131 East 85 Street, Manhattan
An elevator apartment building on East 85 Street carrying 2.55 FAR of unused residential development rights on record on a 3,750 sq ft lot, zoned C5-1A.
131 East 85 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1015140016). The property is zoned C5-1A, on a 3,750 sq ft lot, with 7 floors and 26 residential units. It was built in 1985. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 70 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1015140016 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 8 |
| Neighborhood | Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill |
| Zoning district | C5-1A |
| Building class | D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 3,750 sq ft |
| Floors | 7 |
| Residential units | 26 |
| Year built | 1985 |
| FAR | 7.45 built · 10 max residential · 4 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 2 open Department of Buildings violations
- 10 open ECB (OATH) violations — $21,050 in penalties due
- 58 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2022-02-22)
Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.
Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.
The complete dossier also covers:
- 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.