Street record · Brooklyn

Richards Street

15 mapped DOB filings publish this street name in the current snapshot. They span Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook.

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Qualified records15
Active-status records10
Latest status changeFeb 21, 2023

What is on this street

The built record of Richards Street

City Planning maps 41 tax lots on Richards Street in Brooklyn, 27% of them industrial and manufacturing. The oldest went up in 1899 and the newest in 2025. This describes the street as it stands, not the filings below.

Tax lots
41
Buildings
46
Homes
411
Typically built
1920s
Typical height
3–6 floors
Built area
813,987 sq ft

How the lots are used

  • Industrial and manufacturing11 of 41
  • Walk-up apartments8 of 41
  • Mixed residential and commercial6 of 41

Zoning: R5, M1-1, M1-5 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 Sep 13, 2026. Street grouping is based on the normalized street-name field.