974 Madison Avenue, Manhattan
An office building on Madison Avenue carrying 4.18 FAR of unused residential development rights on record on a 20,390 sq ft lot, zoned C5-1.
974 Madison Avenue is an office building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013910014). The property is zoned C5-1, on a 20,390 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 29 residential units. It was built in 1950. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 3 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 1013910014 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Manhattan — Community District 8 |
| Neighborhood | Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill |
| ZIP code | 10075 |
| Zoning district | C5-1 |
| Building class | O5 — office building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 05 — Commercial & office buildings |
| Lot area | 20,390 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 29 |
| Year built | 1950 |
| FAR | 5.82 built · 10 max residential · 4 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Historic district | Upper East Side Historic District |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 3 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 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.