# 131 Taaffe Place, Brooklyn

Two-family with store · built c. 1901 · Block 1897, Lot 5.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3018970005/131-taaffe-place

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

Every lot on block 1897: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/1897.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Aug 9, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Boiler Equipment application filed in conjunction with Alt I, job number: 340769591.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 11, 2022, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 11, 2022, described as “Installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 5, 2021, described as “Installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 30, 2020, estimated cost $50K, described as “Installation of sprinkler system in conjunction with ALT1 # 340769591.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 30, 2020, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed in accordance with nycc 2014 chapter 33. No change in egress, use, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 30, 2020, estimated cost $45K, described as “Structural specifications filed in conjunction with alt # 340769591.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 20, 2020, estimated cost $31K, described as “Plumbing specifications filed in conjunction with ALT1 #340769591.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 14, 2020, estimated cost $44K, described as “New Split System for Heating and Cooling filed in conjunction with Alteration 1 # 340769591”
- Alteration, filed Feb 3, 2020, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $106,860
- 2026–27 tax: $18,494
- Market value (city estimate): $1,781,000
- Taxable value: $93,202
- Assessed land: $11,700
- Assessed improvements: $95,160

## Zoning

M1-1: floor area ratio 3.09 built, above the 1.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Jan 13, 2020: $1,750,000, 4,000 sq ft ($438 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.

## Board and land use applications

- 862-868 Kent Avenue (City Planning 2019K0190): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Completed, decided Sep 24, 2026. A zoning map amendment from M1-1 to M1-4/R6A (MX-4) and a zoning text amendment to create a new Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Area (Zoning Resolution Appendix F) to facilitate a new 8-story, 46,356 zsf residential development, including…

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