39 East 72 Street, Manhattan
A 1882 walk-up apartment building on East 72 Street carrying 5.17 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R10 zoning.
39 East 72 Street is a walk-up apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013870025). The property is zoned R10, on a 2,758 sq ft lot, with 4 floors and 10 residential units. It was built in 1882. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 10 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1013870025 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 8 |
| Neighborhood | Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill |
| ZIP code | 10021 |
| Zoning district | R10 |
| Building class | C5 — walk-up apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 02 — Multi-family walk-up buildings |
| Lot area | 2,758 sq ft |
| Floors | 4 |
| Residential units | 10 |
| Year built | 1882 |
| FAR | 4.83 built · 10 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Historic district | Upper East Side Historic District |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 2 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 8 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.
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- 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.