# 217 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn

Two-family · built c. 1899 · Block 1973, Lot 74.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3019730074/217-gates-avenue

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

Every lot on block 1973: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/1973.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Jul 29, 2022, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of pipe scaffolding as per plans. Pipe scaffolding shall comply with chapter # 33 of the 2014 code, no changess in use in egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 25, 2022, estimated cost $24K, described as “Mechanical work filed herewith as per plans. No change in use, occupancy or egress is involved under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 14, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Fence filing as per plans, no change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 7, 2021, estimated cost $26K, described as “Structural filing for underpinning and for the structural work for rear annex and rear deck in support of architectural filing, no change in use egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 22, 2021, estimated cost $126K, described as “Proposed renovation of existing building as per plan. No change in use, occupancy or egress is involved under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 19, 2021, estimated cost $22K, described as “Plumbing work filed herewith as per plans, no change in use, egress and occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $123,960
- 2026–27 tax: $6,630
- Market value (city estimate): $2,066,000
- Taxable value: $33,413
- Assessed land: $21,720
- Assessed improvements: $102,240

## Zoning

R6B: floor area ratio 1.56 built, 2.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Feb 12, 2021: $1,645,000

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