401 Chester Street, Brooklyn

An elevator apartment building built in 2021 on Chester Street under R7-2 zoning on a 22,025 sq ft lot.

401 Chester Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3035890021). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 22,025 sq ft lot, with 8 floors and 158 residential units. It was built in 2021. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 9 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3035890021
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 16
Neighborhood	Brownsville
Zoning district	R7-2
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	22,025 sq ft
Floors	8
Residential units	158
Year built	2021
FAR	5.33 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

0 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations — $620 in penalties due
7 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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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.