# 862 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn

Industrial · built 1956 · Block 1897, Lot 49.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3018970049/862-kent-avenue

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Multi-Family, filed Sep 1, 2026, 48 units, 9 stories, described as “Proposed 9 story and cellar residential and community facility”
- Demolition, filed Jul 28, 2026, estimated cost $65K, described as “Full demolition to a one story building”
- Demolition, filed Jul 28, 2026, estimated cost $100K, described as “Full demolition to a one story building”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $566,550
- 2026–27 tax: $58,999
- Market value (city estimate): $1,259,000
- Taxable value: $543,870
- Assessed land: $146,250
- Assessed improvements: $420,300

## Zoning

M1-1: floor area ratio 0.96 built, 1.00 allowed by base zoning.

## 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. 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…

## In the news

[Permits Filed for 862 Kent Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2026/09/permits-filed-for-862-kent-avenue-in-bed-stuy-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Sep 5, 2026.

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