# 217 West 20th Street, Manhattan

Single family · built c. 1920 · Block 770, Lot 30.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/1007700030/217-west-20-street

More construction in Chelsea: https://umarelli.org/nyc/manhattan/chelsea.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Jan 13, 2025, estimated cost $3K, described as “Heavy duty sidewalk shed during bldg alteration, filed sep. Sidewalk shed shall comply with ch #33 of the NYC bc. No change in use, occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed May 4, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of construction fence as per plan, no change in use, occupation or egress”
- Alteration, filed Jan 26, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary roof protection as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $952,800
- 2026–27 tax: $86,018
- Market value (city estimate): $15,880,000
- Taxable value: $433,494
- Assessed land: $190,680
- Assessed improvements: $762,120

## Zoning

R8B: floor area ratio 3.90 built, 4.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Nov 12, 2025: $11,600,000
- Sep 26, 2022: $6,501,010
- Sep 1, 2020: $6,000,000, 7,805 sq ft ($769 per sq ft)

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

## Board and land use applications

- Appeal (Board of Standards and Appeals 131-04-A): Appeal, Granted, filed Mar 12, 2004, decided Sep 14, 2004. Application pursuant to NYC Charter §§645(3)(e) and 666.6(a), to revoke Certificate of Occupancy No. 116501 on the basis that a lawfully non-conforming eating and drinking establishment (Use Group 6) in an R8 zoning district was…
- Appeal (Board of Standards and Appeals 32-99-A): Appeal, Withdrawn, filed Feb 12, 1999, decided Sep 21, 1999. An appeal from a Building Department's administrative determination dated January 14, 1999, regarding the issuance of a permit to convert subject premises into a Use Group 6 eating and drinking establishment in an R8 zoning district.

## In the news

[217 West 20th Street Nears Completion in Chelsea, Manhattan](https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/05/217-west-20th-street-nears-completion-in-chelsea-manhattan.html), New York YIMBY, May 8, 2023.

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology