244 Front Street, Manhattan
Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this elevator apartment building on Front Street carries 0.02 FAR of unused residential development rights on record.
244 Front Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1001070035). The property is zoned C6-2A, on a 2,627 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 5 residential units. It was built in 1853. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 3 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1001070035 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 1 |
| Neighborhood | Financial District-Battery Park City |
| Zoning district | C6-2A |
| Building class | D0 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 2,627 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 5 |
| Year built | 1853 |
| FAR | 6 built · 6.02 max residential · 6 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Historic district | South Street Seaport Historic District |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 3 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 0 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.
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.