# 876 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn

Four-family · built 2015 · Block 1897, Lot 56.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3018970056/876-kent-avenue

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: $658,350
- 2026–27 tax: $5,379
- Market value (city estimate): $1,463,000
- Taxable value: $43,243
- Assessed land: $121,500
- Assessed improvements: $536,850

## Tax breaks

- 421-a exemption, through Jun 30, 2034, about $33,870 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

M1-1 (part of the lot is R7A): floor area ratio 2.30 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

- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 78-13-BZ): Variance or special permit, Granted, filed Feb 22, 2013, decided Mar 4, 2014. Variance (§72-21) to permit a new four-story, four-unit residential building (UG 2), contrary to use regulations, ZR §42-00. M1-1& R7A/C2-4 zoning districts.
- Change to an earlier grant (Board of Standards and Appeals 238-08-BZII): Change to an earlier grant, Granted, filed May 25, 2012, decided Jul 24, 2012. Request for rehearing pursuant to Section 1-10(e) of the Board's Rules of Practice and Procedure for a variance application to allow a new residential building, contrary to use regulations (§42-00). M1-1/R2 zoning district.
- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 238-08-BZ): Variance or special permit, Dismissed, filed Sep 19, 2008, decided Feb 23, 2010. Variance (§72-21) for a residential building, contrary to use regulations (§42-00). M1-1/R2 district.
- 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…
- C-O-P (City Planning P1987K0781): Completed, decided Dec 17, 1987. DISPOSITION OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY, 15 PARCELS

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