540 Manhattan Avenue, Manhattan
A 1912 elevator apartment building on Manhattan Avenue with 46 open violations on record across city enforcement files.
540 Manhattan Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1019490047). The property is zoned R8A, on a 13,110 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 77 residential units. It was built in 1912. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 46 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1019490047 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 10 |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (South) |
| ZIP code | 10027 |
| Zoning district | R8A |
| Building class | D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 13,110 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 77 |
| Year built | 1912 |
| FAR | 4.64 built · 6.02 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
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 45 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.