720 West 231 Street, The Bronx
A 1936 office building on West 231 Street carrying 0.65 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R1-1 zoning.
720 West 231 Street is an office building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2057500382). The property is zoned R1-1, on a 229,981 sq ft lot, with 4 floors and 5 residential units. It was built in 1936. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 13 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 2057500382 |
|---|---|
| Borough | The Bronx — Community District 8 |
| Neighborhood | Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil |
| Zoning district | R1-1 |
| Building class | O8 — office building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 229,981 sq ft |
| Floors | 4 |
| Residential units | 5 |
| Year built | 1936 |
| FAR | 0.1 built · 0.75 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 8 open Department of Buildings violations
- 5 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: UNFILED
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.