85 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn
A 1931 elevator apartment building on Clarkson Avenue with 265 open violations on record across city enforcement files.
85 Clarkson Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3050550065). The property is zoned R7-1, on a 18,573 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 71 residential units. It was built in 1931. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 265 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 3050550065 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Brooklyn — Community District 9 |
| Neighborhood | Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate |
| ZIP code | 11226 |
| Zoning district | R7-1 |
| Building class | D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 18,573 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 71 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| FAR | 3.83 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 13 open Department of Buildings violations
- 1 open ECB (OATH) violation
- 251 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.
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)
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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.