# 1536 59th Street, Brooklyn

Two-family · built c. 1905 · Block 5509, Lot 21.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3055090021/1536-59-street

More construction in Borough Park: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/borough-park.md

Every lot on block 5509: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/5509.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Aug 25, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “New gas piping and fixtures as per plans. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 1, 2020, estimated cost $7K, described as “Replacing new plumbing and kitchen fixtures on existing roughing throughout”
- Alteration, filed Jul 1, 2020, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of wooden construction fence at front of property”

## 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.

## 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.

## 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…

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