# 75 Deklab Avenue, Brooklyn

College · built c. 1929 · Block 2085, Lot 1.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3020850001/75-deklab-avenue

More construction in Fort Greene: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/fort-greene.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Jun 6, 2025, estimated cost $20K, described as “Earthwork application filed as per plan provided.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 9, 2025, estimated cost $25K, described as “General construction as per plans filed herewith. No change to use egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 12, 2025, estimated cost $350K, described as “General construction as per plans filed herewith.”
- No Work, filed Feb 6, 2025
- Alteration, filed Jan 13, 2025, estimated cost $36K, described as “Sprinkler modifications as per plans filed herewith. No change to use egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 13, 2025, estimated cost $75K, described as “Mechanical modifications as per plans filed herewith. No change in use egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 13, 2025, estimated cost $80K, described as “Plumbing modifications as per plans filed herewith. No change to use egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 29, 2024, estimated cost $100K, described as “Renovation of women's locker room at long island university, no change to use egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 4, 2024, estimated cost $55K, described as “Plumbing modifications as per plans filed herewith.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 4, 2024, estimated cost $12K, described as “Sprinkler modifications as per plans filed herewith.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 4, 2024, estimated cost $21K, described as “Mechanical modifications as per plans filed herewith. No change to use, bluk, egress or occupancy is proposed.”
- Alteration, filed May 8, 2024, estimated cost $50K, described as “Post approval amendment to update correction location of work for structural modifications as per plans filed herewith. No change to use egress and occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 24, 2024, estimated cost $265K, described as “General construction as per plans filed herewith. No change to use egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 18, 2024, estimated cost $71K, described as “Plumbing modifications as per plans filed herewith. No change to use egress and occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 18, 2024, estimated cost $21K, described as “Sprinkler modifications as per plans filed herewith. No change to use egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 18, 2024, estimated cost $425K, described as “Mechanical modifications as per plans filed herewith. No change to use egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 27, 2023, estimated cost $4K, described as “Erect open structure steel canopy on the building entrance, no change to use, egress or occupation”
- Alteration, filed Dec 18, 2023, described as “Suspended scaffold installation as per plans filed herewith.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 8, 2023, estimated cost $116K, described as “Erect static wall signs on existing marquee. Signage accessory to liu/paramount/live nation.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 20, 2023, estimated cost $246K, described as “Erect LED Readerboards with changeable copy on existing marquee. Signs are accessory to LIU/Paramount Theatre.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 7, 2023, estimated cost $150K, described as “Construction of face brick masonry at part of south facade. Installation of guardrail at roof level. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 28, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plan. No change in use,egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 25, 2023, estimated cost $330K, described as “Construction of face brick masonry at the east exterior facade. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 13, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of plywood fence as per drawings. Plywood fence shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYCBC. No change in use, occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 21, 2022, estimated cost $220K, described as “Single chiller replacement on roof.”

8 more, older permits are in this building’s full list on the map: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3020850001/75-deklab-avenue.

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $95,400,900
- Market value (city estimate): $212,002,000
- Taxable value: $0
- Assessed land: $9,223,893
- Assessed improvements: $86,177,007

## Tax breaks

- Nonprofit exemption (college or university), with no end date, about $10,349,090 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

R6: floor area ratio 2.77 built, above the 2.43 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Flood zone

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

## Board and land use applications

- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 123-05-BZ): Variance or special permit, Granted, filed May 20, 2005, decided Oct 25, 2005. Special Permit (§73-641) (Integration of new buildings or enlargements with existing buildings) to facilitate the construction of a tennis bubble and open colonnaded parapet on the roof of a proposed 5-story athletic corner center located…
- LIU SOCCER FIELD EXPANSION (City Planning P2012K0214): Completed, decided Apr 5, 2021. An application by a private applicant, Long Island University involving the narrowing of several mapped streets Community District 2, Borough of Brooklyn in order to facilitate the expansion of the LIU soccer field.
- Proposed Extension of the Downtown Brooklyn BID (City Planning 2027K0210): Business improvement district, In Public Review. An action to facilitate a merger of 2 Business Improvement Districts (BID) and 1 Special Assessment District (SAD). The merger of the MetroTech Area BID, Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn BID and Fulton Mall SAD in Downtown Brooklyn, Community…

## In the news

[Permits Filed for 29-Story Tower at 75 Dekalb Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/02/permits-filed-for-29-story-tower-at-75-dekalb-avenue-in-fort-greene-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Feb 10, 2022.

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