166 3 Avenue, Manhattan

A 1963 elevator apartment building on 3 Avenue with 25 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

166 3 Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1008720035). The property is zoned C1-9A, on a 17,296 sq ft lot, with 19 floors and 236 residential units. It was built in 1963. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 25 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1008720035
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 6
Neighborhood	Gramercy
ZIP code	10003
Zoning district	C1-9A
Building class	D6 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	17,296 sq ft
Floors	19
Residential units	236
Year built	1963
FAR	13.65 built · 10 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

14 open Department of Buildings violations
6 open ECB (OATH) violations — $6,875 in penalties due
5 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2020-10-31)

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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LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
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Open permits & construction pipeline
Distress signal convergence
Air rights & transferable development rights
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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.