257 Beach 116 Street, Queens
An office building on Beach 116 Street inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, built in 1927, zoned R5B.
257 Beach 116 Street is an office building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4162120017). The property is zoned R5B, on a 5,200 sq ft lot, with 3 floors and 9 residential units. It was built in 1927. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 48 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 4162120017 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Queens — Community District 14 |
| Neighborhood | Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel |
| Zoning district | R5B |
| Building class | O2 — office building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 05 — Commercial & office buildings |
| Lot area | 5,200 sq ft |
| Floors | 3 |
| Residential units | 9 |
| Year built | 1927 |
| FAR | 2.08 built · 1.5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 43 open Department of Buildings violations
- 5 open ECB (OATH) violations — $6,250 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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- 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.