40 Morningside Drive, Manhattan

An elevator apartment building on a 57,849 sq ft Manhattan lot on Morningside Drive, zoned R7-2, built in 2014.

40 Morningside Drive is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1018650020). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 57,849 sq ft lot, with 15 floors and 430 residential units. It was built in 2014. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 2 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1018650020
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 9
Neighborhood	Morningside Heights
Zoning district	R7-2
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	57,849 sq ft
Floors	15
Residential units	430
Year built	2014
FAR	6.96 built · 3.44 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
1 open Housing Preservation & Development violation
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2021-07-16)

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)

Run a free lookupFree account — no card required

See plans & the one-time dossier

Watch this propertyAlerts on new permits, violations & sales

Nearby on this block

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