285 Lenox Road, Brooklyn

A 1931 walk-up apartment building on Lenox Road with 28 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

285 Lenox Road is a walk-up apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3050660064). The property is zoned R7-1, on a 4,715 sq ft lot, with 4 floors and 12 residential units. It was built in 1931. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 28 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3050660064
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 17
Neighborhood	East Flatbush-Erasmus
ZIP code	11226
Zoning district	R7-1
Building class	C7 — walk-up apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	4,715 sq ft
Floors	4
Residential units	12
Year built	1931
FAR	2.19 built · 3.44 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
1 open ECB (OATH) violation
15 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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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.