202 Sands Street, Brooklyn

A 1950 elevator apartment building on Sands Street with 22 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

202 Sands Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3000710001). The property is zoned R6, on a 335,242 sq ft lot, with 14 floors and 556 residential units. It was built in 1950. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 22 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3000710001
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 2
Neighborhood	Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	335,242 sq ft
Floors	14
Residential units	556
Year built	1950
FAR	1.49 built · 2.43 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
2 open ECB (OATH) violations
17 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNFILED

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.