# 32 Gem Street, Brooklyn

Industrial · built c. 1920 · Block 2615, Lot 50.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3026150050/32-gem-street

More construction in Greenpoint: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/greenpoint.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Jan 31, 2025, estimated cost $49K, described as “General Construction and structural work to repair Facade indicated on drawings filed herewith. No change in Use Egress or Occupancy under this application”
- Alteration, filed Nov 29, 2023, estimated cost $24K, described as “Installation of new sprinkler heads off of the existing sprinkler system.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $1,110,150
- 2026–27 tax: $104,437
- Market value (city estimate): $2,467,000
- Taxable value: $962,730
- Assessed land: $184,500
- Assessed improvements: $925,650

## Zoning

M1-5: floor area ratio 1.71 built, 5.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone AE, high risk: a 1% chance of flooding each year, base flood elevation 10 ft (NGVD29). FEMA’s preliminary map: zone X, moderate risk: a 0.2% chance of flooding each year.

## Board and land use applications

- Acme Smoked Fish / Gem Street Rezoning (City Planning P2018K0297): Zoning map change, Special permit, Completed, decided Oct 12, 2021. This is a private application by RP Inlet, LLC requesting a zoning map amendment and special permit to facilitate a new mixed-use commercial/industrial building at 30 Gem Street in Greenpoint, Community District 1, Brooklyn.

## In the news

[Mixed-Use Development at  Greenpoint’s Acme Fish Receives Tempered Community Board Approval](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/greenpoint-brooklyn-acme-fish-factory-30-gem-street-reubenstein-partners/), Brownstoner, Dec 10, 2020.

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