116 East 38 Street, Manhattan

A 1856 office building on East 38 Street carrying 2.2 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R8B zoning.

116 East 38 Street is an office building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1008930081). The property is zoned R8B, on a 1,383 sq ft lot, with 3 floors and 2 residential units. It was built in 1856. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 10 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1008930081
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 6
Neighborhood	Murray Hill-Kips Bay
ZIP code	10016
Zoning district	R8B
Building class	O8 — office building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	1,383 sq ft
Floors	3
Residential units	2
Year built	1856
FAR	1.8 built · 4 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Historic district	Murray Hill Historic District
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

10 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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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.