2740 Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

A 1962 elevator apartment building on Cropsey Avenue with 98 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

2740 Cropsey Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3069370048). The property is zoned R6, on a 136,725 sq ft lot, with 17 floors and 320 residential units. It was built in 1962. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 98 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3069370048
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 13
Neighborhood	Gravesend (South)
ZIP code	11214
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	136,725 sq ft
Floors	17
Residential units	320
Year built	1962
FAR	3.22 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

12 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations — $1,250 in penalties due
84 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2024-02-05)

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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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.