1559 59th Street, Brooklyn
House of worship · built 2005 · Block 5502, Lot 54.
Building permits
- No Work, filed Feb 26, 2026
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $3,587,400
- Market value (city estimate)
- $7,972,000
- Taxable value
- $0
- Assessed land
- $96,750
- Assessed improvements
- $3,490,650
Tax breaks
- Nonprofit exemption (parsonage), with no end date, about $155,664 a year below the full tax.
- Nonprofit exemption (house of worship), with no end date, about $233,497 a year below the full tax.
Zoning
R5: floor area ratio 4.80 built, above the 1.50 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Board and land use applications
- Change to an earlier grant (Board of Standards and Appeals 375-02-BZII): Change to an earlier grant, Granted, filed Jun 4, 2009, decided Feb 23, 2010. Amendment to a variance to modify plans for a house of worship and rectory; Extension of time to complete construction and obtain a Certificate of Occupancy. R5 zoning district.
- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 375-02-BZ): Variance or special permit, Granted, filed Dec 30, 2002, decided Jul 22, 2003. Variance (§72-21) to permit the proposed new synagogue and Rabbi's apartment (rectory), Use Group 4, located in an R5 zoning district, which does not comply with the zoning requirements for floor area, side yards, front yard, maximum lot…