120 East 56 Street, Manhattan

A 1926 office building on East 56 Street with 17 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

120 East 56 Street is an office building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013100065). The property is zoned C5-2, on a 6,326 sq ft lot, with 15 floors and 46 residential units. It was built in 1926. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 17 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1013100065
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 5
Neighborhood	East Midtown-Turtle Bay
ZIP code	10022
Zoning district	C5-2
Building class	O6 — office building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	05 — Commercial & office buildings
Lot area	6,326 sq ft
Floors	15
Residential units	46
Year built	1926
FAR	13.36 built · 10 max residential · 10 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

8 open Department of Buildings violations
9 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2021-08-31)

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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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.