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45 East 135 Street, Manhattan

Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this elevator apartment building on East 135 Street carries 0.57 FAR of unused residential development rights on record.

45 East 135 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1017600101). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 81,025 sq ft lot, with 13 floors and 206 residential units. It was built in 1946. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 129 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL1017600101
BoroughManhattan — Community District 11
NeighborhoodEast Harlem (North)
ZIP code10037
Zoning districtR7-2
Building classD3elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area81,025 sq ft
Floors13
Residential units206
Year built1946
FAR2.87 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zoneIn a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

  • 6 open Department of Buildings violations
  • 6 open ECB (OATH) violations — $4,875 in penalties due
  • 117 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
  • Façade safety filing status: UNFILED

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.