3 East 85 Street, Manhattan
A 1912 elevator apartment building on East 85 Street with 22 open violations on record across city enforcement files.
3 East 85 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1014970005). The property is zoned R8B, on a 5,108 sq ft lot, with 9 floors and 32 residential units. It was built in 1912. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 22 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1014970005 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 8 |
| Neighborhood | Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill |
| ZIP code | 10028 |
| Zoning district | R8B |
| Building class | D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 5,108 sq ft |
| Floors | 9 |
| Residential units | 32 |
| Year built | 1912 |
| FAR | 6.41 built · 4 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Historic district | Metropolitan Museum Historic District |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 7 open Department of Buildings violations
- 6 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 9 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2024-03-27)
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.