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121 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan

A 1910 elevator apartment building on St Nicholas Avenue with 18 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

121 St Nicholas Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1019220024). The property is zoned R7A, on a 9,411 sq ft lot, with 7 floors and 32 residential units. It was built in 1910. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 18 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL1019220024
BoroughManhattan — Community District 10
NeighborhoodHarlem (South)
ZIP code10026
Zoning districtR7A
Building classD4elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area9,411 sq ft
Floors7
Residential units32
Year built1910
FAR5.87 built · 4 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zoneNot in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

  • 6 open Department of Buildings violations
  • 5 open ECB (OATH) violations — $2,500 in penalties due
  • 7 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
  • Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2026-03-13)

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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  • Buildable floor area (residential & commercial)
  • Recorded ownership & last sale
  • Recorded mortgages & open debt stack
  • LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
  • Flood coverage percentage & base flood elevation
  • Climate projections for this lot
  • Open permits & construction pipeline
  • Distress signal convergence
  • Air rights & transferable development rights
  • Comparable sales (Pro)
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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.