521 East 72 Street, Manhattan

A 1920 office building on East 72 Street with 20 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

521 East 72 Street is an office building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1014840014). The property is zoned M1-4, on a 10,216 sq ft lot, with 11 floors and 32 residential units. It was built in 1920. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 20 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1014840014
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 8
Neighborhood	Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
ZIP code	10021
Zoning district	M1-4
Building class	O9 — office building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	05 — Commercial & office buildings
Lot area	10,216 sq ft
Floors	11
Residential units	32
Year built	1920
FAR	10.69 built · 0 max residential · 2 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
12 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2026-01-15)

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.

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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.