515 East 8 Street, Brooklyn
A 1910 walk-up apartment building on East 8 Street carrying 0.78 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R5 zoning.
515 East 8 Street is a walk-up apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3053920067). The property is zoned R5, on a 4,000 sq ft lot, with 3 floors and 3 residential units. It was built in 1910. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area.
Property facts
| BBL | 3053920067 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Brooklyn — Community District 12 |
| Neighborhood | Kensington |
| ZIP code | 11218 |
| Zoning district | R5 |
| Building class | C0 — walk-up apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 02 — Multi-family walk-up buildings |
| Lot area | 4,000 sq ft |
| Floors | 3 |
| Residential units | 3 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| FAR | 0.72 built · 1.5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
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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.