89 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan

A 1981 elevator apartment building on Lenox Avenue with 132 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

89 Lenox Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1018240016). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 50,710 sq ft lot, with 11 floors and 161 residential units. It was built in 1981. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 132 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1018240016
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 10
Neighborhood	Harlem (South)
Zoning district	R7-2
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	50,710 sq ft
Floors	11
Residential units	161
Year built	1981
FAR	3.06 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
2 open ECB (OATH) violations — $12,430 in penalties due
130 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2024-07-26)

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.