163 Christopher Avenue, Brooklyn

An elevator apartment building on a 184,000 sq ft Brooklyn lot on Christopher Avenue, zoned R6, built in 1967.

163 Christopher Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3037270001). The property is zoned R6, on a 184,000 sq ft lot, with 18 floors and 536 residential units. It was built in 1967. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 6 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3037270001
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 16
Neighborhood	Brownsville
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	184,000 sq ft
Floors	18
Residential units	536
Year built	1967
FAR	2.11 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

4 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2026-04-28)

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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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.