277 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn

A 1942 elevator apartment building on Myrtle Avenue with 21 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

277 Myrtle Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3020400001). The property is zoned R6, on a 130,635 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 207 residential units. It was built in 1942. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 21 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3020400001
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 2
Neighborhood	Fort Greene
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D6 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	130,635 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	207
Year built	1942
FAR	1.66 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

20 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation — $25,000 in penalties due
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2026-02-17)

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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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.