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87 St Nicholas Place, Manhattan

A 1905 elevator apartment building on St Nicholas Place with 76 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

87 St Nicholas Place is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1020690014). The property is zoned R8A, on a 5,768 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 24 residential units. It was built in 1905. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 76 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL1020690014
BoroughManhattan — Community District 9
NeighborhoodHamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
ZIP code10032
Zoning districtR8A
Building classD1elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area5,768 sq ft
Floors6
Residential units24
Year built1905
FAR4.03 built · 6.02 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Historic districtHamilton Heights / Sugar Hill Northeast Historic District
Flood zoneNot in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

  • 3 open Department of Buildings violations
  • 1 open ECB (OATH) violation — $5 in penalties due
  • 72 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
  • Façade safety filing status: UNFILED

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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  • 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.