248 Front Street, Manhattan
Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this walk-up apartment building on Front Street carries 1.7 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record.
248 Front Street is a walk-up apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1001070033). The property is zoned C6-2A, on a 1,309 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 5 residential units. It was built in 1853. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 11 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1001070033 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 1 |
| Neighborhood | Financial District-Battery Park City |
| Zoning district | C6-2A |
| Building class | C2 — walk-up apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 02 — Multi-family walk-up buildings |
| Lot area | 1,309 sq ft |
| Floors | 5 |
| Residential units | 5 |
| Year built | 1853 |
| FAR | 4.3 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
- 2 open Department of Buildings violations
- 2 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 7 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)
Nearby on this block
Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.