72 West 116 Street, Manhattan
A 1920 elevator apartment building on West 116 Street carrying 3.16 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record under its C4-5X zoning.
72 West 116 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1015990070). The property is zoned C4-5X, on a 4,541 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 19 residential units. It was built in 1920. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 181 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1015990070 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 10 |
| Neighborhood | Harlem (South) |
| Zoning district | C4-5X |
| Building class | D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 4,541 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 19 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| FAR | 0.84 built · 5 max residential · 4 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 46 open Department of Buildings violations
- 18 open ECB (OATH) violations — $15,625 in penalties due
- 117 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.