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521 East New York Avenue, Brooklyn

A 2016 elevator apartment building on East New York Avenue with 58 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

521 East New York Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3013320001). The property is zoned R6, on a 3,067 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 9 residential units. It was built in 2016. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 58 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL3013320001
BoroughBrooklyn — Community District 9
NeighborhoodProspect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Zoning districtR6
Building classD6elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area3,067 sq ft
Floors5
Residential units9
Year built2016
FAR5.1 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zoneNot in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

  • 4 open Department of Buildings violations
  • 54 open ECB (OATH) violations — $520,875 in penalties due
  • 0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

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.