# 224 Shepherd Avenue, Brooklyn

Religious · built c. 1930 · Block 3957, Lot 42.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3039570042/224-shepherd-avenue

More construction in Cypress Hills: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/cypress-hills.md

Every lot on block 3957: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/3957.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Aug 5, 2025, estimated cost $198K, described as “Upgrading existing sprinkler system with new fire sprinkler line from shepherd avenue, and adding new heads where needed as per plan.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 22, 2025, estimated cost $1.1M, described as “Interior renovation replacing sheet rock on existing interior framing, changing toilet fixtures in part of building, retiling toilet floor and wall, installation of new elevator, and to obtain new certificate of occupancy for community…”
- Alteration, filed Aug 16, 2022

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $1,294,650
- Market value (city estimate): $2,877,000
- Taxable value: $0
- Assessed land: $176,850
- Assessed improvements: $1,117,800

## Tax breaks

- Nonprofit exemption (charitable), with no end date, about $140,444 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

R5B: floor area ratio 0.96 built, 1.50 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Sep 20, 2024: $2,427,184

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