8-unit Brooklyn Heights walkup sells for $4.3M

The Arlia family paid $4.3 million to Di Chiara Associates for the eight-unit residential walkup building (C1) at 107 Willow Street in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The expected use is cash flowing.
The deal closed on October 3, 2025 and was recorded on October 14, 2025. The property has 4,070 square feet of built space and 345 square feet of additional air rights for a total buildable of 4,415 square feet according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The sale price per built square foot is $1,056 and the price per buildable square foot is $973 per the PincusCo analysis. (The price per square foot analysis is the transaction price divided by square feet as reported in public records and assumes no air rights have been sold.)
The signatory for the seller was Virginia DiChiara . The signatory for the buyer was John Arlia . The contract date was August 1, 2025.

Prior sales and revenue

Prior to this transaction, PincusCo has no record that the buyer John Arlia had purchased any other properties and has no record it sold any properties over the past 24 months.
The seller Virginia DiChiara had not purchased any other properties and had not sold any properties over the same time period.

The property

The residential walkup building with 8 residential units in Brooklyn Heights has 4,070 square feet of built space and 345 square feet of additional air rights for a total buildable of 4,415 square feet according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The parcel has frontage of 18 feet and is 100 feet deep with a total lot size of 1,817 square feet. The zoning is R6 which allows for up to 2.43 times floor area ratio (FAR) for residential. The property is in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. The city-designated market value for the property in 2022 is $1.4 million. The property has 6 rent regulated units according to city tax records from 2023.

Violations and lawsuits

There were no lawsuits or bankruptcies filed against the property for the past 24 months. In addition, according to city public data, the property has not received any significant violations in the last year.

Development

There are no active new building construction projects or major alteration projects with initial costs more than $1 million on this tax lot.

The block

On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of 10 of the 11 commercial properties representing 126,994 square feet of the 126,994 square feet. The largest owner is R.A. Cohen & Associates, followed by Michael Goldstein and then Benjamin Zalman.
There are no active new building construction projects on this tax block.

The majority, or 57 percent of the 126,994 square feet of built space are elevator buildings, with walkup buildings next occupying 43 percent of the space.

The seller

The PincusCo database currently indicates that Virginia Dichiara owned at least one commercial property with eight residential units in New York City with 4,070 square feet and a city-determined market value of $2.1 million. (Market value is typically about 50% of actual value.) The portfolio consists of at least a single walkup property. It is located in Brooklyn.

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