2160 78 Street, Brooklyn

An elevator apartment building on a 11,628 sq ft Brooklyn lot on 78 Street, zoned R5, built in 1991.

2160 78 Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3062640029). The property is zoned R5, on a 11,628 sq ft lot, with 9 floors and 52 residential units. It was built in 1991. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 3 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3062640029
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 11
Neighborhood	Bensonhurst
Zoning district	R5
Building class	D9 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	11,628 sq ft
Floors	9
Residential units	52
Year built	1991
FAR	4.42 built · 1.5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

0 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations — $1,562 in penalties due
1 open Housing Preservation & Development violation
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2021-09-29)

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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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.