280 West 118 Street, Manhattan
A 1910 walk-up apartment building on West 118 Street carrying 3 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R8A zoning.
280 West 118 Street is a walk-up apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1019230160). The property is zoned R8A, on a 2,523 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 15 residential units. It was built in 1910. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 21 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1019230160 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 10 |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (South) |
| ZIP code | 10026 |
| Zoning district | R8A |
| Building class | C7 — walk-up apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 2,523 sq ft |
| Floors | 5 |
| Residential units | 15 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| FAR | 3.02 built · 6.02 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 10 open Department of Buildings violations
- 1 open ECB (OATH) violation
- 10 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.