213 East 138 Street, The Bronx
A 1936 retail store building on East 138 Street carrying 1.74 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record under its M1-4/R7X zoning.
213 East 138 Street is a retail store building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2023400001). The property is zoned M1-4/R7X, on a 4,800 sq ft lot, with 1 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1936. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 8 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 2023400001 |
|---|---|
| Borough | The Bronx — Community District 1 |
| Neighborhood | Mott Haven-Port Morris |
| Zoning district | M1-4/R7X |
| Building class | K5 — retail store building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 05 — Commercial & office buildings |
| Lot area | 4,800 sq ft |
| Floors | 1 |
| Residential units | 1 |
| Year built | 1936 |
| FAR | 0.26 built · 5 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 8 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.