# 242 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn

Four-family with store · built c. 1931 · Block 3197, Lot 28.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3031970028/242-knickerbocker-avenue

More construction in Bushwick: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/bushwick.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Apr 26, 2024, estimated cost $75K, described as “Application filed to Interior renovation in existing partial ground floor commercial space. Replace the existing storefront and install a new commercial kitchen as per plan. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 12, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “Install a temporary construction fence at open space as per plan. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 6, 2023, estimated cost $123K, described as “Convert existing doctor's office to a class "a" apartment and obtain new c of o. Install new roof deck. Reconstruct new staircase with new bulkhead and interior renovation of existing apartments as per plan.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $468,000
- 2026–27 tax: $22,363
- Market value (city estimate): $1,040,000
- Taxable value: $179,779
- Assessed land: $99,000
- Assessed improvements: $369,000

## Zoning

R6: floor area ratio 1.74 built, 2.43 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Nov 28, 2023: $2,300,000

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

- Bushwick Neighborhood Plan (City Planning 2019K0199): Completed. This is an application for a 300-block section of Bushwick, Brooklyn, Community District 4 to create a thriving and inclusive Bushwick through preservation and creation of affordable housing, targeted investments in neighborhood…

## In the news

[Brooklyn Roasting Company, Apartments Replace Williamsburg Old-Timer Klenosky Paint](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/klenosky-paint-brooklyn-roasting-company-543-metropolitan-avenue-williamsburg/), Brownstoner, Nov 13, 2023.

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