2289 5 Avenue, Manhattan

An elevator apartment building on 5 Avenue inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, built in 1970, zoned R8.

2289 5 Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1017630001). The property is zoned R8, on a 61,225 sq ft lot, with 16 floors and 634 residential units. It was built in 1970. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 166 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1017630001
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 11
Neighborhood	East Harlem (North)
ZIP code	10037
Zoning district	R8
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	61,225 sq ft
Floors	16
Residential units	634
Year built	1970
FAR	6.06 built · 6.02 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

11 open Department of Buildings violations
10 open ECB (OATH) violations — $2,530 in penalties due
145 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2023-01-11)

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
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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.