35 East 85 Street, Manhattan

A 1959 elevator apartment building on East 85 Street with 20 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

35 East 85 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1014970021). The property is zoned C5-1, on a 22,025 sq ft lot, with 16 floors and 169 residential units. It was built in 1959. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 20 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1014970021
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 8
Neighborhood	Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
ZIP code	10028
Zoning district	C5-1
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	22,025 sq ft
Floors	16
Residential units	169
Year built	1959
FAR	11.03 built · 10 max residential · 4 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

17 open Department of Buildings violations
3 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2022-11-10)

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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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.