520 East 117 Street, Manhattan
Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this retail store building on East 117 Street carries 0.52 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record.
520 East 117 Street is a retail store building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1017160008). The property is zoned C4-4, on a 176,074 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 10 residential units. It was built in 2007. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 2 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1017160008 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 11 |
| Neighborhood | East Harlem (North) |
| Zoning district | C4-4 |
| Building class | K6 — retail store building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 05 — Commercial & office buildings |
| Lot area | 176,074 sq ft |
| Floors | 5 |
| Residential units | 10 |
| Year built | 2007 |
| FAR | 2.88 built · 3.44 max residential · 3.4 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 1 open Department of Buildings violation
- 1 open ECB (OATH) violation
- 0 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.