# 289 East 161st Street, The Bronx

Apartment building · 155 units · built 2022 · Block 2421, Lot 49.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/2024210049/289-east-161-street

More construction in Melrose and Concourse: https://umarelli.org/nyc/bronx/melrose-and-concourse.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Mar 10, 2026, estimated cost $265K, described as “Application is filed for addition and modification of minor partitions on the first floor of existing building.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 5, 2023, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation and use of temporary suspended scaffolding as per plans. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 16, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of pipe scaffolding as per plans. Pipe scaffolding shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022CODE. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 9, 2022, estimated cost $20K, described as “Installation of dual personnel/material hoists. Car # 1 and car # 2 shall be 6000# capacity during new building const filed sep. Hoists shall comply with ch #33 of the NYC bc. No change in use, occ or egress under this app. Elev appl sep.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 27, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of outrigger platform in accordance with nycc 2014 chapter 33 buliding code. No change in egress, use, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 19, 2022, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of 300 psf sidewalk shed, overhead protection, and roof protection as per plans. All equipment shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2014 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 30, 2022, described as “Installation of temporary plywood fence as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 5, 2021, estimated cost $5K, described as “Proposed SOE and Underpinning in Conjuction with New Building Job Number# 210181060.”
- Alteration, filed May 13, 2021, estimated cost $5K, described as “Temp. Standpipe in conjunction wityh new building job number 210181060”
- Alteration, filed Aug 21, 2020, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 21, 2020, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 21, 2020, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 21, 2020, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 21, 2020, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 21, 2020, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 30, 2020, estimated cost $5K, described as “Crurb cut in conjunction with new building job no.210181060”
- Alteration, filed Apr 8, 2020, estimated cost $5K, described as “Sprinkler/standpipe in conjunction wityh new building job number 210181060”
- Alteration, filed Apr 8, 2020, estimated cost $5K, described as “Mechanical in conjunction with new building job no.210181060”
- Alteration, filed Apr 8, 2020, estimated cost $5K, described as “Plumbing in conjunction with the new building job number 210181060”
- Alteration, filed Apr 1, 2020, estimated cost $5K, described as “Structural work in conjunction with new building application job # 210181060”
- Alteration, filed Feb 14, 2020, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 14, 2020, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 14, 2020, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 13, 2020, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 13, 2020, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”

1 more, older permit is in this building’s full list on the map: https://umarelli.org/nyc/2024210049/289-east-161-street.

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $8,241,300
- 2026–27 tax: $13,797
- Market value (city estimate): $18,314,000
- Taxable value: $110,915
- Assessed land: $383,400
- Assessed improvements: $7,857,900

## Tax breaks

- 421-a exemption, through Jun 30, 2059, about $906,523 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

R8A: floor area ratio 8.11 built, above the 6.02 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Jun 24, 2019: $2,130,000
- Nov 17, 2016: $875,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

## In the news

[Housing Lottery Launches for 299 East 161st Street in Concourse Village, The Bronx](https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/03/housing-lottery-launches-for-299-east-161st-street-in-concourse-village-the-bronx.html), New York YIMBY, Mar 29, 2024.

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology