307 East 117 Street, Manhattan

An elevator apartment building on East 117 Street inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, built in 1973, zoned R7B.

307 East 117 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1016880045). The property is zoned R7B, on a 32,819 sq ft lot, with 16 floors and 172 residential units. It was built in 1973. The lot is 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	1016880045
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 11
Neighborhood	East Harlem (North)
Zoning district	R7B
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	32,819 sq ft
Floors	16
Residential units	172
Year built	1973
FAR	11.24 built · 3 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

5 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
17 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2023-08-09)

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.

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Air rights & transferable development rights
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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.