# 532 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn

Three-family · built c. 1901 · Block 1788, Lot 25.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3017880025/532-lafayette-avenue

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

## Building permits

- Major Renovation — Enlargement, filed Apr 22, 2026, estimated cost $1.3M, 1 unit added, 4 stories, described as “Application filed herewith to vertically and horizontally enlarge an existing three story three family building into a four story four family building.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 24, 2026, estimated cost $657K, described as “Partial demolition and reconstruction of the rear portion of the building, replacing in-kind within the existing footprint. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 25, 2025, estimated cost $465K, described as “Minor interior renovations - proposing new non-load-bearing partitions only. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 13, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Proposed temporary construction fence”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $134,040
- 2026–27 tax: $3,327
- Market value (city estimate): $2,234,000
- Taxable value: $16,766
- Assessed land: $19,440
- Assessed improvements: $114,600

## Zoning

R6B: floor area ratio 1.27 built, 2.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Aug 15, 2025: $1,970,000
- Mar 2, 2017: $999,999

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