December 20, 2018

Jerome Baglien
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc.
9 West 57th Street
Suite 4920
New York, NY 10019

       Re: Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc.
           Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017
           Filed March 16, 2018
           File No. 000-55188

Dear Mr. Baglien:

        We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements
and related
disclosures and have the following comment. In our comment, we may ask you to
provide us
with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to our comment within ten business days by providing the
requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do
not believe our
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.

       After reviewing your response to our comment, we may have additional
comments.

Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of
Operations, page 36

1.     Please expand your disclosure in future filings to quantify the average
quarterly balance of
       your repurchase agreements for each of the past three years, the period
end balance for
       each of those quarters and the maximum balance at any month-end. Please
also provide a
       discussion explaining the causes and business reasons for significant
variances among
       these amounts.
       In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.
 Jerome Baglien
Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc.
December 20, 2018
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       You may contact Howard Efron at 202-551-3439 or Eric McPhee at
202-551-3693 with
any questions.



                                                        Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameJerome Baglien
                                                        Division of Corporation
Finance
Comapany NameBenefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc.
                                                        Office of Real Estate
and
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FirstName LastName