238 East 55 Street, Manhattan
An elevator apartment building on East 55 Street built in 1963, with 1.41 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its C1-9 zoning.
238 East 55 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013280030). The property is zoned C1-9, on a 7,531 sq ft lot, with 14 floors and 99 residential units. It was built in 1963. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 2 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1013280030 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 6 |
| Neighborhood | East Midtown-Turtle Bay |
| Zoning district | C1-9 |
| Building class | D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 7,531 sq ft |
| Floors | 14 |
| Residential units | 99 |
| Year built | 1963 |
| FAR | 8.59 built · 10 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 0 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 2 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2023-02-16)
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.