557 Cortelyou Road
BBL 3053910001Kensington · Brooklyn
Floors
3
Built
1956
Area
130.0ksf
Units
0
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Address
PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
- Property address
- 557 CORTELYOU ROAD
- Alternate address(es)
- 700-728 Cortelyou Rd535-583 East 7 St458-488 East 8 St
- Zip code
- 11218
- Neighborhood
- Kensington
- Borough
- Brooklyn
- Block & lot
- 05391-0001
Zoning & buildable
Lot 96,400 sf · R7B
- Zoning district
- R7B
- Special district
- OP
- PLUTO building class
- W1
Special District OP — district-specific bulk and use rules may override the base FAR analysis.
Development headroom detected — the FAR breakdown, max buildable envelope and unused-sf math are in the full report.
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PLUTO · owner of record
NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
- Ownership form
- Other
- Last recorded sale
- None since 2000
Tenancy & use
PLUTO units + DHCR rent-stabilization roll
0residential unitsnon-stabilized
- Residential sq. ft.
- 0
- Commercial sq. ft.
- 130,024
- PLUTO class
- W1
Lot
PLUTO · DOF parcel geometry
- Lot area
- 96,400 sf
- Dimensions
- 241.0 × 400.0 ft
- Position
- Mid-block · south side
- Front street
- CORTELYOU RD
- D/F ratio
- 1.7 — typical NYC block geometry
Financial
NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
- Total assessment
- $12.1M
- Land value
- $1.7M
- Exempt
- $12.1M($0 taxable)
- $/sf (implied)
- $93
Compliance
HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Minor activity
4 open HPD violations · 0 open HPD complaints · 7 active DOB jobs
- HPD violations (24 months)
- 0
- DOB violations (24 months)
- 3
- HPD complaints (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (open)
- 0
- DOB jobs (24 months)
- 7
$6.8M 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.