515 East 7 Street, Brooklyn

A 1961 elevator apartment building on East 7 Street with 170 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

515 East 7 Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3053760058). The property is zoned R7B, on a 32,200 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 123 residential units. It was built in 1961. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 170 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3053760058
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 12
Neighborhood	Kensington
ZIP code	11218
Zoning district	R7B
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	32,200 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	123
Year built	1961
FAR	3.56 built · 3 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

12 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation
157 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2025-08-04)

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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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.