53 East 131 Street, Manhattan

A 2008 elevator apartment building on East 131 Street with 185 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

53 East 131 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1017560030). The property is zoned R7B, on a 7,494 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 28 residential units. It was built in 2008. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 185 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1017560030
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 11
Neighborhood	East Harlem (North)
ZIP code	10037
Zoning district	R7B
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	7,494 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	28
Year built	2008
FAR	3.73 built · 3 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

10 open Department of Buildings violations
19 open ECB (OATH) violations — $40,312 in penalties due
156 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.