# 238 5th Avenue, Brooklyn

Mixed use · 6 units · built c. 1920 · Block 958, Lot 45.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3009580045/238-5-avenue

More construction in Park Slope: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/park-slope.md

Every lot on block 958: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/958.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Oct 16, 2024, estimated cost $5K, described as “Proposed installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. Work shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 27, 2024, estimated cost $5K, described as “Proposed installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. Live load 300 lbs per square feet. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 7, 2023, estimated cost $157K, described as “Minor partition work in apts 2R & 2L with general carpentry . No change to use, bulk or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 5, 2022, estimated cost $141K, described as “Vertical enlargement to add duplex to upper floor apartments.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $976,950
- 2026–27 tax: $55,645
- Market value (city estimate): $2,171,000
- Taxable value: $447,343
- Assessed land: $24,300
- Assessed improvements: $952,650

## Zoning

R6A: floor area ratio 2.91 built, 3.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Sep 18, 2019: $5,075,000

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

## Flood zone

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

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