1504 59th Street, Brooklyn
Two-family · built 1960 · Block 5509, Lot 8.
Building permits
- Alteration, filed Mar 11, 2024, estimated cost $145K, described as “Herewith filing for interior renovation, with horizontal enlargements, to existing three (3) stories and cellar two (2) family dwelling unit building”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $204,660
- 2026–27 tax
- $5,802
- Market value (city estimate)
- $3,411,000
- Taxable value
- $29,238
- Assessed land
- $34,980
- Assessed improvements
- $169,680
Tax breaks
- Nonprofit exemption (parsonage), with no end date, about $5,947 a year below the full tax.
- Nonprofit exemption (house of worship), with no end date, about $10,024 a year below the full tax.
Zoning
R5: floor area ratio 1.59 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
- Brooklyn Yards (City Planning 2021K0161): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Special permit, Authorization, Completed, decided Nov 21, 2024. This is a private application by Brooklyn Yards Development LLC requesting a ZM (M1-1 and R5 to C4-5, R6 and R6/C2-4); ZR to Appendix F (MIH) & I; ZS’s (74-743, 74-745, 74-533, and 74-681); and ZA’s (25-82 and 36-72) to facilitate a new…