Street record · Brooklyn

Chester Avenue

4 mapped DOB filings publish this street name in the current snapshot. They span Kensington.

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Qualified records4
Active-status records3
Latest status changeAug 25, 2026

What is on this street

The built record of Chester Avenue

City Planning maps 95 tax lots on Chester Avenue in Brooklyn, 68% of them one and two family homes. The oldest went up in 1910 and the newest in 2002. This describes the street as it stands, not the filings below.

Where 1920s sits in the city’s own timeline

Tax lots
95
Buildings
167
Homes
392
Typically built
1920s
Typical height
2–4 floors
Built area
351,970 sq ft

How the lots are used

  • One and two family homes65 of 95
  • Walk-up apartments30 of 95

Zoning: R5, C4-3, R6 are the districts covering most of the street. A zoning district sets what may be built, not what is there now.

NYC Department of City Planning · Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · 64uk-42ks · read 2026-09-11

How to read this street page

A shared street name does not mean a shared project.

These records are grouped by the street name and borough published by DOB. Each address remains an independent filing unless its source record explicitly connects it to another site. Use this page to scan activity along the corridor, then open an individual filing for its exact status, scope and identifiers.

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Source snapshot accessed Oct 2, 2026. Street grouping is based on the normalized street-name field.