# 119 Taaffe Place, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 6 units · built c. 1905 · Block 1897, Lot 11.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3018970011/119-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

No building permits on file for this lot.

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $601,200
- 2026–27 tax: $12,054
- Market value (city estimate): $1,336,000
- Taxable value: $96,906
- Assessed land: $5,400
- Assessed improvements: $595,800

## Zoning

M1-1: floor area ratio 2.29 built, above the 1.00 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

- 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…

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