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135 WILLIAM STREET

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135 WILLIAM STREET

135 WILLIAM STREET · Financial District

Year builtBuilt 1905
Residences≈ 30
Floors16
Building typeRental

A 16-story rental built in 1905, with approximately 30 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 SAFE

NYC DOB

The latest exterior inspection under FISP Cycle 7 reports the building's facade as SAFE.

Wed Sep 15 2010 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 3604970184F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 65,732 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 65732 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade A

NYC DOB

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

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

No open DOB violation source records

NYC DOB

Of 107 DOB violation source records on file, 0 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

11 major DOB filings (nearest: major alteration about 156 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Wed Jun 17 · M01397684

Subway about 1 minutes away

MTA

Fulton St (2 3 4 5 A C J Z) is about 44 ft from this building in a straight line (~1 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 332

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
Built1905
Floors16
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 30
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1000780001
BIN1001192
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodOfficial NTA: Financial District–Battery Park CityFinancial District
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 / transfers8
Mortgage records14
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building94
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentOn file

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents10
Complaint source records27
Bedbug filings7
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records107
Currently open (source records)0
Complaint source records46
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits80
Jobs32
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators3
Latest FISP conditionSAFE
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.A
ENERGY STAR scoreGross Floor Area is too small.Not available

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.42.5
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.64.6
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.225.2
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.65,732
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 signal225.2
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 districtC6-4
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtLM
Zoning map12b
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area3,718 sq ft
Built floor area ratio20.71
Maximum residential FAR10
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 panel3604970184F

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 block11
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 ft1
Within 250 ft4
Within 500 ft14
New building filings0
Demolition filings2
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.96 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

Fulton St~1 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 44 ft
Wall St~4 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 · 1,172 ft
Cortlandt St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 A C E R W · 1,272 ft
City Hall~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines R W · 1,391 ft
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 6 J Z · 1,492 ft

Bus

PARK ROW/ANN ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes SIM15
PARK ROW/ANN ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes SIM15
PARK ROW/BEEKMAN ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25 QM65
PARK ROW/BEEKMAN ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes M103

Citi Bike

Fulton St & William StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 43 docks (published)
John St & William StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 63 docks (published)
Cliff St & Fulton StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 65 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

Jubilee Marketplace~2 min walk (approx.) · 456 ft
55 Fulton Market~2 min walk (approx.) · 626 ft
City Acres Market~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,180 ft

Pharmacy

Downtown Pharmacy~1 min walk (approx.) · 363 ft
CVS Pharmacy~1 min walk (approx.) · 369 ft
Xpress Lane Pharmacy~2 min walk (approx.) · 457 ft

Hospital

New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital~2 min walk (approx.) · 485 ft

Park

DeLury Square~2 min walk (approx.) · 448 ft
City Hall Park~4 min walk (approx.) · 984 ft

Playground

Pearl St Playground~4 min walk (approx.) · 959 ft

Parking

Beekman Parking~2 min walk (approx.) · 450 ft
Unnamed place~3 min walk (approx.) · 673 ft
Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,021 ft

Ev Charging

Rapidpark 25-27 Beekman Street - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 515 ft
Icon Parking 70 Gold Street - Tesla Destination~3 min walk (approx.) · 673 ft

Veterinarian

Bond Vet~3 min walk (approx.) · 845 ft

Shipping

The UPS Store~1 min walk (approx.) · 393 ft
United States Post Office~3 min walk (approx.) · 787 ft

Clinic

Liberty Endoscopy Center~1 min walk (approx.) · 259 ft
WCINYP at 53 Beekman~2 min walk (approx.) · 440 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

Spruce Street School~3 min walk (approx.) · 756 ft
The Peck Slip School~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,217 ft
High School of Economics and Finance~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,556 ft
Leadership and Public Service High School~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,602 ft

Daycare

KinderCare Education LLC~2 min walk (approx.) · 559 ft
KinderCare Education LLC~2 min walk (approx.) · 559 ft
GOLDEN MINDS PREP LLC~3 min walk (approx.) · 816 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 reports11
NOISE RESIDENTIAL9
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING1
HEAT HOT WATER1
MOLD0
PESTS OR RODENTS0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.2780
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL758
STREET CONDITION510
NOISE CONSTRUCTION357
NOISE RESIDENTIAL243
SANITATION AREA233
135 WILLIAM STREET: Building Information, Records & Financials | Brickwise