537 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn

A 2023 elevator apartment building on Brooklyn Avenue with 18 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

537 Brooklyn Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3047930002). The property is zoned R6, on a 3,552 sq ft lot, with 7 floors and 16 residential units. It was built in 2023. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 18 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3047930002
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 9
Neighborhood	Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D6 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	3,552 sq ft
Floors	7
Residential units	16
Year built	2023
FAR	4.15 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

1 open Department of Buildings violation
7 open ECB (OATH) violations — $42,560 in penalties due
10 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.

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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.