720 Ft Washington Avenue, Manhattan

A 1939 elevator apartment building on Ft Washington Avenue with 150 residential units on record, zoned R7-2.

720 Ft Washington Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1021800614). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 47,275 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 150 residential units. It was built in 1939. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 9 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1021800614
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 12
Neighborhood	Washington Heights (North)
Zoning district	R7-2
Building class	D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	47,275 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	150
Year built	1939
FAR	3.79 built · 3.44 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
9 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2023-11-13)

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.