501 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn

Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this condominium on Surf Avenue carries 0.38 FAR of unused residential development rights on record.

501 Surf Avenue is a condominium in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3072797501). The property is zoned R6, on a 335,533 sq ft lot, with 24 floors and 1,287 residential units. It was built in 1964. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 97 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3072797501
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 13
Neighborhood	Coney Island-Sea Gate
ZIP code	11224
Zoning district	R6
Building class	RM — condominium (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	335,533 sq ft
Floors	24
Residential units	1,287
Year built	1964
FAR	2.05 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

6 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation
90 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2025-02-20)

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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LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
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Open permits & construction pipeline
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.