475 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn

A 1911 elevator apartment building on Kent Avenue with 99 residential units on record, zoned R6.

475 Kent Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3021590001). The property is zoned R6, on a 24,524 sq ft lot, with 11 floors and 99 residential units. It was built in 1911. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 3 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3021590001
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 1
Neighborhood	Williamsburg
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	24,524 sq ft
Floors	11
Residential units	99
Year built	1911
FAR	6 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

3 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2024-02-09)

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.