2300 5 Avenue, Manhattan
Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this elevator apartment building on 5 Avenue carries 0.5 FAR of unused residential development rights on record.
2300 5 Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1017370025). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 189,025 sq ft lot, with 16 floors and 771 residential units. It was built in 1959. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 387 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1017370025 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 10 |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (North) |
| ZIP code | 10037 |
| Zoning district | R7-2 |
| Building class | D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 189,025 sq ft |
| Floors | 16 |
| Residential units | 771 |
| Year built | 1959 |
| FAR | 2.94 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 26 open Department of Buildings violations
- 23 open ECB (OATH) violations — $10,312 in penalties due
- 338 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2024-12-23)
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.