550 Riverside Drive, Manhattan

A 1926 elevator apartment building on Riverside Drive with 31 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

550 Riverside Drive is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1019950001). The property is zoned R8, on a 13,513 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 50 residential units. It was built in 1926. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 31 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1019950001
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 9
Neighborhood	Morningside Heights
ZIP code	10027
Zoning district	R8
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	13,513 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	50
Year built	1926
FAR	4.33 built · 6.02 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
31 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2026-06-25)

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.