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51 Furman Street, Brooklyn

An office building on Furman Street inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, built in 1938, zoned M2-1.

51 Furman Street is an office building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3002080002). The property is zoned M2-1, on a 67,494 sq ft lot, with 12 floors and 4 residential units. It was built in 1938. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 25 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL3002080002
BoroughBrooklyn — Community District 2
NeighborhoodBrooklyn Heights
Zoning districtM2-1
Building classO6office building (what’s a building class?)
Land use05 — Commercial & office buildings
Lot area67,494 sq ft
Floors12
Residential units4
Year built1938
FAR6 built · 0 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zoneIn a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

  • 10 open Department of Buildings violations
  • 12 open ECB (OATH) violations — $26,250 in penalties due
  • 3 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
  • Façade safety filing status: UNFILED

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.

The complete dossier also covers:

  • 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
  • Climate projections for this lot
  • 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.