# 45 Amherst Street, Brooklyn

Vacant land · Block 8727, Lot 48.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3087270048/45-amherst-street

More construction in Manhattan Beach: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/manhattan-beach.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Residential, filed Oct 13, 2025, 2 units, 4 stories, described as “New four story (bc) two family building”
- New Building, filed Oct 10, 2023, 1 story, described as “Proposing new accessory use one car garage”
- Alteration, filed Jul 20, 2022, estimated cost $4K, described as “Install Temporary wood construction fence. No change to egress, occupancy or use.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $35,040
- 2026–27 tax: $4,615
- Market value (city estimate): $584,000
- Taxable value: $23,259
- Assessed land: $35,040

## Zoning

R3-1: floor area ratio 0.00 built, 0.75 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Aug 19, 2021: $1,700,000

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

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