235 East 59 Street, Manhattan

A 1960 elevator apartment building on East 59 Street with 48 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

235 East 59 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1014140017). The property is zoned R8B, on a 11,380 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 71 residential units. It was built in 1960. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 48 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1014140017
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 8
Neighborhood	Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
ZIP code	10022
Zoning district	R8B
Building class	D6 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	11,380 sq ft
Floors	5
Residential units	71
Year built	1960
FAR	3.44 built · 4 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

13 open Department of Buildings violations
3 open ECB (OATH) violations — $500 in penalties due
32 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.