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283 Adams Street, Brooklyn

An educational facility on Adams Street carrying 8.03 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record on a 71,886 sq ft lot, zoned C5-4.

283 Adams Street is an educational facility in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3001400010). The property is zoned C5-4, on a 71,886 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 3 residential units. It was built in 1954. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 19 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL3001400010
BoroughBrooklyn — Community District 2
NeighborhoodDowntown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
ZIP code11201
Zoning districtC5-4
Building classW1educational facility (what’s a building class?)
Land use08 — Public facilities & institutions
Lot area71,886 sq ft
Floors6
Residential units3
Year built1954
FAR1.97 built · 10 max residential · 10 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zoneNot in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

  • 19 open Department of Buildings violations
  • 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
  • 0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

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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  • Recorded ownership & last sale
  • Recorded mortgages & open debt stack
  • LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
  • Flood coverage percentage & base flood elevation
  • Climate projections for this lot
  • Open permits & construction pipeline
  • Distress signal convergence
  • Air rights & transferable development rights
  • Comparable sales (Pro)
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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.