# 197 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn

Three-family · built 1969 · Block 1927, Lot 30.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3019270030/197-franklin-avenue

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

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Dec 15, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Application filed herewith for installation of temporary construction fence”
- Major Renovation — Enlargement, filed Jul 25, 2023, estimated cost $425K, 1 unit added, 4 stories, described as “Application filed herewith to vertically and horizonally enlarge existing two family building into a four story three family residential building”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $122,700
- 2026–27 tax: $5,972
- Market value (city estimate): $2,045,000
- Taxable value: $30,097
- Assessed land: $9,840
- Assessed improvements: $112,860

## Zoning

R6B: floor area ratio 1.84 built, 2.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Jan 28, 2022: $2,600,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

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