230 West 72 Street, Manhattan
A 1896 elevator apartment building on West 72 Street carrying 5.8 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its C4-6A zoning.
230 West 72 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1011630049). The property is zoned C4-6A, on a 2,758 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 10 residential units. It was built in 1896. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 25 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1011630049 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 7 |
| Neighborhood | Upper West Side-Lincoln Square |
| ZIP code | 10023 |
| Zoning district | C4-6A |
| Building class | D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 2,758 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 10 |
| Year built | 1896 |
| FAR | 4.2 built · 10 max residential · 3.4 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Historic district | West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 1 open Department of Buildings violation
- 2 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 22 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.