# 1440 West 5th Street, Brooklyn

Two-family · built c. 1930 · Block 6579, Lot 28.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3065790028/1440-west-5-street

More construction in Gravesend: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/gravesend.md

## Building permits

- Major Renovation — Enlargement, filed Apr 1, 2026, 8 units added, 6 stories, described as “Proposed vertical and horizontal enlargement of an existing 2-story two-family building to a 6-story ten-family mixed-use building as per plan. Obtain new certificate of occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $92,160
- 2026–27 tax: $11,555
- Market value (city estimate): $1,536,000
- Taxable value: $58,234
- Assessed land: $29,820
- Assessed improvements: $62,340

## Zoning

R6: floor area ratio 0.53 built, 2.43 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Jan 7, 2025: $1,370,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

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