# 953 Dean Street, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 240 units · built 2023 · Block 1134, Lot 96.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3011340096/953-dean-street

More construction in Crown Heights: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/crown-heights.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Large Residential, filed Mar 6, 2022, 240 units, 9 stories, described as “Proposed 9 story & cellar mixed use building, total of 240 dwelling units,”
- Alteration, filed Dec 14, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of temporary needle beam as per plans. Needle beam shall comply with the chapter #33 of the code. No changes in use egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 7, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of horizontal netting as per plans. All equipment shall comply with chapter # 33 of the 2022 code. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 7, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of a single personnel/material hoists. Car # 2 shall be 6000# capacity during new building const filed sep. Hoists shall comply with the 2022 bldg codes, ch #33. No change in use, occ or egress under this app elev appl filed…”
- Alteration, filed Dec 1, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of single personnel/material hoists. Car # 1 shall be 6000# capacity during new building const filed sep. Hoists shall comply with the 2022 bldg codes, ch #33. No change in use, occ or egress under this app elev appl filed sep”
- Alteration, filed Nov 6, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of 300 psf sidewalk shed, overhead proetction, pipe scaffolding, and roof protection as per plans. All equipment shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 31, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation and use of temporary material platforms as per plans filed herewith. No changein use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 23, 2022, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 25, 2022, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence, no change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 25, 2022, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence, no change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 5, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Mechanical specifications and work types filed in conjunction with NB: 340760108”
- Alteration, filed Oct 5, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Plumbing specifications and work types filed in conjunction with NB job number:340760108”
- Alteration, filed Oct 5, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Sprinkler / Standpipe specifications and work types filed in conjunction with NB: 340760108”
- Alteration, filed Aug 3, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “CC application filed in conjunction with NB, job number: 340760108.”
- Alteration, filed May 4, 2021, estimated cost $500, described as “Application is filed to create cocs for units installed under job number B00197156. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 28, 2019, estimated cost $34K, described as “Installation of plumbing fixtures; no change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- No Work, filed Oct 28, 2019
- Alteration, filed Sep 25, 2019, estimated cost $50K, described as “Installation of mechanical equipment along with associated ductwork; no change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 11, 2019, estimated cost $40K, described as “Structural work as shown on the drawings; no change to use, egress or occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $29,036,700
- 2026–27 tax: $94,058
- Market value (city estimate): $64,526,000
- Taxable value: $756,150
- Assessed land: $1,475,100
- Assessed improvements: $27,561,600

## Tax breaks

- 421-a exemption, through Jun 30, 2061, about $3,517,818 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

M1-2A/R6A (part of the lot is M1-3A/R7D): floor area ratio 6.87 built, above the 3.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Dec 22, 2021: $4,730,000, sold with other lots

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

- AAMUP Follow Up Action (City Planning 2025K0404): Zoning text change, Completed, filed Jun 25, 2025, decided Nov 12, 2025. A zoning text amendment by the Department of City Planning (DCP) to the Special Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use District to limit a portion of a mid-block non-residential use incentive in M1-2A/R6A areas to light industrial and certain community…
- Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan (City Planning 2022K0436): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, City property acquisition, Urban development action area, Completed, filed Oct 10, 2024, decided May 28, 2025. The Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan is an area-wide plan to support housing and job growth along Atlantic Avenue between Vanderbilt Avenue and Nostrand Avenue in Community Districts 3 and 8 within the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Bedford…
- 953 Dean Street FRESH (City Planning 2024K0170): Certification, Completed, filed May 10, 2024, decided Apr 11, 2025. A FRESH certification to facilitate a new 9-story, 164,550 sf mixed-use development, including approximately 240 dwelling units (74 affordable), and 6550 sf of ground-floor retail for a fresh food store, is being sought by private…
- 1050 Pacific Street Rezoning (City Planning P2013K0549): Completed, decided Jun 5, 2019. This is a private application by 1050 Pacific LLC requesting a zoning map amendment from M1-1 to M1-4/R7A and a zoning text amendment to create a Mixed Use (MX) district and MIH area in order to facilitate a new eight-story mixed use…

## In the news

[Housing Lottery Launches for Prospect House at 953 Dean Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/04/housing-lottery-launches-for-prospect-house-at-953-dean-street-in-crown-heights-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Apr 4, 2025.

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