New York City cost segregation examples

5 representative New York City-area properties run through the Cost Seg Smart engine. These aren't hypothetical, every number below comes from the same engine that produces real customer studies.

Summary table

Example Price Reclass % Y1 fed savings @ 37% Land % Recon band
Park Slope Brownstone LTR
Brooklyn pre-war (Park Slope / Brooklyn Heights / Cobble Hill) · SFR
$1,850,000 14.6% $55,045 45.0% A
Manhattan Condo Rental
Manhattan condo (mid-tier) · CONDO
$1,485,000 10.6% $26,187 55.0% D
Astoria Queens Triplex
Queens (Astoria / LIC / Forest Hills) · TRIPLEX
$985,000 13.2% $32,358 32.6% A
Riverdale Bronx Co-op Building Unit
Bronx (Riverdale / Pelham Bay) · CONDO
$685,000 10.4% $17,929 32.0% D
Staten Island SFR Rental
Staten Island · SFR
$685,000 14.6% $24,974 32.6% A

"Recon band" reflects the engine's reconciliation factor (rf_raw): A = clean fit between component-bottom-up sum and depreciable basis; D = high cost-of-construction-vs-purchase ratio, premium land floor applied.

Park Slope Brownstone LTR

Brooklyn pre-war (Park Slope / Brooklyn Heights / Cobble Hill) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1890 · 2800 sqft

$55,045
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
14.6%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$1,017,500
Depreciable basis (45.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$77,1707.6%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$71,6007.0%
Total accelerated$148,77014.6%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$868,73085.4%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 45.0% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.1877 (A band). Geographic factor: 1.22 (state resolver).

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Manhattan Condo Rental

Manhattan condo (mid-tier) · CONDO (long-term rental) · Built 2014 · 1450 sqft

$26,187
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
10.6%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$668,250
Depreciable basis (55.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$64,0929.6%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$6,6841.0%
Total accelerated$70,77610.6%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$597,47489.4%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 55.0% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.8721 (D band). Geographic factor: 1.28 (pinned resolver).

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Astoria Queens Triplex

Queens (Astoria / LIC / Forest Hills) · TRIPLEX (long-term rental) · Built 1928 · 3200 sqft

$32,358
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
13.2%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$663,496
Depreciable basis (32.6% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$63,1849.5%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$24,2693.7%
Total accelerated$87,45313.2%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$576,04386.8%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 32.6% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.8543 (A band). Geographic factor: 1.22 (state resolver).

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Riverdale Bronx Co-op Building Unit

Bronx (Riverdale / Pelham Bay) · CONDO (long-term rental) · Built 1962 · 1450 sqft

$17,929
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
10.4%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$465,800
Depreciable basis (32.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$44,0089.4%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$4,4501.0%
Total accelerated$48,45810.4%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$417,34289.6%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 32.0% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.8119 (D band). Geographic factor: 1.22 (state resolver).

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Staten Island SFR Rental

Staten Island · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1968 · 1850 sqft

$24,974
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
14.6%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$461,416
Depreciable basis (32.6% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$35,3947.7%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$32,1027.0%
Total accelerated$67,49614.6%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$393,92085.4%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 32.6% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.8999 (A band). Geographic factor: 1.22 (state resolver).

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