165 Sands Street, Brooklyn

A 1902 elevator apartment building on Sands Street with 27 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

165 Sands Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3000680107). The property is zoned R6, on a 25,000 sq ft lot, with 6.5 floors and 124 residential units. It was built in 1902. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 27 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3000680107
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 2
Neighborhood	Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
ZIP code	11201
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	25,000 sq ft
Floors	6.5
Residential units	124
Year built	1902
FAR	3.56 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

16 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
11 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2022-09-08)

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.