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502 East 81st Street, Manhattan

A 2024 elevator apartment building on East 81st Street with 42 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

502 East 81st Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1015770049). The property is zoned R10, on a 3,104 sq ft lot, with 11 floors and 11 residential units. It was built in 2024. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 42 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL1015770049
BoroughManhattan — Community District 8
NeighborhoodUpper East Side-Yorkville
Zoning districtR10
Building classD6elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area3,104 sq ft
Floors11
Residential units11
Year built2024
FAR10.78 built · 10 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zoneNot in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

  • 0 open Department of Buildings violations
  • 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
  • 42 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.

The complete dossier also covers:

  • 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.