486 Avenue of the Amer, Manhattan

An elevator apartment building on a 10,827 sq ft Manhattan lot on Avenue of the Amer, zoned C1-7, built in 1960.

486 Avenue of the Amer is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1005760001). The property is zoned C1-7, on a 10,827 sq ft lot, with 16 floors and 113 residential units. It was built in 1960. 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	1005760001
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 2
Neighborhood	Greenwich Village
Zoning district	C1-7
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	10,827 sq ft
Floors	16
Residential units	113
Year built	1960
FAR	12.11 built · 6.02 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

2 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2022-02-21)

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.