1499 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn
Apartment building · 98 units · built 2023 · Block 1253, Lot 7.
Building permits
- Alteration, filed Jun 18, 2025, estimated cost $50K, described as “Interior renovation of existing community facility space. Add non-load bearing partitions, renovate floor and lighting. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- No Work, filed Jul 24, 2024
- Alteration, filed Jul 10, 2023, described as “Curb Cut filed in conjunction with DOB BIS filing # 321592790”
- Alteration, filed Sep 26, 2022, estimated cost $6K, described as “Installation of temporary personnel material hoist as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 24, 2022, described as “Installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 24, 2022, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Aug 9, 2022, described as “Temporary dry standpipe system for entire building filed in conjunction with DOB BIS Job # 321592790”
- Alteration, filed Mar 3, 2022, described as “Structural filed in conjunction with NB job number 321592790”
- Alteration, filed Jun 15, 2021, estimated cost $200, described as “Sprinklers/Stand pipe filed in conjunction with NB job number 321592790.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 15, 2021, estimated cost $100K, described as “Mechanincal system filed in conjunction with NB job number 321592790”
- Alteration, filed Jun 14, 2021, estimated cost $250K, described as “Provide new plumbing system (domestic water system, gas system, sanitary water system) for entire building in accordance with 2014 NYC BC, 2014 Plumbing Code, 2014 NYC Fuel Gas Code and 2020 NYCECC. For Plumbing work only”
- Alteration, filed Jun 9, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary roof protection as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 18, 2021, estimated cost $10K, described as “Proposed to cap and remove sprinkler system. No change to use,egress, or occupancy under this application”
- Alteration, filed Jan 25, 2021, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $8,752,500
- 2026–27 tax
- $149,828
- Market value (city estimate)
- $19,450,000
- Taxable value
- $1,204,500
- Assessed land
- $719,550
- Assessed improvements
- $8,032,950
Tax breaks
- 421-a exemption, through Jun 30, 2059, about $938,896 a year below the full tax.
Zoning
R7D: floor area ratio 6.39 built, above the 4.66 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Recent sales
- Sep 18, 2020: $13,900,000, 20,000 sq ft ($695 per sq ft)
Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.
Board and land use applications
- HAITIAN AMERICAN DCC (City Planning P2007K0257): Completed, decided Dec 6, 2007. ACQ OF A 1-STORY BLDG TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR*APPROX 95 CHILDREN
- HAITIAN AMERICAN DAY CARE CENTER (City Planning P1990K0243): Completed, decided Oct 10, 1990. ACQUISITION TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE DAY CARE SERVICES TO 135*CHILDREN WHO ARE NO MORE THAN 4 YEARS OLD
In the news
New Renderings Revealed for 1499 Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York YIMBY, Jun 16, 2022.