556 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn

A 1938 elevator apartment building on Lefferts Avenue with 35 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

556 Lefferts Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3013330006). The property is zoned R6, on a 12,000 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 54 residential units. It was built in 1938. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 35 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3013330006
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 9
Neighborhood	Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	12,000 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	54
Year built	1938
FAR	4.6 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

0 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
35 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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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.