501 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan

A 1965 educational facility on Amsterdam Avenue with 15 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

501 Amsterdam Avenue is an educational facility in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1012150001). The property is zoned R8B, on a 113,949 sq ft lot, with 4 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1965. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 15 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1012150001
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 7
Neighborhood	Upper West Side (Central)
ZIP code	10024
Zoning district	R8B
Building class	W1 — educational facility (what’s a building class?)
Land use	08 — Public facilities & institutions
Lot area	113,949 sq ft
Floors	4
Residential units	1
Year built	1965
FAR	2.23 built · 4 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

2 open Department of Buildings violations
13 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

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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.