1949 1 Avenue, Manhattan
Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this elevator apartment building on 1 Avenue carries 1.05 FAR of unused residential development rights on record.
1949 1 Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016710030). The property is zoned R8A, on a 4,092 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 23 residential units. It was built in 1925. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 4 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1016710030 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 11 |
| Neighborhood | East Harlem (South) |
| Zoning district | R8A |
| Building class | D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 4,092 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 23 |
| Year built | 1925 |
| FAR | 4.97 built · 6.02 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 1 open Department of Buildings violation
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 3 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
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.