649 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn

A 1965 elevator apartment building on Putnam Avenue with 57 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

649 Putnam Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3016450076). The property is zoned R6B, on a 6,300 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 19 residential units. It was built in 1965. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 57 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3016450076
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 3
Neighborhood	Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Zoning district	R6B
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	6,300 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	19
Year built	1965
FAR	5.02 built · 2 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

12 open Department of Buildings violations
6 open ECB (OATH) violations — $9,375 in penalties due
39 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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Distress signal convergence
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.