319 East 53 Street, Manhattan

A 1926 elevator apartment building on East 53 Street with 17 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

319 East 53 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013460010). The property is zoned R8B, on a 4,021 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 31 residential units. It was built in 1926. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 17 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1013460010
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 6
Neighborhood	East Midtown-Turtle Bay
ZIP code	10022
Zoning district	R8B
Building class	D5 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	4,021 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	31
Year built	1926
FAR	6.23 built · 4 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

1 open Department of Buildings violation
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
16 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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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.