829 Schenck Avenue, Brooklyn
An elevator apartment building on Schenck Avenue carrying 0.77 FAR of unused residential development rights on record on a 517,750 sq ft lot, zoned R5.
829 Schenck Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3043550001). The property is zoned R5, on a 517,750 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 744 residential units. It was built in 1953. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 74 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 3043550001 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Brooklyn — Community District 5 |
| Neighborhood | East New York-New Lots |
| ZIP code | 11207 |
| Zoning district | R5 |
| Building class | D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 517,750 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 744 |
| Year built | 1953 |
| FAR | 0.73 built · 1.5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 0 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 74 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2025-11-12)
Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.
Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.
The complete dossier also covers:
- 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)
Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.