242 East 50 Street, Manhattan

A 1900 elevator apartment building on East 50 Street with 31 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

242 East 50 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013230030). The property is zoned R8B, on a 5,021 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 25 residential units. It was built in 1900. The lot is not 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	1013230030
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 6
Neighborhood	East Midtown-Turtle Bay
Zoning district	R8B
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	5,021 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	25
Year built	1900
FAR	4.21 built · 4 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

3 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
28 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.

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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.