# 1709 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn

Apartment building · 420 units · built 2025 · Block 7061, Lot 14.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3070610014/1709-surf-avenue

More construction in Coney Island: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/coney-island.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Mid-Rise, filed Sep 27, 2023, 420 units, 12 stories, described as “Construct new 12 story mixed use building as per plans filed”
- Alteration, filed Sep 15, 2026, estimated cost $1K, described as “Filing to perform site preparation and general site grading as per civil plans filed herewith.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 14, 2026, described as “Multipoint scaffolding”
- Alteration, filed Mar 19, 2026, estimated cost $2K, described as “Use of rotating telehandler, Manitou 3570, as per plan and in accordance with Chapter 33 of NYC Building Code. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 5, 2026, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of temporary scaffold as per plans in conjunction with NB construction. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Scaffold to comply with chapter 33 of NYC building code of 2022.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 7, 2025, estimated cost $11K, described as “Installation of 6000 lb single personnel hoist car (west) as per plans during construction. Hoist shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 7, 2025, estimated cost $9K, described as “Installation of 6000 lb single personnel hoist car (east) as per plans during construction. Hoist shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 15, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of 2022 the NYC building code. Live load 300PSF.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 2, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence as per plans. No change in use, occupancy or egress.”
- Alteration, filed May 27, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence as per plans. No change in use, occupancy or egress.”
- Demolition, filed May 22, 2025, estimated cost $100K, described as “Full demolition of one story structure”
- Alteration, filed Jan 29, 2025, estimated cost $5K, described as “Perform pile load test as per pans filed. No change in use egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Jan 24, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence as per plans. No change in use, occupancy or egress.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $5,754,150
- 2026–27 tax: $509,220
- Market value (city estimate): $12,787,000
- Taxable value: $4,093,740
- Assessed land: $5,754,150

## Zoning

R7X: floor area ratio 4.88 built, 5.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Jun 29, 2018: $5,900,000

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

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone AE, high risk: a 1% chance of flooding each year, base flood elevation 10 ft (NGVD29). FEMA’s preliminary map: zone AE, high risk: a 1% chance of flooding each year, base flood elevation 11 ft (NAVD88).

## Board and land use applications

- Coney Island Business Improvement District (City Planning 2026K0149): Business improvement district, Completed, filed Aug 25, 2025. An application by NYC Small Business Services (SBS) for the proposed establishment of Coney Island Business Improvement District along Surf Avenue generally bound by West 5th Street to West 23rd Street, Mermaid Avenue generally bound by…

## In the news

[Coney Island III All-Affordable Building Tops Out At 1709 Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn](https://newyorkyimby.com/2026/06/coney-island-iii-all-affordable-building-tops-out-at-1709-surf-avenue-in-coney-island-brooklyn.html), New York YIMBY, Jun 28, 2026.

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