542 St Marks Avenue, Brooklyn

A 2007 elevator apartment building on St Marks Avenue with 12 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

542 St Marks Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3011560045). The property is zoned R7A, on a 5,838 sq ft lot, with 8 floors and 36 residential units. It was built in 2007. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 12 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3011560045
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 8
Neighborhood	Crown Heights (North)
Zoning district	R7A
Building class	D8 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	5,838 sq ft
Floors	8
Residential units	36
Year built	2007
FAR	7.19 built · 4 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
1 open ECB (OATH) violation — $12,500 in penalties due
10 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2022-01-31)

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.