20 Merle Place, Staten Island

A 1964 elevator apartment building on Merle Place with 23 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

20 Merle Place is an elevator apartment building in Staten Island, New York City (BBL 5030030082). The property is zoned R3A, on a 40,000 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 64 residential units. It was built in 1964. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 23 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	5030030082
Borough	Staten Island — Community District 1
Neighborhood	Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill
ZIP code	10305
Zoning district	R3A
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	40,000 sq ft
Floors	5
Residential units	64
Year built	1964
FAR	1.53 built · 0.75 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

4 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
19 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

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.