2885 West 12 Street, Brooklyn
Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this elevator apartment building on West 12 Street carries 0.45 FAR of unused residential development rights on record.
2885 West 12 Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3072680001). The property is zoned R6, on a 875,630 sq ft lot, with 20 floors and 1,583 residential units. It was built in 1960. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 54 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 3072680001 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Brooklyn — Community District 13 |
| Neighborhood | Coney Island-Sea Gate |
| ZIP code | 11224 |
| Zoning district | R6 |
| Building class | D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 875,630 sq ft |
| Floors | 20 |
| Residential units | 1,583 |
| Year built | 1960 |
| FAR | 1.98 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 30 open Department of Buildings violations
- 9 open ECB (OATH) violations — $1,250 in penalties due
- 15 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2023-02-22)
Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.
Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.
The complete dossier also covers:
- Buildable floor area (residential & commercial)
- 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.