# 79 Clifton Place, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 40 units · built c. 1939 · Block 1948, Lot 42.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3019480042/79-clifton-place

More construction in Clinton Hill: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/clinton-hill.md

Every lot on block 1948: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/1948.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Mar 18, 2026, estimated cost $36K, described as “Propose installation of a Vapor Mitigation System. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 15, 2024, described as “Installation and use of temporary suspended scaffold for facade inspection and repairs as per plans filed herewith. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 21, 2023, estimated cost $50K, described as “Installation of wood roof decks”
- Alteration, filed Jun 19, 2023, estimated cost $40K, described as “Replace one (1) modular gas-fired boiler with two (2) gas-fired boilers as per plans (filing for one (1) replacement gas-fired boiler herewith) no change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 19, 2023, estimated cost $4K, described as “Connect to existing gas piping for two (2) replacement gas-fired boilers as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 19, 2023, estimated cost $40K, described as “Replace one (1) modular gas-fired boiler with two (2) gas-fired boilers as per plans (filing for one (1) new gas-fired boiler herewith). No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 19, 2023, estimated cost $15K, described as “Cosmetic repairs to common areas and stairwells.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 22, 2022, estimated cost $29K, described as “Supported scaffold installation for planned facade repairs as per plans; no change in use, egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Jun 13, 2022, estimated cost $1.4M, described as “Facade and roof repairs. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 26, 2022, estimated cost $300K, described as “Interior apartment renovations”
- Alteration, filed Apr 26, 2022, estimated cost $60K, described as “Direct Replacement of Fixtures on existing roughing”
- Alteration, filed Feb 23, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plan. No change in use,egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 17, 2022, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plan. No change in use,egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 30, 2020, estimated cost $19K, described as “Plumbing work in APT#3D in conjunction with apt renovation filed under job# 340723970. Change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 30, 2019, estimated cost $14K, described as “Interior renovation with plumbing work on 1ST floor apt# 1K. No change in use, means of egress or occupancy in this application.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $5,969,250
- 2026–27 tax: $653,637
- Market value (city estimate): $13,265,000
- Taxable value: $5,254,740
- Assessed land: $461,250
- Assessed improvements: $5,508,000

## Zoning

R6B: floor area ratio 2.83 built, above the 2.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Oct 1, 2021: $34,000,000
- Jan 7, 2020: $22,900,000, 57,937 sq ft ($395 per sq ft)

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

- C-O-P (City Planning P1987K0722): Completed, decided Apr 14, 1988. DISPOSITION OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY, 1 PARCELS

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