Most inherited Bushwick properties are two-to-four family buildings, and New York’s small-estate shortcut excludes real property.
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No. SCPA 1302 states that the small-estate article “is not applicable to any interest in real property in this state owned by a decedent,” so a house or building of any value cannot use it. The Kings County Surrogate’s Court is at 2 Johnson Street, Brooklyn, with the probate department at 347-404-9670. Confirm the full statute text with your attorney.
PropertyShark reports a Bushwick median of about $1.2 million for Q3 2026, up 29.2%, on 48 sales, with houses at $1.6 million on 28 and condos at $785,000 on 19. Redfin, measuring the three months ending August 2026, reports $1,140,000, up 1.3%, with a 72-day median time on market. An estate should price a two-to-four family from its rent roll and sold comparables.
It can for real property if recorded before the owner dies, under Real Property Law section 424. Practitioner commentary says it does not work for co-ops, but the statute is silent on co-ops, so that is a question for an attorney.
Often little, because heirs generally take a basis equal to fair market value at death under IRC section 1014, but a CPA should confirm.
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