62 Essex Street, Manhattan

A 1972 elevator apartment building on Essex Street with 11 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

62 Essex Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1003510001). The property is zoned R8, on a 47,091 sq ft lot, with 23 floors and 182 residential units. It was built in 1972. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 11 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1003510001
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 3
Neighborhood	Lower East Side
Zoning district	R8
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	47,091 sq ft
Floors	23
Residential units	182
Year built	1972
FAR	4.21 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
1 open ECB (OATH) violation
10 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNFILED

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.

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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.