1538 59th Street, Brooklyn
Two-family · built c. 1905 · Block 5509, Lot 22.
Building permits
No building permits on file for this lot.
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $104,640
- 2026–27 tax
- $8,541
- Market value (city estimate)
- $1,744,000
- Taxable value
- $43,044
- Assessed land
- $22,920
- Assessed improvements
- $81,720
Zoning
R5: floor area ratio 1.21 built, 1.50 allowed by base zoning.
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…