61 West Street, Brooklyn
A 1931 office building on West Street carrying 2.18 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R6 zoning.
61 West Street is an office building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3025640001). The property is zoned R6, on a 298,975 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1931. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 10 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 3025640001 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Brooklyn — Community District 1 |
| Neighborhood | Greenpoint |
| Zoning district | R6 |
| Building class | O5 — office building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 05 — Commercial & office buildings |
| Lot area | 298,975 sq ft |
| Floors | 5 |
| Residential units | 1 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| FAR | 0.25 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 8 open Department of Buildings violations
- 2 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 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.
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- 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.