The current study provides an insight into the physicochemical properties of an organic single crystal methyl-3-(2-furylmethylidene) carbazate, which was grown by employing the slow evaporation solution growth technique and its results were correlated for application point of view. The grown crystal was confirmed by performing single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies and Fourier transform infrared analysis. The optical, thermal, dielectric and mechanical properties of the grown single crystal were primarily investigated. Etching study was performed to analyse the defects and growth mechanism. Kurtz–Perry powder technique was used to study the second harmonic generation efficiency of the crystal and the crystal was found to exhibit Type-I phase matching.