# 1566 61st Street, Brooklyn

Industrial · built c. 1931 · Block 5523, Lot 32.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3055230032/1566-61-street

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Non-residential, filed Jul 16, 2025, 4 stories, described as “Proposed four (4) story + cellar community facility building.”
- Alteration, filed May 28, 2026, estimated cost $11K, described as “Proposed to cut, cap and demolish sprinkler system in conjunction with full demo job # B01256958. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Demolition, filed Aug 14, 2025, estimated cost $50K, described as “Full demolition to a one story building”
- Alteration, filed Jul 22, 2025, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $388,800
- 2026–27 tax: $40,683
- Market value (city estimate): $864,000
- Taxable value: $375,030
- Assessed land: $144,000
- Assessed improvements: $244,800

## Zoning

M1-1: floor area ratio 1.00 built, 1.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Feb 28, 2017: $3,400,000

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…

## In the news

[Permits Filed for 1566 61st Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/07/permits-filed-for-1566-61st-street-in-bensonhurst-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Jul 21, 2025.

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