1516 Voorhies Avenue, Brooklyn

An elevator apartment building on Voorhies Avenue inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, built in 1961, zoned R4.

1516 Voorhies Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3087680001). The property is zoned R4, on a 27,000 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 95 residential units. It was built in 1961. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 239 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3087680001
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 15
Neighborhood	Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
ZIP code	11235
Zoning district	R4
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	27,000 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	95
Year built	1961
FAR	3.23 built · 1 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

11 open Department of Buildings violations
5 open ECB (OATH) violations
223 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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Distress signal convergence
Air rights & transferable development rights
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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.