5 Charles Street, Manhattan

A 1900 walk-up apartment building on Charles Street with 122 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

5 Charles Street is a walk-up apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1006120066). The property is zoned C1-6, on a 4,138 sq ft lot, with 4 floors and 23 residential units. It was built in 1900. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 122 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1006120066
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 2
Neighborhood	West Village
ZIP code	10014
Zoning district	C1-6
Building class	C6 — walk-up apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	02 — Multi-family walk-up buildings
Lot area	4,138 sq ft
Floors	4
Residential units	23
Year built	1900
FAR	2.65 built · 3.44 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Historic district	Greenwich Village Historic District
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

26 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation
95 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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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.