# 121 Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 18 units · built 2025 · Block 1755, Lot 54.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3017550054/121-vernon-avenue

More construction in Bedford-Stuyvesant: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/bedford-stuyvesant.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Multi-Family, filed Oct 21, 2021, 18 units, 5 stories
- Alteration, filed Jun 4, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 12, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install mechanical and sprinkler systems in conjunction with NB. The sprinkler system is hydraulically calculated. There is no change in use, occupancy or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 10, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install mechanical systems in conjunction with NB. There is no change in use, occupancy, or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 5, 2022, estimated cost $2K, described as “Application respectfully filed for an 8 foot high plywood construction fence”
- Alteration, filed Jan 25, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Foundation for new 5 story, 18 family multiple dwelling (NB application bis # 321600790). DOB fees for proposed work under this application covered under NB fees.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 25, 2022, estimated cost $50K, described as “Erect new 5 story, 18 family multiple dwelling”
- Alteration, filed Jan 25, 2022, estimated cost $38K, described as “Support of excavation for construction of foundation for new 5 story building”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $86,400
- Market value (city estimate): $192,000
- Taxable value: $0
- Assessed land: $86,400

## Tax breaks

- Article XI exemption, through Jun 30, 2064, about $10,747 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

R6B: floor area ratio 7.98 built, above the 2.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Flood zone

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

## Board and land use applications

- Bed-Stuy Central and North NIHOP Cluster (UDAAP) (City Planning 2018K0517): Urban development action area, Completed, filed Nov 23, 2020. This is an application by HPD requesting UDAAP designation, project approval, and approval of disposition of City-owned sites, to facilitate four new mixed-use and residential buildings with 45 dwelling units.
- VERNON AVE CONDO (City Planning P2006K0271): Completed, decided Oct 3, 2006. UDAAP & DISPO TO CONSTRUCT 2 CONDO BLDGS

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