521 West 37 Street, Manhattan
A 1920 retail store building on West 37 Street carrying 2.41 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record under its M1-5 zoning.
521 West 37 Street is a retail store building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1007090023). The property is zoned M1-5, on a 4,937 sq ft lot, with 3 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1920. The lot is not 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 | 1007090023 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 4 |
| Neighborhood | Chelsea-Hudson Yards |
| Zoning district | M1-5 |
| Building class | K2 — retail store building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 05 — Commercial & office buildings |
| Lot area | 4,937 sq ft |
| Floors | 3 |
| Residential units | 1 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| FAR | 2.59 built · 0 max residential · 5 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 2 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 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.
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- 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.