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157 East 57 Street, Manhattan

A 1960 elevator apartment building on East 57 Street with 11 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

157 East 57 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013120033). The property is zoned C5-2, on a 12,050 sq ft lot, with 19 floors and 119 residential units. It was built in 1960. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 11 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL1013120033
BoroughManhattan — Community District 6
NeighborhoodEast Midtown-Turtle Bay
ZIP code10022
Zoning districtC5-2
Building classD6elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area12,050 sq ft
Floors19
Residential units119
Year built1960
FAR14.37 built · 10 max residential · 10 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zoneNot in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

  • 8 open Department of Buildings violations
  • 3 open ECB (OATH) violations
  • 0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
  • Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2020-10-01)

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.