630 West 170 Street, Manhattan
A 1924 elevator apartment building on West 170 Street carrying 2.1 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R8 zoning.
630 West 170 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1021380147). The property is zoned R8, on a 13,500 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 65 residential units. It was built in 1924. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 67 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1021380147 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 12 |
| Neighborhood | Washington Heights (South) |
| ZIP code | 10032 |
| Zoning district | R8 |
| Building class | D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 13,500 sq ft |
| Floors | 5 |
| Residential units | 65 |
| Year built | 1924 |
| FAR | 3.92 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
- 67 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.
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- 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.