1655 Putnam Avenue, Queens
A 1931 walk-up apartment building on Putnam Avenue carrying 1.59 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record under its C4-3A zoning.
1655 Putnam Avenue is a walk-up apartment building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4035450059). The property is zoned C4-3A, on a 3,395 sq ft lot, with 3 floors and 6 residential units. It was built in 1931. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 6 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 4035450059 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Queens — Community District 5 |
| Neighborhood | Ridgewood |
| ZIP code | 11385 |
| Zoning district | C4-3A |
| Building class | C2 — walk-up apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 02 — Multi-family walk-up buildings |
| Lot area | 3,395 sq ft |
| Floors | 3 |
| Residential units | 6 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| FAR | 1.41 built · 3 max residential · 3 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 0 open Department of Buildings violations
- 2 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 4 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.