# 779 Burke Avenue, The Bronx

Apartment building · 31 units · built 2024 · Block 4603, Lot 25.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/2046030025/779-burke-avenue

More construction in Bronxdale: https://umarelli.org/nyc/bronx/bronxdale.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Multi-Family, filed Feb 17, 2022, estimated cost $2.0M, 31 units, 8 stories, described as “Proposed 8 story and cellar residential building.”
- New Building — Multi-Family, filed Feb 17, 2022, estimated cost $2.0M, 8 units, 4 stories, described as “Proposed 4 story and cellar residential building-multifamily. Mechanical (ms), structural (st), plumbing (pl), sprinkler (sp), fire alarm(fa) & bpp filed seperately”
- Alteration, filed Mar 29, 2024, described as “Installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 19, 2024, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 12, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence as per plans. No change in use, occupancy or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 1, 2022, estimated cost $5K, described as “Application filed in conjunction with New Building # X00672248 solely for a foundation and footing to vest into 421-A.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 1, 2022, estimated cost $5K, described as “Application filed in conjunction with New Building # X00672165 solely for a foundation and footing to vest into 421-A.”
- Alteration, filed May 17, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence as per plans. No change in use, occupancy or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 19, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. Live load 300PSF.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 18, 2022, estimated cost $52K, described as “Filing for soe inconjunction with NB application filed under job #X00672165”
- Alteration, filed Feb 18, 2022, estimated cost $52K, described as “Filing for soe inconjunction with NB application filed under job #X00672248”
- Alteration, filed Feb 5, 2022, estimated cost $49K, described as “Plumbing & sprinkler specifications filed in conjunction with NB application #X00672165-I1”
- Alteration, filed Feb 5, 2022, estimated cost $61K, described as “Structural plan filed in conjunction with new building application filed under job# X00672248”
- Alteration, filed Feb 5, 2022, estimated cost $11K, described as “Installation of mechanical plans - heating & cooling system filed inconjunction with NB job# X00672248. No change in use, egress occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 5, 2022, estimated cost $100K, described as “Foundation plan filed in conjunction with new building application filed under JOB#X00672248”
- Alteration, filed Feb 5, 2022, estimated cost $49K, described as “Installation of plumbing and sprinkler systems inconjunction with NB application# X00672248. No change in use, egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Feb 5, 2022, estimated cost $61K, described as “Structural plan filed in conjunction with new building application filed under job# X00672165”
- Alteration, filed Feb 5, 2022, estimated cost $100K, described as “Foundation plan filed in conjunction with new building application filed under job# X00672165”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $1,758,150
- 2026–27 tax: $48,838
- Market value (city estimate): $3,907,000
- Taxable value: $392,618
- Assessed land: $178,200
- Assessed improvements: $1,579,950

## Tax breaks

- 421-a exemption, through Jun 30, 2060, about $169,859 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

R6: floor area ratio 4.12 built, above the 2.43 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Sep 27, 2023: $1,650,000
- Aug 10, 2021: $850,000

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

## Flood zone

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

## Board and land use applications

- Change to an earlier grant (Board of Standards and Appeals 192-90-BZ): Change to an earlier grant, Granted, filed Jan 11, 2001, decided Jul 24, 2001. Reopening for an amendment to the resolution to permit an 850 square foot enlargement to the existing retail (Use Group 6) and wholesale (Use Group 17) bakery establishment.
- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 156-98-BZ): Variance or special permit, Dismissed, filed Feb 19, 1998, decided Jul 21, 1999. Variance (§ 72-21) to permit in a C1-3 District existing Wholesale- Retail Bakery to exceed 1 Mutation in production area.
- 779-781 BURKE AVE (City Planning P1990X0852): Completed. 90-239X: BSA VARIANCE TO PERMIT THE CONTINUATION OF A RETAIL- WHOLESALE BAKERY WITH PROJECT AREA APPROX 3,000SF

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