# 1538 59th Street, Brooklyn

Two-family · built c. 1905 · Block 5509, Lot 22.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3055090022/1538-59-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

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…

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