68 Jay Street, Brooklyn

A 1914 office building on Jay Street with 42 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

68 Jay Street is an office building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3000400001). The property is zoned M1-4/R8A, on a 41,200 sq ft lot, with 10 floors and 155 residential units. It was built in 1914. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 42 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3000400001
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 2
Neighborhood	Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
ZIP code	11201
Zoning district	M1-4/R8A
Building class	O6 — office building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	05 — Commercial & office buildings
Lot area	41,200 sq ft
Floors	10
Residential units	155
Year built	1914
FAR	7.77 built · 6.02 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Historic district	DUMBO Historic District
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

26 open Department of Buildings violations
16 open ECB (OATH) violations — $3,125 in penalties due
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNFILED

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.