# 888 Fountain Avenue, Brooklyn

Health center · built 1970 · Block 4586, Lot 300.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3045860300/20-south-street

More construction in Spring Creek: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/spring-creek.md

## 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.

## Recent sales

- Dec 16, 2021: $25,000,000

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

- 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](https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/10/permits-filed-for-895-erskine-street-in-east-new-york-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Oct 20, 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