472 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn

An elevator apartment building on Van Brunt Street inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, built in 1931, zoned M1-1/R5.

472 Van Brunt Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3006110006). The property is zoned M1-1/R5, on a 34,813 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 24 residential units. It was built in 1931. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 4 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3006110006
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 6
Neighborhood	Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Zoning district	M1-1/R5
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	34,813 sq ft
Floors	5
Residential units	24
Year built	1931
FAR	3.12 built · 1.5 max residential · 1 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

1 open Department of Buildings violation
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
3 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

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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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.