2501 Forest Avenue, Staten Island
A retail store building on Forest Avenue carrying 1.73 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record on a 597,778 sq ft lot, zoned M2-1.
2501 Forest Avenue is a retail store building in Staten Island, New York City (BBL 5013800155). The property is zoned M2-1, on a 597,778 sq ft lot, with 1 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1997. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 9 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 5013800155 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Staten Island — Community District 1 |
| Neighborhood | Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville |
| Zoning district | M2-1 |
| Building class | K8 — retail store building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 05 — Commercial & office buildings |
| Lot area | 597,778 sq ft |
| Floors | 1 |
| Residential units | 1 |
| Year built | 1997 |
| FAR | 0.27 built · 0 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 9 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.