159 East 116 Street, Manhattan

A 1910 office building on East 116 Street carrying 2.26 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R7D zoning.

159 East 116 Street is an office building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016440025). The property is zoned R7D, on a 1,716 sq ft lot, with 4 floors and 2 residential units. It was built in 1910. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 29 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1016440025
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 11
Neighborhood	East Harlem (North)
ZIP code	10029
Zoning district	R7D
Building class	O5 — office building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	05 — Commercial & office buildings
Lot area	1,716 sq ft
Floors	4
Residential units	2
Year built	1910
FAR	2.4 built · 4.66 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
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
27 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

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.