1596 East New York Avenue, Brooklyn
An elevator apartment building on East New York Avenue carrying 1.26 FAR of unused residential development rights on record on a 658,440 sq ft lot, zoned R6.
1596 East New York Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3034890001). The property is zoned R6, on a 658,440 sq ft lot, with 7 floors and 815 residential units. It was built in 1954. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 39 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 3034890001 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Brooklyn — Community District 16 |
| Neighborhood | Brownsville |
| ZIP code | 11212 |
| Zoning district | R6 |
| Building class | D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 658,440 sq ft |
| Floors | 7 |
| Residential units | 815 |
| Year built | 1954 |
| FAR | 1.17 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 33 open Department of Buildings violations
- 6 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2022-03-17)
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.