1815 East 17 Street, Brooklyn

A 1964 elevator apartment building on East 17 Street with 159 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

1815 East 17 Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3068210275). The property is zoned R5B, on a 19,100 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 84 residential units. It was built in 1964. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 159 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3068210275
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 15
Neighborhood	Madison
Zoning district	R5B
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	19,100 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	84
Year built	1964
FAR	3.87 built · 1.5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

3 open Department of Buildings violations
3 open ECB (OATH) violations — $2,050 in penalties due
153 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2025-02-21)

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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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.