636 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn

A 1959 elevator apartment building on Brooklyn Avenue with 45 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

636 Brooklyn Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3048150037). The property is zoned R6, on a 42,558 sq ft lot, with 16 floors and 160 residential units. It was built in 1959. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 45 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3048150037
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 9
Neighborhood	Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	42,558 sq ft
Floors	16
Residential units	160
Year built	1959
FAR	3.58 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

9 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations
34 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2025-12-19)

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.