542 West 153 Street, Manhattan

A 2015 elevator apartment building on West 153 Street with 13 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

542 West 153 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1020840056). The property is zoned R6A, on a 9,992 sq ft lot, with 7 floors and 34 residential units. It was built in 2015. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 13 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1020840056
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 9
Neighborhood	Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Zoning district	R6A
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	9,992 sq ft
Floors	7
Residential units	34
Year built	2015
FAR	2.95 built · 3 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

0 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
13 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2022-05-18)

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.