# 135 Taaffe Place, Brooklyn

Condominium · 3 units · built 2004 · Block 1897, Lot 7504.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3018977504/135-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: $588,601
- 2026–27 tax: $1,456
- Market value (city estimate): $1,307,999
- Taxable value: $11,703
- Assessed land: $29,251
- Assessed improvements: $559,350
- Condo units with their own tax lots: 3

## Tax breaks

- 421-a exemption, through Jun 30, 2032, about $71,760 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

M1-1: floor area ratio 2.21 built, above the 1.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Sep 6, 2023: $157,000, Apt 1

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

- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 19-01-BZ): Variance or special permit, Granted, filed Jan 18, 2001, decided Jul 10, 2001. Variance (§72-21) to permit the proposed construction of a four story, 3-unit residential building (use group 2) located in an M1-1 zoning district, which is contrary to Z.R. §42-00.
- 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