# 87 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn

Two-family · built c. 1901 · Block 1899, Lot 27.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3018990027/87-franklin-avenue

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Multi-Family, filed Jul 11, 2025, 6 units, 7 stories, described as “Application filed herewith to erect a new six story + mezzanine six family residential building”
- Alteration, filed Aug 7, 2025, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed 8FT construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Demolition, filed Jul 22, 2025, estimated cost $40K, described as “Full demolition to a three story house”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $119,100
- 2026–27 tax: $7,031
- Market value (city estimate): $1,985,000
- Taxable value: $35,434
- Assessed land: $10,320
- Assessed improvements: $108,780

## Zoning

M1-4/R6A: floor area ratio 1.29 built, 3.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- May 20, 2024: $2,200,000

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

- 446-448 Park Avenue Rezoning (City Planning 2019K0406): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Completed, filed Mar 23, 2021, decided Feb 2, 2023. A zoning map amendment from an M1-1 district to an M1-4/R6A (MX-4) district and a zoning text amendment to create a new Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Area (ZR Appendix F) to facilitate a new six-story residential building, including 11…

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