# 385 Monroe Street, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 15 units · built c. 1913 · Block 1815, Lot 53.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3018150053/385-monroe-street

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

Every lot on block 1815: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/1815.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Oct 28, 2025, estimated cost $81K, described as “Install one new gas fired steam boiler, three gas fired instantaneous hot water heaters with indirect storage tank, one gas fired storage hot water heater and two gas dryers as shown on this plan.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 24, 2023, estimated cost $2K, described as “Repair the crack brick wall parapet at southwest corner for the existing 4 story brick building located at 385 monroe street, brooklyn, ny 11221. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 31, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter 33 of the 2022 NYC building code.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 8, 2022, estimated cost $33K, described as “Propose plumbing work in conjuntion with arch design as per plan. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 23, 2021, estimated cost $39K, described as “Propose combining cellar and existing apartment unit #1, work includes minor partition, & interior finished as per plan. Plumbing work will file under dobnow. No change in use, egress , and occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 17, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Propose mechanical work in conjunction with arch design as per plan. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 14, 2021, estimated cost $61K, described as “Propose plumbing work in conjunction with arch design as per plan. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 20, 2021, estimated cost $58K, described as “Propose combining (2) existing apartment units #4 & #5 , work includes minor partition, & interior finished as per plan. Plumbing work will file under dobnow. No change in use, egress , and occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 10, 2021, estimated cost $57K, described as “Propose plumbing work inconjunction with arch design for APT#3R&3L as per plan. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 25, 2021, estimated cost $75K, described as “Propose combining (2) existing apartment units #3R & 3L , work includes minor partition, & interior finished as per plan. Plumbing work will file under dobnow. No change in use, egress , and occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 4, 2020, estimated cost $62K, described as “Propose plumbing work in conjunction with arch design for 4TH fl. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $872,550
- 2026–27 tax: $75,009
- Market value (city estimate): $1,939,000
- Taxable value: $603,012
- Assessed land: $33,750
- Assessed improvements: $838,800

## Zoning

R6B: floor area ratio 3.40 built, above the 2.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Aug 26, 2020: $2,700,000, 17,000 sq ft ($159 per sq ft)

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