525 East 81 Street, Manhattan

A 1957 elevator apartment building on East 81 Street with 68 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

525 East 81 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1015780014). The property is zoned R8B, on a 7,663 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 44 residential units. It was built in 1957. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 68 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1015780014
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 8
Neighborhood	Upper East Side-Yorkville
ZIP code	10028
Zoning district	R8B
Building class	D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	7,663 sq ft
Floors	5
Residential units	44
Year built	1957
FAR	3.26 built · 4 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

1 open Department of Buildings violation
2 open ECB (OATH) violations
65 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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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.