517 East 86 Street, Manhattan
A 1939 elevator apartment building on East 86 Street carrying 5.37 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R10A zoning.
517 East 86 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1015830009). The property is zoned R10A, on a 10,356 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 35 residential units. It was built in 1939. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 8 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1015830009 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 8 |
| Neighborhood | Upper East Side-Yorkville |
| Zoning district | R10A |
| Building class | D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 10,356 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 35 |
| Year built | 1939 |
| FAR | 4.63 built · 10 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 8 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2024-02-15)
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.