# 125 Kensington Street, Brooklyn

Single family · built 1940 · Block 8754, Lot 3.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3087540003/125-kensington-street

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Residential, filed Jul 8, 2026, 1 unit, 3 stories, described as “Proposed one family house”
- Demolition, filed Oct 7, 2026, estimated cost $10K, described as “Full demolition of the existing garage.”
- Demolition, filed Aug 25, 2026, estimated cost $10K, described as “Full demolition of the existing house.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 11, 2026, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of an 8 Ft construction fence.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $76,980
- 2026–27 tax: $15,275
- Market value (city estimate): $1,283,000
- Taxable value: $76,980
- Assessed land: $39,240
- Assessed improvements: $37,740

## Zoning

R3-1: floor area ratio 0.34 built, 0.75 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Dec 2, 2025: $1,850,000

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