12 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan

A 1917 educational facility on Lexington Avenue with 16 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

12 Lexington Avenue is an educational facility in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1008780016). The property is zoned R9A, on a 7,582 sq ft lot, with 10 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1917. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 16 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1008780016
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 5
Neighborhood	Gramercy
Zoning district	R9A
Building class	W1 — educational facility (what’s a building class?)
Land use	08 — Public facilities & institutions
Lot area	7,582 sq ft
Floors	10
Residential units	1
Year built	1917
FAR	10.52 built · 7.52 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

2 open Department of Buildings violations
14 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2022-04-11)

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.