# 401 East 51st Street, Manhattan

Apartment building · 83 units · built 2025 · Block 1363, Lot 1.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/1013630001/401-east-51-street

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Tower, filed Oct 30, 2023, 83 units, 29 stories, described as “New Building”
- Alteration, filed Jun 22, 2026, described as “Temporary suspended scaffold as per drawings during NB const. Filed sep. Suspended scaffold shall comply with ch 33 of the NYC bc. No change in use, occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 29, 2026, estimated cost $3K, described as “Temporary pipe scaffold as per drawings. Scaffold shall comply with ch #33 of the NYC bc. No change in use, occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 25, 2026, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation and use of temporary knuckleboom as per plans filed herewith. No change in use egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 18, 2026, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of 2022 the NYC building code. Live load 300PSF.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 6, 2026, estimated cost $1K, described as “Application filed herewith for a temporary construction office. No change in occupancy use or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 20, 2026, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation and use of mini crane as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 5, 2025, estimated cost $10K, described as “Emergency stabilization/repair of existing party wall”
- Alteration, filed Oct 8, 2025, estimated cost $15K, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence as per plans for repairs. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application. Temporary fence shall comply with chapter 33 of the 2022 NYC building code.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 30, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of dual personnel hoist in accordance with nycc 2022 chapter 33 buliding code. No change in egress, use, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 12, 2025, estimated cost $10K, described as “Placement and usage of mobile mini crane (one location at a time) during NB construction (DOB now # M00951363) as per plan submitted. Work shall comply with bc 2022. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this filing.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 10, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Underground plumbing work in conjunction with NB # M00951363.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 18, 2025, estimated cost $12K, described as “Installation of heavy-duty sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter 33 of the 2022 NYC building code.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 21, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation and use of temporary construction fence as per plans filed herewith. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 5, 2024, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed and pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code.live load 300PSF.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 5, 2024, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed and pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of 2022 the NYC building code.live load 300PSF.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 4, 2024, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed and pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code.live load 300PSF.”
- Alteration, filed May 22, 2024, estimated cost $5K, described as “Removal of existing sprinkler system prior to building demolition.”
- Demolition, filed Sep 29, 2023, estimated cost $500K, described as “Full demolition of 6 story building using hand held and mechanical to assist.”
- Demolition, filed Sep 26, 2023, estimated cost $200K, described as “Full demolition of 6 story structure using hand held and mechanical means to demolish.”
- Demolition, filed Sep 25, 2023, estimated cost $300K, described as “Full demolition of three story structure using hand held and mechanical means to assist”
- Alteration, filed Jan 6, 2020, estimated cost $15K, described as “Proposed installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 Building Codes, Chapter 33. No changes in use, egress or occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $2,801,250
- 2026–27 tax: $276,180
- Market value (city estimate): $6,225,000
- Taxable value: $2,220,274
- Assessed land: $2,801,250

## Zoning

R10 (part of the lot is R8B): floor area ratio 13.91 built, above the 10.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Jun 14, 2023: $34,500,000

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

## Flood zone

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

## Board and land use applications

- East River Fifties - Text Amendment (City Planning P2018M0060): Completed, decided Dec 5, 2017. This is an application by the East River Fifties Alliance, Inc., NYC Manhattan Borough President, NYC Council Members for Council Districts 4 and 5, and New York State Senator for District 28 requesting a text amendment to ZR Sections…

## In the news

[Beekman Tops Out At 401 East 51st Street in Turtle Bay, Manhattan](https://newyorkyimby.com/2026/05/beekman-tops-out-at-401-east-51st-street-in-turtle-bay-manhattan.html), New York YIMBY, May 13, 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