170 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
A 2016 elevator apartment building on Amsterdam Avenue with 14 open violations on record across city enforcement files.
170 Amsterdam Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1011580012). The property is zoned R8, on a 20,708 sq ft lot, with 21 floors and 239 residential units. It was built in 2016. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 14 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1011580012 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 7 |
| Neighborhood | Upper West Side-Lincoln Square |
| ZIP code | 10023 |
| Zoning district | R8 |
| Building class | D6 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 20,708 sq ft |
| Floors | 21 |
| Residential units | 239 |
| Year built | 2016 |
| FAR | 11.09 built · 6.02 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 6 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 8 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2023-07-21)
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.