240 1 Avenue, Manhattan
Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this elevator apartment building on 1 Avenue carries 0.1 FAR of unused residential development rights on record.
240 1 Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1009720001). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 2,675,000 sq ft lot, with 13 floors and 8,812 residential units. It was built in 1945. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 31 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1009720001 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 6 |
| Neighborhood | Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village |
| ZIP code | 10009 |
| Zoning district | R7-2 |
| Building class | D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 2,675,000 sq ft |
| Floors | 13 |
| Residential units | 8,812 |
| Year built | 1945 |
| FAR | 3.34 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 14 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 17 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2026-06-09)
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)
Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.