2040 Forest Avenue, Staten Island
A retail store building on Forest Avenue carrying 0.58 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record on a 365,059 sq ft lot, zoned C8-1.
2040 Forest Avenue is a retail store building in Staten Island, New York City (BBL 5016960008). The property is zoned C8-1, on a 365,059 sq ft lot, with 1 floors and 21 residential units. It was built in 1992. 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 | 5016960008 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Staten Island — Community District 1 |
| Neighborhood | Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville |
| ZIP code | 10303 |
| Zoning district | C8-1 |
| Building class | K6 — retail store building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 05 — Commercial & office buildings |
| Lot area | 365,059 sq ft |
| Floors | 1 |
| Residential units | 21 |
| Year built | 1992 |
| FAR | 0.42 built · 0 max residential · 1 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 2 open Department of Buildings violations
- 1 open ECB (OATH) violation
- 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.