273 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn

A 1920 elevator apartment building on Gates Avenue with 157 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

273 Gates Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3019740051). The property is zoned R6A, on a 9,150 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 35 residential units. It was built in 1920. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 157 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3019740051
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 3
Neighborhood	Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Zoning district	R6A
Building class	D5 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	9,150 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	35
Year built	1920
FAR	4.86 built · 3 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

8 open Department of Buildings violations
20 open ECB (OATH) violations — $34,655 in penalties due
129 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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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.