147 Remsen Street, Brooklyn
A 1900 retail store building on Remsen Street carrying 7.23 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record under its C5-2A zoning.
147 Remsen Street is a retail store building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3002500020). The property is zoned C5-2A, on a 4,900 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 8 residential units. It was built in 1900. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 13 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 3002500020 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Brooklyn — Community District 2 |
| Neighborhood | Brooklyn Heights |
| ZIP code | 11201 |
| Zoning district | C5-2A |
| Building class | K4 — retail store building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 4,900 sq ft |
| Floors | 5 |
| Residential units | 8 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| FAR | 2.77 built · 10 max residential · 10 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 12 open Department of Buildings violations
- 1 open ECB (OATH) violation
- 0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
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)
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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.