1536 59th Street, Brooklyn
Two-family · built c. 1905 · Block 5509, Lot 21.
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Building permits
Permit records are unavailable right now; the map lists them once the city responds.
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $126,780
- 2026–27 tax
- $8,395
- Market value (city estimate)
- $2,113,000
- Taxable value
- $42,305
- Assessed land
- $21,840
- Assessed improvements
- $104,940
Zoning
R5: floor area ratio 1.65 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.
Recent sales
- Apr 30, 2019: $800,000
- Mar 20, 2017: $1,275,000
Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.
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…