# 257 Kings Highway, Brooklyn

Public school · built 2025 · Block 6648, Lot 8.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3066480008/257-kings-highway

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Non-residential, filed Dec 29, 2023, 4 stories, described as “Filing for a new School building”
- No Work, filed Jun 4, 2026
- Alteration, filed Jul 14, 2025, estimated cost $6K, described as “Installation of temporary needle beam as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 16, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 8, 2025, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary roof protection as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 14, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 20, 2023, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $113,400
- 2026–27 tax: $9,948
- Market value (city estimate): $252,000
- Taxable value: $91,703
- Assessed land: $113,400

## Zoning

R7A: floor area ratio 4.15 built, above the 4.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Aug 11, 2021: $2,000,000

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

## Flood zone

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

## In the news

[Permits Filed for 257 Kings Highway in Gravesend, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/01/permits-filed-for-257-kings-highway-in-gravesend-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Jan 6, 2024.

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