1596 York Avenue, Manhattan

An elevator apartment building rising 23 floors on York Avenue, built in 1968, zoned R10.

1596 York Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1015810049). The property is zoned R10, on a 17,575 sq ft lot, with 23 floors and 236 residential units. It was built in 1968. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 3 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1015810049
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 8
Neighborhood	Upper East Side-Yorkville
Zoning district	R10
Building class	D8 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	17,575 sq ft
Floors	23
Residential units	236
Year built	1968
FAR	13.77 built · 10 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

3 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2021-03-29)

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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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.