513 West 56 Street, Manhattan

A 1984 office building on West 56 Street with 19 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

513 West 56 Street is an office building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1010850023). The property is zoned M1-5, on a 20,443 sq ft lot, with 10 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1984. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 19 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1010850023
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 4
Neighborhood	Hell's Kitchen
ZIP code	10019
Zoning district	M1-5
Building class	O6 — office building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	05 — Commercial & office buildings
Lot area	20,443 sq ft
Floors	10
Residential units	1
Year built	1984
FAR	9.1 built · 0 max residential · 5 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

18 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2021-09-29)

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.