157 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn

An elevator apartment building on a 21,300 sq ft Brooklyn lot on Kent Avenue, zoned M1-2/R6A, built in 2012.

157 Kent Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3023490015). The property is zoned M1-2/R6A, on a 21,300 sq ft lot, with 7 floors and 89 residential units. It was built in 2012. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 2 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3023490015
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 1
Neighborhood	Williamsburg
Zoning district	M1-2/R6A
Building class	D6 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	21,300 sq ft
Floors	7
Residential units	89
Year built	2012
FAR	3.37 built · 3 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

1 open Department of Buildings violation
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
1 open Housing Preservation & Development violation
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2023-01-20)

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.

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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.