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 13.6% $51,140 45.0% A
Manhattan Condo Rental
Manhattan condo (mid-tier) · CONDO
$1,485,000 15.3% $37,807 55.0% C
Astoria Queens Triplex
Queens (Astoria / LIC / Forest Hills) · TRIPLEX
$985,000 12.5% $30,668 32.6% A_low
Riverdale Bronx Co-op Building Unit
Bronx (Riverdale / Pelham Bay) · CONDO
$685,000 12.8% $22,108 32.0% C
Staten Island SFR Rental
Staten Island · SFR
$685,000 15.8% $26,912 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

$51,140
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
13.6%
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)$59,6615.9%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$78,5567.7%
Total accelerated$138,21713.6%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$879,28386.4%

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 1.1621 (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

$37,807
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
15.3%
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)$96,11214.4%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$6,0700.9%
Total accelerated$102,18215.3%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$566,06884.7%

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 1.6845 (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

$30,668
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
12.5%
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)$47,8907.2%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$34,9965.3%
Total accelerated$82,88612.5%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$580,61087.5%

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 0.844 (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

$22,108
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
12.8%
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)$55,70212.0%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$4,0490.9%
Total accelerated$59,75112.8%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$406,04987.2%

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 1.6425 (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

$26,912
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
15.8%
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)$28,6736.2%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$44,0629.5%
Total accelerated$72,73515.8%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$388,68184.2%

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 0.8541 (A band). Geographic factor: 1.22 (state resolver).

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