221 Bay Street
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- Built before 1939 (city records: 1931)
About this building
The building’s floor space is 2 times the size of its lot: 30,000 sq ft of building on a 15,000 sq ft lot.
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221 Bay Street
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221 Bay Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11231. The closest subway is Smith-9 Sts (F,G) (6-minute walk), served by the F and G lines.
Building Condition
No HPD lead-paint violations are on record for this building. That means no complaint or inspection was filed — not that the building is lead-free.
Built 1931. City property records (PLUTO) list no residential units at this address. NYC Local Law 1 addresses lead paint in multiple dwellings, so its presumption does not apply here. Any violations below are records against the property, not findings about an apartment.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 11
- INTOXICATED & IMPAIRED DRIVING: 9
- OTHER STATE LAWS: 4
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 2
- FELONY ASSAULT: 2
- Illegal Parking: 10
- Abandoned Vehicle: 8
- Derelict Vehicles: 7
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 4
- Street Condition: 3
- 601 COURT ST
- 234 CREAMER ST
- 400 HAMILTON AVE
- PAVE Academy Charter School
- Agnes Y. Humphrey School for Leadership
- Red Hook Neighborhood School
- PAVE Academy Charter School
- Agnes Y. Humphrey School for Leadership
- Summit Academy Charter School
- Summit Academy Charter School
- Brooklyn Collaborative Studies
Levels add up to 12 because a school serving K-8 is listed under both Elementary and Middle. 9 distinct schools are within range.
- Smith-9 Sts
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- Jozef Pilsudski Institute Of America For Research In Modern History Of Poland, Inc.
- Indoor Storage (Warehouse)
- Indoor Parking Garage
- Red Hook Recreation Area
- Brooklyn 2 Garage
- Cough Triangle
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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