21 West 118 Street, Manhattan

A 1940 elevator apartment building on West 118 Street with 19 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

21 West 118 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1017170022). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 7,451 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 35 residential units. It was built in 1940. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 19 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1017170022
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 10
Neighborhood	Harlem (South)
ZIP code	10026
Zoning district	R7-2
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	7,451 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	35
Year built	1940
FAR	4.44 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

0 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
19 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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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.