865 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
An elevator apartment building on Amsterdam Avenue carrying 2.33 FAR of unused residential development rights on record on a 628,400 sq ft lot, zoned R7-2.
865 Amsterdam Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1018550001). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 628,400 sq ft lot, with 17 floors and 1,162 residential units. It was built in 1958. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 18 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1018550001 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 7 |
| Neighborhood | Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley |
| Zoning district | R7-2 |
| Building class | D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 628,400 sq ft |
| Floors | 17 |
| Residential units | 1,162 |
| Year built | 1958 |
| FAR | 1.11 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 9 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 9 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2024-07-23)
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.