# 279 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn

Two-family · built c. 1930 · Block 1393, Lot 11.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3013930011/279-buffalo-avenue

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

Every lot on block 1393: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/1393.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Apr 25, 2025, estimated cost $66K, described as “Restore basement to previous legal condition, legalize bathroom & partitions. This application is being filed to remedy the following oath/ecb violations: 35688409L; 35688410Z; 35688411K; 35688412M; 35688413Y”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $80,880
- 2026–27 tax: $5,511
- Market value (city estimate): $1,348,000
- Taxable value: $27,772
- Assessed land: $29,280
- Assessed improvements: $51,600

## Zoning

R6: floor area ratio 1.00 built, 2.43 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Oct 1, 2024: $1,950,000
- Jun 18, 2018: $1,540,000

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