1 Bowery, Manhattan

An educational facility on Bowery carrying 5.41 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record on a 247,567 sq ft lot, zoned C6-1G.

1 Bowery is an educational facility in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1002890001). The property is zoned C6-1G, on a 247,567 sq ft lot, with 5 floors. It was built in 1978. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 20 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1002890001
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 3
Neighborhood	Chinatown-Two Bridges
Zoning district	C6-1G
Building class	W1 — educational facility (what’s a building class?)
Land use	08 — Public facilities & institutions
Lot area	247,567 sq ft
Floors	5
Residential units	0
Year built	1978
FAR	0.59 built · 3.44 max residential · 6 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

7 open Department of Buildings violations
7 open ECB (OATH) violations
6 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2021-12-13)

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.

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LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
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Open permits & construction pipeline
Distress signal convergence
Air rights & transferable development rights
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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.