# 237 St James Place, Brooklyn

Three-family · built c. 1901 · Block 2014, Lot 7.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3020140007/237-st-james-place

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

Every lot on block 2014: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/2014.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Jul 28, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Fling fence application to REMEDY Work Without a Permit Violation # 35671273K. No Fence to be erected. Filing ONLY for administrative purposes to obtain a Certificate of Correction for this summons”
- Alteration, filed Aug 1, 2022, estimated cost $126K, described as “Convert three family to two family house with interior renovations.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 28, 2022, estimated cost $120K, described as “Interior renovation work including partitions work. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $171,420
- 2026–27 tax: $10,831
- Market value (city estimate): $2,857,000
- Taxable value: $54,581
- Assessed land: $36,060
- Assessed improvements: $135,360

## Zoning

R7A (part of the lot is R6B): floor area ratio 1.44 built, 4.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Sep 24, 2021: $2,500,000
- May 9, 2019: $1,760,000

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