225 Bennett Avenue, Manhattan

A 1940 elevator apartment building on Bennett Avenue with 81 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

225 Bennett Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1021800522). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 17,100 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 106 residential units. It was built in 1940. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 81 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1021800522
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 12
Neighborhood	Washington Heights (North)
ZIP code	10040
Zoning district	R7-2
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	17,100 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	106
Year built	1940
FAR	4.83 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

10 open Department of Buildings violations
5 open ECB (OATH) violations
66 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2023-05-15)

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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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.