# 20 Orient Avenue, Brooklyn

Single family · built 2025 · Block 2912, Lot 14.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3029120014/20-orient-avenue

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Residential, filed Sep 19, 2023, 2 units, 4 stories, described as “Proposed Two (2) - family, 4-story with cellar residential building. Obtain New C of O”
- Alteration, filed Sep 9, 2026, estimated cost $6K, described as “This application is filed for a temporary use permit for a model apartment on the 3RD, and 4TH floor unit 2.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 7, 2026, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of needle beam as per plans. Needle beam shall comply with chapter # 33 of the 2022 code. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 9, 2025, estimated cost $45K, described as “Installation of solar PV system. No change to use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 23, 2025, estimated cost $5K, described as “Proposed installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. Live load 300 lbs per square feet. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 23, 2025, estimated cost $15K, described as “Proposed installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. Work shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed May 9, 2023, estimated cost $198K, described as “Converting an exiting 3 dwelling to one, work as per plan”
- Alteration, filed May 8, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “Filed to add plumbing fixtures on cellar through third floor, adding h/w on cellar and gas range on first floor as per plans.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $16,740
- 2026–27 tax: $3,322
- Market value (city estimate): $279,000
- Taxable value: $16,740
- Assessed land: $16,740

## Zoning

R6B: floor area ratio 3.78 built, above the 2.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Dec 8, 2022: $3,350,000

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