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16 Main Street, Brooklyn

Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this retail store building on Main Street carries 0.25 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record.

16 Main Street is a retail store building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3000260033). The property is zoned M3-1, on a 5,265 sq ft lot, with 2 floors and 5 residential units. It was built in 1905. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area.

Property facts

BBL3000260033
BoroughBrooklyn — Community District 2
NeighborhoodDowntown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
ZIP code11201
Zoning districtM3-1
Building classK2retail store building (what’s a building class?)
Land use05 — Commercial & office buildings
Lot area5,265 sq ft
Floors2
Residential units5
Year built1905
FAR1.75 built · 0 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zoneIn a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

No open violations on record for this lot.

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

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  • 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.