888 Fountain Avenue, Brooklyn
Health center · built 1970 · Block 4586, Lot 300.
Building permits
- New Building — Large Residential, filed Jul 20, 2021, 123 units, 6 stories
- New Building — Mid-Rise, filed Jul 16, 2021, 437 units, 15 stories
- Alteration, filed Dec 5, 2025, estimated cost $5K, described as “Temporary tent and platform for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Alafia development. To be removed at the end of the event. No changes to existing structures, use or egress.”
- No Work, filed Dec 5, 2025, described as “Ribbon cutting ceremony in a temporary tent.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 11, 2025, estimated cost $65K, described as “Filing for interior non-structural demolition in conjunction with dm# B00920636-I1 as per plans filed herewith. No change in egress, use or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 20, 2025, estimated cost $100K, described as “Installation of a temporary construction fence 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 Jan 16, 2025, estimated cost $102K, described as “Construction fence as per drawings during NB const, filed sep. Construction fence shall comply with ch #33 of the NYC bc. No change in use, occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 3, 2024, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of construction fence to protect site during new building construction”
- Demolition, filed Oct 24, 2023, estimated cost $3.0M, described as “Full demolition of one story structure using hand held and mechanical means to assist.”
- Demolition, filed Oct 18, 2023, estimated cost $3.0M, described as “Full demolition of one story structure using hand held and mechanical means to demolish.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 9, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “Single 6000 # capacity personnel/material hoist during NB const, filed sep. Hoist shall comply with ch #33 of the NYC bc. No change in use, occupancy or egress under this application. Elevator application submitted separately”
- Alteration, filed Jun 9, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Temporary hoist run-back structure during new bldg construction, filed separately. Hoist run-back structure shall comply with ch #33 of the NYC bldg code. No change in use, occupancy or egress under this application. Hoist & elevator appl…”
- Alteration, filed Mar 23, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “Herewith filing application to install scaffolding as per plans, filed in conjunction with NB application_321600530 and all fit-out applications_B00589370.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 1, 2022, estimated cost $200K, described as “Herwith filing for temporary construction fence, no chnage to use, egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Jan 19, 2022, estimated cost $25K, described as “Installation of construction fence along perimeter of building property”
- Alteration, filed Dec 14, 2021, estimated cost $40K, described as “Interior non-structural demolition in conjunction with DM # 322097609. No change in egress use or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 2, 2021, estimated cost $10K, described as “Filing for mechanical demo equipment in conjunction with, interior demo filed under dobnow # B00614522-i1”
- Alteration, filed Oct 27, 2021, estimated cost $80K, described as “Interior non-structural demolition in conjunction with full demolition filed under DM # 322096085. No change in egress use or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 27, 2021, estimated cost $80K, described as “Interior non-structural demolition in conjunction with DM # 322096076. No change in egress use or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 20, 2021, estimated cost $25K, described as “Installation of construction fence during Phase I demolition of buildings 895 & 915 Erskine St, DM application #322096076 & 322096085.”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $19,516,080
- 2026–27 tax
- $94,325
- Market value (city estimate)
- $43,369,066
- Taxable value
- $869,518
- Assessed land
- $1,759,543
- Assessed improvements
- $17,756,537
Tax breaks
- 420-c exemption, through Jun 30, 2062, about $2,006,461 a year below the full tax.
Zoning
R3-2: floor area ratio 0.94 built, above the 0.75 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Recent sales
- Dec 16, 2021: $25,000,000
Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.
Board and land use applications
- Alafia- Street Mapping (City Planning 2023K0218): City map change, Completed, filed Sep 28, 2023, decided Sep 12, 2024. A city map amendment (MM) application by Vital BDC LLC involving the mapping of 3 new streets that are being built as part of a new development, Alafia, located at the former Brooklyn Developmental Center site on Block 4586, Lot 300 at 875…
In the news
Permits Filed for 895 Erskine Street in East New York, Brooklyn, New York YIMBY, Oct 20, 2023.