39 Washington Street, Brooklyn

A 1904 office building on Washington Street with 10 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

39 Washington Street is an office building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3000380001). The property is zoned M1-2/R8A, on a 48,503 sq ft lot, with 9 floors and 161 residential units. It was built in 1904. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 10 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3000380001
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 2
Neighborhood	Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Zoning district	M1-2/R8A
Building class	O6 — office building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	05 — Commercial & office buildings
Lot area	48,503 sq ft
Floors	9
Residential units	161
Year built	1904
FAR	9.24 built · 6.02 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Historic district	DUMBO Historic District
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

10 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2025-10-16)

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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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
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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.