185 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn
A 1910 walk-up apartment building on Bedford Avenue with 78 open violations on record across city enforcement files.
185 Bedford Avenue is a walk-up apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3023280008). The property is zoned R6B, on a 3,000 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 18 residential units. It was built in 1910. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 78 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 3023280008 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Brooklyn — Community District 1 |
| Neighborhood | Williamsburg |
| ZIP code | 11211 |
| Zoning district | R6B |
| Building class | C7 — walk-up apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 3,000 sq ft |
| Floors | 5 |
| Residential units | 18 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| FAR | 3.5 built · 2 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
- 4 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 71 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
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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- 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.