137 East 38 Street, Manhattan

A 1936 elevator apartment building on East 38 Street with 108 residential units on record, zoned R8B.

137 East 38 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1008940032). The property is zoned R8B, on a 11,410 sq ft lot, with 13 floors and 108 residential units. It was built in 1936. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 5 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1008940032
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 6
Neighborhood	Murray Hill-Kips Bay
ZIP code	10016
Zoning district	R8B
Building class	D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	11,410 sq ft
Floors	13
Residential units	108
Year built	1936
FAR	9.2 built · 4 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

5 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2020-10-30)

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.