420 Watkins Street
BBL 3035900050Brownsville · Brooklyn
Floors
9
Built
1976
Area
252.9ksf
Units
260
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Address
PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
- Property address
- 420 WATKINS STREET
- Alternate address(es)
- 265-287 Riverdale Ave412-418 Watkins St422-440 Watkins St440A Watkins St440D Watkins St
- Zip code
- 11212
- Neighborhood
- Brownsville
- Borough
- Brooklyn
- Block & lot
- 03590-0050
Zoning & buildable
Lot 102,200 sf · R6
- Zoning district
- R6
- PLUTO building class
- D7
FAR breakdown & buildable envelope — residential, commercial and community-facility headroom math in the full report.
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PLUTO · owner of record
HP RIVERDALE OSBORNE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND
- Ownership form
- Rental
- Last recorded sale
- 18.6 yrs ago (Dec 2007)
Ownership history · 2 records since 2007 — the parties, amounts, and connected properties in the full report.
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PLUTO units + DHCR rent-stabilization roll
260residential units261 rent-stabilized · 100%
- Residential sq. ft.
- 251,324
- Commercial sq. ft.
- 1,621
- PLUTO class
- D7
Rent stabilization constrains repositioning — buy-outs typically required to convert stabilized units to market-rate.
Stabilization history on file — the year-by-year DHCR roll, peak unit count and trend are in the full report.
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PLUTO · DOF parcel geometry
- Lot area
- 102,200 sf
- Dimensions
- 50.0 × 250.0 ft
- Position
- Corner lot
- Front street
- RIVERDALE AVE
- Side street
- WATKINS ST
- D/F ratio
- 5.0 — deep lot (atypical — possible corner or oversize)
Financial
NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
- Total assessment
- $16.8M
- Land value
- $3.7M
- Exempt
- $9.7M($7.1M taxable)
- $/sf (implied)
- $66
Last recorded sale
$6,062,247 · Dec 2007
Debt history · 7 mortgages on record — lenders, amounts and maturity timing in the full report.
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HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Minor activity
1 open HPD violation · 1 open HPD complaint · 0 active DOB jobs
- HPD violations (24 months)
- 5
- DOB violations (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (24 months)
- 34
- HPD complaints (open)
- 1
- DOB jobs (24 months)
- 2
$160K in alteration permits over last 24 months
Provenance
Every datum on this page is sourced from public NYC + federal datasets, refreshed on the schedule below.
| Source | What it covers | Last refresh |
|---|---|---|
| PLUTO | NYC DCP · physical / zoning / ownership baseline | Jul 9, 2026 |
| ACRIS | NYC DOF · deed + mortgage history | Jul 9, 2026 |
| HPD | Housing Preservation & Development · violations + complaints | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DOB | Department of Buildings · violations + permits | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DHCR | Rent Stabilization roll (through 2024) | Jul 9, 2026 |
| LPC | Landmarks Preservation Commission · landmark status | not loaded |
| Footprint | NYC DoITT photogrammetric building polygons | not loaded |
Assembled at Jul 9, 2026. Discrepancies between sources reflect upstream-data quality, not assembly bugs — file in our quality tracker.