485 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan

A 1963 elevator apartment building on Lenox Avenue with 38 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

485 Lenox Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1019190026). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 24,979 sq ft lot, with 16 floors and 160 residential units. It was built in 1963. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 38 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1019190026
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 10
Neighborhood	Harlem (North)
ZIP code	10037
Zoning district	R7-2
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	24,979 sq ft
Floors	16
Residential units	160
Year built	1963
FAR	6.31 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
1 open ECB (OATH) violation — $1,250 in penalties due
36 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2021-04-26)

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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Open permits & construction pipeline
Distress signal convergence
Air rights & transferable development rights
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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.