1281 Park Avenue, Manhattan

An elevator apartment building on a 75,081 sq ft Manhattan lot on Park Avenue, zoned R7-2, built in 1951.

1281 Park Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016260001). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 75,081 sq ft lot, with 14 floors and 223 residential units. It was built in 1951. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 6 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1016260001
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 11
Neighborhood	East Harlem (South)
Zoning district	R7-2
Building class	D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	75,081 sq ft
Floors	14
Residential units	223
Year built	1951
FAR	2.58 built · 3.44 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
4 open ECB (OATH) violations — $5,060 in penalties due
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2025-08-28)

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.