205 East 38 Street, Manhattan
A 1920 garage or gas station on East 38 Street carrying 5.2 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its C1-9 zoning.
205 East 38 Street is a garage or gas station in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1009190006). The property is zoned C1-9, on a 4,898 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 2 residential units. It was built in 1920. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 9 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1009190006 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 6 |
| Neighborhood | Murray Hill-Kips Bay |
| Zoning district | C1-9 |
| Building class | G1 — garage or gas station (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 10 — Parking facilities |
| Lot area | 4,898 sq ft |
| Floors | 5 |
| Residential units | 2 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| FAR | 4.8 built · 10 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 6 open Department of Buildings violations
- 3 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 0 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.