2949 West 28 Street, Brooklyn

An elevator apartment building on West 28 Street inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, built in 1974, zoned R6.

2949 West 28 Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3070530014). The property is zoned R6, on a 194,737 sq ft lot, with 17 floors and 617 residential units. It was built in 1974. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 36 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3070530014
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 13
Neighborhood	Coney Island-Sea Gate
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	194,737 sq ft
Floors	17
Residential units	617
Year built	1974
FAR	3.61 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

2 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations
32 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2026-04-27)

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.