170 East 88 Street, Manhattan

An elevator apartment building on East 88 Street built in 1980, zoned R8B on a 8,850 sq ft lot.

170 East 88 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1015160042). The property is zoned R8B, on a 8,850 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 39 residential units. It was built in 1980. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 2 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1015160042
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 8
Neighborhood	Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
ZIP code	10128
Zoning district	R8B
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	8,850 sq ft
Floors	5
Residential units	39
Year built	1980
FAR	5.75 built · 4 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
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2021-12-28)

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.