138 West 140 Street, Manhattan

A 2005 elevator apartment building on West 140 Street with 52 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

138 West 140 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1020080053). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 9,992 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 48 residential units. It was built in 2005. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 52 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1020080053
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 10
Neighborhood	Harlem (North)
Zoning district	R7-2
Building class	D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	9,992 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	48
Year built	2005
FAR	4.95 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
3 open ECB (OATH) violations — $1,250 in penalties due
47 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

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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Distress signal convergence
Air rights & transferable development rights
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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.