265 West 81 Street, Manhattan
A 1900 elevator apartment building on West 81 Street carrying 2.78 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R10A zoning.
265 West 81 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1012290006). The property is zoned R10A, on a 5,700 sq ft lot, with 9 floors and 36 residential units. It was built in 1900. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 10 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1012290006 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 7 |
| Neighborhood | Upper West Side (Central) |
| ZIP code | 10024 |
| Zoning district | R10A |
| Building class | D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 5,700 sq ft |
| Floors | 9 |
| Residential units | 36 |
| Year built | 1900 |
| FAR | 7.22 built · 10 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Historic district | Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 0 open Department of Buildings violations
- 1 open ECB (OATH) violation
- 9 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2022-02-15)
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.