197 Bowery, Manhattan

A 1900 residential care facility on Bowery with 29 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

197 Bowery is a residential care facility in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1004250008). The property is zoned C6-1, on a 3,838 sq ft lot, with 9 floors and 2 residential units. It was built in 1900. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 29 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1004250008
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 3
Neighborhood	Lower East Side
Zoning district	C6-1
Building class	N2 — residential care facility (what’s a building class?)
Land use	08 — Public facilities & institutions
Lot area	3,838 sq ft
Floors	9
Residential units	2
Year built	1900
FAR	6.43 built · 3.44 max residential · 6 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

2 open Department of Buildings violations
19 open ECB (OATH) violations — $46,370 in penalties due
8 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2022-09-06)

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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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.