139 Richards Street, Brooklyn
An elevator apartment building on Richards Street carrying 1.24 FAR of unused residential development rights on record on a 245,000 sq ft lot, zoned R6.
139 Richards Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3005570001). The property is zoned R6, on a 245,000 sq ft lot, with 3 floors and 345 residential units. It was built in 1954. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 11 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 3005570001 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Brooklyn — Community District 6 |
| Neighborhood | Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook |
| Zoning district | R6 |
| Building class | D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 245,000 sq ft |
| Floors | 3 |
| Residential units | 345 |
| Year built | 1954 |
| FAR | 1.19 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 1 open Department of Buildings violation
- 10 open ECB (OATH) violations — $7,500 in penalties due
- 0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2025-02-18)
Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.
Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.
The complete dossier also covers:
- Buildable floor area (residential & commercial)
- Recorded ownership & last sale
- Recorded mortgages & open debt stack
- LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
- Flood coverage percentage & base flood elevation
- Climate projections for this lot
- Open permits & construction pipeline
- Distress signal convergence
- Air rights & transferable development rights
- Comparable sales (Pro)
Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.