3002 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn

An elevator apartment building on Surf Avenue inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, built in 1955, zoned R5.

3002 Surf Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3070670001). The property is zoned R5, on a 271,161 sq ft lot, with 14 floors and 534 residential units. It was built in 1955. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 30 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3070670001
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 13
Neighborhood	Coney Island-Sea Gate
ZIP code	11224
Zoning district	R5
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	271,161 sq ft
Floors	14
Residential units	534
Year built	1955
FAR	1.9 built · 1.5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

9 open Department of Buildings violations
4 open ECB (OATH) violations
17 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2026-06-29)

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.