838 West 176 Street, Manhattan

A 1924 elevator apartment building on West 176 Street with 33 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

838 West 176 Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1021390564). The property is zoned R8, on a 11,097 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 42 residential units. It was built in 1924. The lot is not 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	1021390564
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 12
Neighborhood	Washington Heights (South)
Zoning district	R8
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	11,097 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	42
Year built	1924
FAR	4.82 built · 6.02 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

8 open Department of Buildings violations
7 open ECB (OATH) violations
18 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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Air rights & transferable development rights
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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.