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 16.0% $60,333 44.8% A
Manhattan Condo Rental
Manhattan condo (mid-tier) · CONDO
$1,485,000 12.2% $26,857 60.0% C
Astoria Queens Triplex
Queens (Astoria / LIC / Forest Hills) · TRIPLEX
$985,000 18.5% $46,489 31.1% A_low
Riverdale Bronx Co-op Building Unit
Bronx (Riverdale / Pelham Bay) · CONDO
$685,000 11.4% $18,968 34.3% C
Staten Island SFR Rental
Staten Island · SFR
$685,000 16.3% $27,167 34.1% 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

$60,333
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
16.0%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$1,021,015
Depreciable basis (44.8% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$94,6369.3%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$68,4256.7%
Total accelerated$163,06216.0%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$857,95384.0%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 44.8% 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 1.0938 (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

$26,857
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
12.2%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$594,000
Depreciable basis (60.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$67,40611.3%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$5,1810.9%
Total accelerated$72,58712.2%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$521,41387.8%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 60.0% land allocation from source: statistical_premium_floor. This means the engine's component-bottom-up reconstruction cost exceeded 2.0× the implied depreciable basis after subtracting land, the premium land floor was applied to keep the study within audit-defensible territory. This is common for resort-tier properties where land scarcity premiums dominate the purchase price.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.5104 (C 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

$46,489
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
18.5%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$678,764
Depreciable basis (31.1% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$78,58111.6%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$47,0656.9%
Total accelerated$125,64618.5%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$553,11781.5%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 31.1% 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 0.7668 (A_low 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

$18,968
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
11.4%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$449,771
Depreciable basis (34.3% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$46,47710.3%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$4,7891.1%
Total accelerated$51,26611.4%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$398,50588.6%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 34.3% 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 1.6291 (C 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

$27,167
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
16.3%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$451,278
Depreciable basis (34.1% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$42,8599.5%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$30,5646.8%
Total accelerated$73,42316.3%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$377,85583.7%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 34.1% 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 0.8659 (A band). Geographic factor: 1.22 (state resolver).

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