Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and related Proxy Statement/Prospectus of Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc for the registration of 34,344,313 shares of its Class A common stock and 10,329,039 shares of its Series E cumulative redeemable preferred stock and to the inclusion as Annex C to this Proxy Statement/Prospectus of our report dated March 10, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
New York, New York
August 19, 2021