790 Columbia Street, Brooklyn

A 1930 warehouse on Columbia Street carrying 1.97 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record under its M3-1 zoning.

790 Columbia Street is a warehouse in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3006120205). The property is zoned M3-1, on a 3,127,835 sq ft lot, with 0 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1930. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 5 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3006120205
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 6
Neighborhood	Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Zoning district	M3-1
Building class	E1 — warehouse (what’s a building class?)
Land use	06 — Industrial & manufacturing
Lot area	3,127,835 sq ft
Floors	0
Residential units	1
Year built	1930
FAR	0.03 built · 0 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

4 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation — $2,500 in penalties due
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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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.