251 Douglas Street, Brooklyn

An elevator apartment building on Douglas Street inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, built in 2024, zoned M1-4/R7X.

251 Douglas Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3004120050). The property is zoned M1-4/R7X, on a 28,500 sq ft lot, with 15 floors and 262 residential units. It was built in 2024. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 1 open building violation for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3004120050
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 6
Neighborhood	Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Zoning district	M1-4/R7X
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	28,500 sq ft
Floors	15
Residential units	262
Year built	2024
FAR	8.79 built · 5 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

0 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation — $6,250 in penalties due
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

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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.