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118 WEST 23 STREET

118 WEST 23 STREET · Chelsea

Year builtBuilt 1987
Residences≈ 42
Floors15
Building typeRental

A 15-story rental built in 1987, with approximately 42 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations8
Record areas covered20

Coverage of the public record — no scores, just sourced facts.

The vitals

What should I know?

Factual observations from the public record. No scores, no verdicts — each one shows its source.

Facade filed UNSAFE

NYC DOB

The latest exterior inspection under FISP Cycle 9 reports the building's facade as UNSAFE.

Tue Feb 27 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · FISP report

FEMA flood zone X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

FEMA maps this building's location in flood zone X.

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970201F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 48,539 sq ft is above the Local Law 97 size threshold. This is a size signal from filed floor area, not membership in the DOB Covered Buildings List, and Brickwise does not estimate penalties.

2024 · Reported gross floor area 48539 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade D

NYC DOB

DOB published energy efficiency grade D for this tax lot under Local Law 33.

Latest published grade · DOB Sustainability Compliance Map published LL33 letter grade

17 DOB violation source records open

NYC DOB

Of 113 DOB violation source records on file, 17 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

14 major DOB filings (nearest: major alteration about 104 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Wed Aug 19 · 124056350

Subway about 1 minutes away

MTA

23 St (F M) is about 253 ft from this building in a straight line (~1 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 228

Fiber reported available

FCC Broadband Data

At least one provider reports to the FCC that it offers fiber residential service covering this location. A filing is not confirmation that fiber is installed or obtainable in an individual unit.

Wed Jun 30 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · FCC Form 477 — Fixed Broadband Deployment, June 2021 (final release)

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The complete record

Overview

Everything below comes from official records. Each fact carries its source.

At a glance

Building typeRental
Built1987
Floors15
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 42
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1007980055
BIN1075632
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodChelsea
Financials

Not yet on Brickwise

Reviewed financial facts from offering-plan documents are not yet available for this building.

Financing & Lenders

Prior lender activity does not guarantee future loan approval. Building and borrower eligibility requirements may change.

No records found

No qualifying unit-level mortgage financings with identifiable lenders were found in the last 36 months.

Agency / project status

Fannie MaeFannie Mae Condo Status Finder is not automated here. “No findings” does not mean approved. Enter authorized evidence when available.Not verified in Brickwise
Freddie MacFreddie Mac Condo Project Advisor requires authorized access. Brickwise does not scrape lender-only tools. Status appears only from authorized evidence.Not verified in Brickwise
FHA / HUDHUD publishes FHA condominium project status via a public search form. Brickwise stores verified evidence here when available; project not approved ≠ FHA financing impossible.Not verified in Brickwise
Ownership & Sales

Recorded filings against the property. Counts describe filing activity — not debt, title quality, or distress.

Recorded instruments (by Brickwise category)

Deeds / transfers7
Mortgage records18
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building92
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentOn file

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents47
Complaint source records65
Bedbug filings5
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

Counts are source records. Cross-source duplicates are not collapsed into unique incidents.

DOB

Violation source records113
Currently open (source records)17
Complaint source records31
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits118
Jobs69
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators3
Latest FISP conditionUNSAFE
Assessments & Tax

DOF coverage

Assessment rows10
Public sale recordsPublic-record sales — not classified as comparable sales0
Exemptions0
Abatements0
Condo tax unitsTax-lot units, not apartment listings0
Offering Plan & Documents

Not yet on Brickwise

Not yet available on Brickwise.

Energy & Emissions

Owners file these figures with the City under Local Law 84. Brickwise reports the filed numbers and the published letter grade — we don't rate a building's energy performance.

Published grade & score

Energy letter gradeGrade published by DOB for this tax lot.D
ENERGY STAR score6

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.74.1
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.50.8
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.308.9
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.48,539
Property type (as filed)Multifamily Housing

Local Law 97 signals

Size threshold signalSize signal only. This is not membership in the DOB Local Law 97 Covered Buildings List, and Brickwise does not estimate penalties.Above the Local Law 97 size threshold in reported floor area
Reported emissions used for the signal308.9
Landmark & Historic

No records found

No records found

No Landmarks Preservation Commission designation record was found for this building or its tax lot.

Zoning & Land Use

Zoning describes what the City permits on this tax lot. It is not a prediction about future development, and floor-area ratios below are the values PLUTO publishes.

