# 151 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 50 units · built c. 1910 · Block 2341, Lot 1.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3023410001/151-kent-avenue

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

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Oct 7, 2026, estimated cost $10K, described as “Interior demolition of non-load bearing partitions, ceilings and finishes within buyc units on the 1ST, 2ND and 3RD floors. Work is filed for non-residential / buyc commercial space only. No work in residential imd units or common areas.…”
- Major Renovation — Conversion, filed Mar 26, 2026, estimated cost $13.1M, 56 units added, 5 stories, described as “MPP 586. Conversion and Enlargement of existing commercial building with IMD units. Superseding Alt-1 # 321321636. Work to include renovation of existing building, new stairs and elevators, and removal of existing fire escapes.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 5, 2025, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporarily heavy-duty sidewalk shed per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 7, 2023, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of boilers on 3rd floor”
- Alteration, filed Mar 7, 2023, estimated cost $30K, described as “Installation of 10 new combi-boilers”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $3,850,650
- 2026–27 tax: $401,617
- Market value (city estimate): $8,557,000
- Taxable value: $3,228,690
- Assessed land: $192,600
- Assessed improvements: $3,658,050

## Zoning

M1-2/R6A: floor area ratio 2.15 built, 3.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Sep 10, 2025: $30,500,000
- Apr 11, 2019: $41,250,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

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

## Board and land use applications

- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 126-00-BZ): Variance or special permit, Granted, filed May 1, 2000, decided Mar 6, 2001. Variance (§72-21) to permit the legalization of the conversion of a manufacturing facility, to the existing residential dwellings (Use Group 2) located in an M3-1 zoning district, which is contrary to Z.R. §42-00.

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