# 73-97 Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn

Vacant land · Block 1306, Lot 28.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3013060028/99-empire-boulevard

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Mid-Rise, filed Dec 30, 2025, 99 units, 14 stories, early work permitted while the building plans are in review, described as “Proposed 14 story mix-use development (residential & commercial)”
- New Building — Mid-Rise, filed Dec 4, 2025, 99 units, 14 stories, early work permitted while the building plans are in review, described as “Proposed 14 story mix-use development (residential & commercial)”
- New Building — Mid-Rise, filed Dec 4, 2025, 99 units, 14 stories, early work permitted while the building plans are in review, described as “Proposed 14 story mix-use development (residential & commercial)”
- New Building — Mid-Rise, filed Dec 4, 2025, 99 units, 14 stories, early work permitted while the building plans are in review, described as “Proposed 14 story mix-use development (residential & commercial)”
- Alteration, filed Jul 14, 2026, estimated cost $3K, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application”
- Alteration, filed Jul 14, 2026, estimated cost $3K, described as “Proposed temporary 8' high construction fence”
- Alteration, filed Jul 14, 2026, estimated cost $3K, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application”
- Alteration, filed Jul 14, 2026, estimated cost $3K, described as “Proposed temporary 8' high construction fence”
- Alteration, filed May 28, 2025, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of 300 psf sidewalk shed 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 Apr 9, 2025, estimated cost $5K, described as “Sprinkler removal”
- Alteration, filed Apr 2, 2025, estimated cost $5K, described as “8' plywood construction fence in conjunction with demolition application B00880202-I1”
- Demolition, filed Mar 20, 2025, estimated cost $55K, described as “Full demolition of 1 story with cellar brick building”
- Alteration, filed Jul 31, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “8' plywood construction fence in conjunction with demolition application B00880201”
- Demolition, filed Jun 2, 2023, estimated cost $105K, described as “Full demolition of 1 story w/cellar brick building”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $302,850
- 2026–27 tax: $26,800
- Market value (city estimate): $673,000
- Taxable value: $247,050
- Assessed land: $302,850

## Zoning

C4-4D: floor area ratio 0.00 built, 6.02 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Aug 18, 2025: $42,500,000
- Apr 12, 2021: $15,195,258, 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

- 73-99 Empire Boulevard Rezoning (City Planning 2021K0393): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Completed, filed Feb 28, 2024, decided Jun 11, 2025. A Zoning Map Amendment from C8-2 and R6/C1-3 to C4-4D and Zoning Text Amendment(MIH) to facilitate a new 13-story, 274,166 zsf (261 DU), residential and commercial development, including 209,616 residential sf and 65,828 commercial sf, is…

## In the news

[Plan to Bring High-Rise Apartments to Empire Boulevard Clears City Planning](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/crown-heights-rezoning-73-empire-boulevard-city-planning-vote/), Brownstoner, Mar 19, 2025.

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