597 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn

A 1900 elevator apartment building on Grand Avenue with 95 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

597 Grand Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3011480001). The property is zoned R6B, on a 34,384 sq ft lot, with 4 floors and 52 residential units. It was built in 1900. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 95 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3011480001
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 8
Neighborhood	Crown Heights (North)
ZIP code	11238
Zoning district	R6B
Building class	D9 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	34,384 sq ft
Floors	4
Residential units	52
Year built	1900
FAR	1.64 built · 2 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

4 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation
90 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.