78 Catherine Street, Manhattan
Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this educational facility on Catherine Street carries 0.54 FAR of unused residential development rights on record.
78 Catherine Street is an educational facility in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1001110150). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 39,875 sq ft lot, with 4 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1950. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 33 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1001110150 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 3 |
| Neighborhood | Chinatown-Two Bridges |
| ZIP code | 10038 |
| Zoning district | R7-2 |
| Building class | W1 — educational facility (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 08 — Public facilities & institutions |
| Lot area | 39,875 sq ft |
| Floors | 4 |
| Residential units | 1 |
| Year built | 1950 |
| FAR | 2.9 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 0 open Department of Buildings violations
- 33 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 0 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.