245.61 and expenses $106,245.61
- Managing agent Pratt Area Community Council renewed for one year as of July 2009
- Plan extended for additional one year term
Amendment 6 November 2008
Amendment updates post-closing matters including Certificate of Occupancy issuance, unsold unit status, and financial disclosures as of November 1, 2008.
- Final Certificate of Occupancy issued August 11, 2008; $2,500 escrow security to be returned to Sponsor
- Sponsor owns 3 unsold residential units (6A, 6B, 7A) and 3 unsold parking units (P3, P4, P6) as of November 1, 2008
- Unit 6A leased to tenants paying $3,018 per month in rent
- Monthly common charges on unsold units approximately $1,963; monthly real estate taxes $1,739.50 (to be ~$150 after 421-a abatement)
- First annual meeting of Unit Owners held June 2, 2008; Board of Managers elected with 5 members
- Real estate taxes apportioned by tax lot; Section 421-a tax benefits application filed and being processed
- Plan extended for one additional year from amendment filing date
Team
- Sponsor
- 483 Washington Avenue, LLC
- Developer
- Urban Builders Collaborative, LLC
- Principals
- Deborah Howard, Nicholas A. Lettire
- Tax estimate
- Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLPPrepared the first-year real estate tax projection
- Construction lender
- North Fork Bank$5.35 million recorded
- General contractor
- Urban Builders Const.LLCHeld the general construction permit on DOB job 302015673
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Zoning
- Zoning district
- R6B
Today's zoning, from city data (PLUTO 26v2).
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