20 Bayard Street, Brooklyn

Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this condominium on Bayard Street carries 0.41 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record.

20 Bayard Street is a condominium in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3027217503). The property is zoned M1-2/R6B, on a 31,000 sq ft lot, with 16 floors and 108 residential units. It was built in 2005. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 7 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3027217503
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 1
Neighborhood	Williamsburg
ZIP code	11211
Zoning district	M1-2/R6B
Building class	R4 — condominium (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	31,000 sq ft
Floors	16
Residential units	108
Year built	2005
FAR	1.59 built · 2 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

2 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations
3 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2023-02-17)

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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LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
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Open permits & construction pipeline
Distress signal convergence
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.