196 Park Row, Manhattan

A 1965 elevator apartment building on Park Row with 31 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

196 Park Row is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1001610001). The property is zoned C6-1, on a 68,732 sq ft lot, with 25 floors and 253 residential units. It was built in 1965. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 31 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1001610001
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 3
Neighborhood	Chinatown-Two Bridges
Zoning district	C6-1
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	68,732 sq ft
Floors	25
Residential units	253
Year built	1965
FAR	4.46 built · 3.44 max residential · 6 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

3 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation — $1,250 in penalties due
27 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2022-08-12)

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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Buildable floor area (residential & commercial)
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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.