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158 West 81 Street, Manhattan

A 1913 elevator apartment building in the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District historic district, on West 81 Street, zoned R8B.

158 West 81 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1012110052). The property is zoned R8B, on a 5,747 sq ft lot, with 9 floors and 37 residential units. It was built in 1913. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 9 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL1012110052
BoroughManhattan — Community District 7
NeighborhoodUpper West Side (Central)
ZIP code10024
Zoning districtR8B
Building classD3elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area5,747 sq ft
Floors9
Residential units37
Year built1913
FAR6.48 built · 4 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Historic districtUpper West Side / Central Park West Historic District
Flood zoneNot in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

  • 3 open Department of Buildings violations
  • 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
  • 6 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
  • Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2021-04-26)

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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  • 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.