Zoning

Zoning districtC6-3X
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning map8d
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area7,406 sq ft
Built floor area ratio6.55
Maximum residential FAR9
Land use category4
Building classD7
Flood & Resilience

Flood zones are read from the effective FEMA map at this building's mapped point, and evacuation zones from NYC Emergency Management. Flood insurance requirements are set by lenders and FEMA, not by Brickwise.

FEMA flood map

Flood zoneX
Special Flood Hazard AreaFEMA's regulatory designation for the 1%-annual-chance floodplain.No
Base flood elevationNot available
FIRM panel3604970201F

Hurricane evacuation

Evacuation zoneThe City orders evacuations by zone when a storm requires it.6
Internet & Connectivity

Provider-reported to the FCC and not verified by Brickwise. Reported availability is not a statement that service is installed or obtainable in any individual unit.

Reported availability

Residential providers reported— Reported available in this location's census block10
Fiber reported availableA provider filed that it reports fiber service here. It is not confirmation that fiber is wired to any unit.Yes — reported by a provider
Cable reported availableYes — reported by a provider
Highest advertised download speedMaximum advertised speeds are the provider's own filed marketing maximums, not measured performance.1,000 Mbps

Matched on the census block containing this building, not on an individual serviceable location. A provider that reports service anywhere in the block appears here.

Nearby Development

These are construction filings on neighbouring properties. A filing is not a schedule: DOB does not publish how long work will run, and Brickwise makes no claim about views, light, or noise.

Filings near this building

Within 100 ft0
Within 250 ft4
Within 500 ft12
New building filings1
Demolition filings1
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.104 ft · Major alteration
Getting Around

Distances are straight-line from this building's mapped point. Walk times are an approximation (~3 mph), not routed directions.

Subway

23 St~1 min walk (approx.) · Lines F M · 253 ft
23 St~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 668 ft
18 St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 1,348 ft
23 St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines R W · 1,357 ft
28 St~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 1,547 ft

Bus

W 23 ST/6 AV~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M23-SBS
6 AV/W 23 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M7 M55 SIM1C SIM3 SIM3C SIM10
W 23 ST/6 AV~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M23-SBS X27 X28
W 23 ST/7 AV~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M23-SBS

Citi Bike

W 21 St & 6 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 74 docks (published)
W 25 St & 6 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 51 docks (published)
W 24 St & 7 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 79 docks (published)
Daily Essentials

Nearest useful places by straight-line distance. Walk times are approximate (not routed). OpenStreetMap places are community-mapped; agency sources are marked where applicable.

Grocery

Trader Joe's~2 min walk (approx.) · 404 ft
Westside Market~2 min walk (approx.) · 461 ft
Fairway Market~3 min walk (approx.) · 805 ft

Pharmacy

Duane Reade~2 min walk (approx.) · 417 ft
CVS Pharmacy~3 min walk (approx.) · 663 ft
Duane Reade~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,047 ft

Park

Worth Square~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,316 ft

Playground

Chelsea Green~3 min walk (approx.) · 807 ft

Parking

Icon Parking~2 min walk (approx.) · 494 ft

Ev Charging

Icon Parking 51 W 22nd - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 441 ft
Rapidpark 124 W 20th Street - Tesla Destination~3 min walk (approx.) · 698 ft

Veterinarian

VEG~2 min walk (approx.) · 456 ft
Pearly Bites Veterinary~3 min walk (approx.) · 746 ft

Shipping

The UPS Store~1 min walk (approx.) · 201 ft
DHL~4 min walk (approx.) · 926 ft

Clinic

Chelsea Center for Special Studies~2 min walk (approx.) · 587 ft
Mount Sinai Comprehensive Health Program - Downtown~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,000 ft
Schools & Childcare

Zoned school is the DOE attendance-zone match for this building's coordinates. Nearby schools are closest published locations — not the same as zoning. No ratings.

Nearby schools

Manhattan Village Academy~2 min walk (approx.) · 612 ft
The High School of Fashion Industries~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,223 ft
Sixth Avenue Elementary School~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,487 ft
Satellite Academy High School~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,842 ft

Daycare

MANHATTAN JEWISH STUDENT CENTER INC.~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,030 ft
THE MONTESSORI AT FLATIRON~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,090 ft
Quality of Life

311 counts are what people reported to the City — reports, not confirmed conditions. Building-scoped rows match this building's address; nearby rows are within a short radius and are not attributed to this building.

Building · last 12 months

Building-related reports29
PESTS OR RODENTS14
BUILDING CONDITION13
NOISE RESIDENTIAL1
MOLD1
HEAT HOT WATER0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.4204
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL905
SANITATION AREA739
NOISE RESIDENTIAL577
HEAT HOT WATER528
STREET CONDITION360