# 656 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan

Apartment building · 31 units · built 2024 · Block 1310, Lot 14.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/1013100014/133-east-55-street

More construction in Midtown: https://umarelli.org/nyc/manhattan/midtown.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Mid-Rise, filed Nov 1, 2022, 31 units, 19 stories, described as “Mixed use new building”
- Alteration, filed Aug 11, 2025, described as “This application is filed for a Temporary Use Permit for model apartments pursuant to section AC 28-111 and Buildings Bulletin 2010-002. The model apartments include units 6A, 6B, 6C, PHD & PHA.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 12, 2024, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of horizontal netting in accordance with nycc 2022 chapter 33 building code. No change in egress, use, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 13, 2024, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporary horizontal netting per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application”
- Alteration, filed Sep 17, 2024, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporarily supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 20, 2024, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporary Enclosure per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 1, 2024, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of outrigger platform in accordance with nycc 2022 chapter 33 building code. No change in egress, use, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 14, 2024, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporary roof protection per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 27, 2024, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation Of Temporary Single Personnel/Material Hoists As per Plans Submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 27, 2023, estimated cost $8K, described as “Installation of a temporarily heavy-duty sidewalk shed, construction fence, supported scaffold and needle beam as per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with…”
- Alteration, filed Dec 8, 2022, estimated cost $6K, described as “Installation of temporary construction plywood fence as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Fence shall comply with chapter 33 of NYC building code of 2014.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 4, 2022, estimated cost $18K, described as “Sprint - Decommission of existing telecommunication site. Removal of antenna sectors, dunnage platform with related equipment and associated cabling/conduits from roof to basement. No change in use, egress ,or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 3, 2022, estimated cost $5K, described as “Temporary installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed and pipe scaffold as per drawings during deneral construction work. No change in use, egress and occupancy. Sidewalk shed and pipe scaffold to comply with chapter 33 of the NYC building…”
- Alteration, filed Feb 15, 2022, estimated cost $10K, described as “Interior Demo of existing building. no change in use egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Feb 15, 2022, estimated cost $5K, described as “Decommissioning of existing sprinkler heads in cellar, ahead of interior demo”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $7,585,200
- 2026–27 tax: $890,223
- Market value (city estimate): $16,856,000
- Taxable value: $7,156,710
- Assessed land: $3,094,650
- Assessed improvements: $4,490,550

## Zoning

C5-2.5: floor area ratio 13.29 built, above the 12.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Dec 6, 2021: $24,393,000

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

## Flood zone

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

## In the news

[660 Lexington Avenue Wraps Up Construction in Midtown East, Manhattan](https://newyorkyimby.com/2026/03/660-lexington-avenue-wraps-up-construction-in-midtown-east-manhattan.html), New York YIMBY, Mar 12, 2026.

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