Jake Daniel Cohen pays $2.2M for industrial in East Williamsburg

Jake Daniel Cohen through the entity Wake And Jake Studios, LLC paid $2.2 million to Vanessa Trost through the entity 251 Montrose Avenue LLC for the industrial building (E9) at 251 Montrose Avenue in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The deal closed on April 17, 2026 and was recorded on April 27, 2026. The property has 2,879 square feet of built space according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The sale price per built square foot is $760 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 seller bought the property on July 29, 2010, for $800,000. The signatory for Vanessa Trost was Vanessa Trost. The signatory for Jake Daniel Cohen was Jake Cohen. The contract date was February 17, 2026.

Prior sales, articles and revenue

Prior to this transaction, PincusCo has no record that the buyer Jake Daniel Cohen had purchased any other properties and has no record it sold any properties over the past 24 months.
The seller Vanessa Trost had not purchased any other properties and had not sold any properties over the same time period. The 2,879-square-foot property generated revenue of $69,384 or $24 per square foot, according to the most recent income and expense figures.

The property

The industrial building in East Williamsburg has 2,879 square feet of built space according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The parcel has frontage of 32 feet and is 102 feet deep with a total lot size of 2,154 square feet. The lot is irregular. The zoning is M1-1 which allows for up to 1 times floor area ratio (FAR) for manufacturing The city-designated market value for the property in 2022 is $367,000.

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 neighborhood

In East Williamsburg, The majority, or 62 percent of the 17.1 million square feet of commercial built space are industrial buildings, with walkup buildings next occupying 11 percent of the space. In sales, East Williamsburg has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $346.3 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 22nd highest in Brooklyn. For development, East Williamsburg has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 13th highest in Brooklyn. It had 1.8 million square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 10 percent of the neighborhood’s built space. There were 142 pre-foreclosure suit filed among other industrial buildings in the past 12 months.

The block

On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of four of the 15 commercial properties representing 28,244 square feet of the 109,003 square feet. The largest owner is Isaac Kubersky, followed by Jacob Rubin and then Graph Group.
There are no active new building construction projects on this tax block.

The majority, or 87 percent of the 109,003 square feet of built space are walkup buildings, with industrial buildings next occupying 13 percent of the space.

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