# 196 Heyward Street, Brooklyn

Two-family with store · built c. 1931 · Block 2225, Lot 34.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3022250034/196-lee-avenue

More construction in Williamsburg: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/williamsburg.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Oct 22, 2025, estimated cost $52K, described as “Plumbing application filed herewith in conjunction to alt-co application B01036883-I1”
- Alteration, filed May 26, 2025, estimated cost $25K, described as “Installation of 300 psf sidewalk shed and scaffold as per plans. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Major Renovation — Residential, filed Apr 18, 2024, estimated cost $2.1M, 2 units in all, 5 stories, described as “Application filed herewith to vertically and horizonatally enlarge existing four + cellar mixed use building into a five story mixed use building”
- Alteration, filed Feb 22, 2024, estimated cost $5K, described as “Application filed herewith for installation of a temporary construction fence”
- Alteration, filed Dec 25, 2023, estimated cost $1.1M, described as “Applicatoin filed herwith for interior renovation to cellar, first, second and part of third and fourth floor of an existing four story mixed used building. No egress of bulk change”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $700,200
- 2026–27 tax: $37,176
- Market value (city estimate): $1,556,000
- Taxable value: $298,866
- Assessed land: $15,300
- Assessed improvements: $684,900

## Zoning

R6: floor area ratio 4.59 built, above the 2.43 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Nov 1, 2023: $4,700,000

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