156 Front Street, Manhattan
A 1930 elevator apartment building on Front Street carrying 9.13 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record under its C5-3 zoning.
156 Front Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1000710001). The property is zoned C5-3, on a 9,026 sq ft lot, with 9 floors and 66 residential units. It was built in 1930. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 7 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1000710001 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 1 |
| Neighborhood | Financial District-Battery Park City |
| Zoning district | C5-3 |
| Building class | D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 9,026 sq ft |
| Floors | 9 |
| Residential units | 66 |
| Year built | 1930 |
| FAR | 5.87 built · 10 max residential · 15 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 0 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 7 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2020-10-22)
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.