# 652 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 45 units · built 2024 · Block 1779, Lot 22.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3017790022/652-de-kalb-avenue

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

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Aug 27, 2024, estimated cost $485K, described as “Temporary installation of supported pipe scaffold as shown on plans. Shall comply with BSA-362-44-sm, ll-33/91, chap 33, section 33 of 2014 NYC DOB bc & tppn # 9/99. No change in egress, oc”
- Alteration, filed Aug 22, 2024, estimated cost $214K, described as “Installation of solar panels on existing roof structure. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 2, 2024, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of pipe scaffolding as per plans. Pipe scaffolding shall comply with chapter # 33 of the NYC code 2022, no changes in use egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 2, 2024, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of 6000 lb single personnel/material hoist car as per plans during construction. Hoist shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 8, 2024, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of 300PSF sidewalk shed and overhead protection as per plans. All equipment shall comply with chapter # 33 of the NYC code 2022, no changes in use egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 8, 2024, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of construction fence as per plans. Shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC code 2022, no change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 25, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Fence application as per plans filed in conjunction with NB# 321590337”
- Alteration, filed Nov 12, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Civil site work in conjunction new building application # 321590337”
- Alteration, filed Nov 12, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Structural work in conjunction new building application # 321590337”
- Alteration, filed Oct 27, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Application filed for civil site drainage in conjunction with NB # 321590337.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 19, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Sprinkler and standpipe work in conjunction with new building application # 321000000”
- Alteration, filed Aug 19, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Mechanical work in conjunction with New Building Application #321590337”
- Alteration, filed Aug 19, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Plumbing work in conjunction with new building application # 321590337”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $4,859,550
- Market value (city estimate): $10,799,000
- Taxable value: $0
- Assessed land: $494,100
- Assessed improvements: $4,365,450

## Tax breaks

- 420-c exemption, through Jun 30, 2083, about $604,479 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

R6A: floor area ratio 3.72 built, above the 3.00 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

- DeKalb Commons (NCP-NIHOP) (UDAAP) (City Planning P2017K0364): Urban development action area, Completed, decided Dec 23, 2020. This is an application by HPD requesting UDAAP designation, project approval and disposition of city-owned property to facilitate 3 new 4-7 story buildings (86 dwelling units), with ground floor retail and community facility, at 633-639…

## In the news

[Exterior Work Progresses on Dekalb Commons at 639, 652 DeKalb Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/05/exterior-work-progresses-on-dekalb-commons-at-639-652-dekalb-avenue-in-bed-stuy-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, May 11, 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