1261 5 Avenue, Manhattan

A residential care facility on a 11,101 sq ft Manhattan lot on 5 Avenue, zoned R9, built in 1998.

1261 5 Avenue is a residential care facility in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016130070). The property is zoned R9, on a 11,101 sq ft lot, with 14 floors and 127 residential units. It was built in 1998. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 8 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1016130070
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 11
Neighborhood	East Harlem (South)
ZIP code	10029
Zoning district	R9
Building class	N2 — residential care facility (what’s a building class?)
Land use	08 — Public facilities & institutions
Lot area	11,101 sq ft
Floors	14
Residential units	127
Year built	1998
FAR	11.71 built · 7.52 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

0 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations
6 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2024-02-20)

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.