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156 FRONT STREET

156 FRONT STREET · Financial District

Year builtBuilt 1930
Residences≈ 63
Floors9
Building typeRental

A 9-story rental built in 1930, with approximately 63 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations7
Record areas covered21

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.

FEMA flood zone AE

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

FEMA maps this building's location inside a Special Flood Hazard Area (zone AE). Lenders generally require flood insurance for federally backed mortgages in an SFHA.

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970184F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 55,104 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 55104 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

No DOB violation source records

NYC DOB

Brickwise found no DOB violation source records for this building in synced datasets.

Brickwise DOB sync · DOB violation datasets

On HCR rent-stabilization building list

NYS Homes and Community Renewal

This building appears on the HCR registration list for buildings containing rent-stabilized apartments. That does not establish whether any specific apartment is rent stabilized.

2024 · 2024-DHCR-Bldg-File-Manhattan.pdf

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

1 major DOB filing (nearest: major alteration about 328 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Thu Aug 13 · 124056234

Subway about 4 minutes away

MTA

Wall St (2 3) is about 1013 ft from this building in a straight line (~4 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 333

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The complete record

Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeRental
Built1930
Floors9
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 63
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1000710001
BIN1001136
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 / transfers7
Mortgage records9
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building60
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationNo records found
Managing agentNot listed

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents0
Complaint source records0
Bedbug filings0
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

No records found

No DOB violation or complaint source records found in synced datasets.

Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits0
Jobs0
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators0
Latest FISP conditionNot available
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 score56

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.90.1
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.94.4
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.307.3
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.55,104
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 signal307.3
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 districtC5-3
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtLM
Zoning map12b
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area9,026 sq ft
Built floor area ratio5.87
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 zoneAE
Special Flood Hazard AreaFEMA's regulatory designation for the 1%-annual-chance floodplain.Yes — inside the mapped SFHA
Base flood elevationDatum: NGVD2911 Feet
FIRM panel3604970184F

Hurricane evacuation

Evacuation zoneThe City orders evacuations by zone when a storm requires it.1
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 block9
Fiber reported availableA provider filed that it reports fiber service here. It is not confirmation that fiber is wired to any unit.Not reported
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 ft0
Within 500 ft1
New building filings0
Demolition filings0
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.328 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

Wall St~4 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 · 1,013 ft
Fulton St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 1,249 ft
Broad St~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines J Z · 1,523 ft
Wall St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 · 1,821 ft
Rector St~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines R W · 2,189 ft

Bus

WATER ST/JOHN ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15
WATER ST/MAIDEN LN~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes QM7 QM8 QM65 SIM5 SIM15 SIM35
WATER ST / PINE ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4
WATER ST/JOHN ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes QM11 QM25

Citi Bike

Water St & Fletcher StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 79 docks (published)
Front St & Pine StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 53 docks (published)
Maiden Ln & Pearl StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 29 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

City Acres Market~2 min walk (approx.) · 516 ft
Jubilee Marketplace~3 min walk (approx.) · 823 ft
55 Fulton Market~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,001 ft

Pharmacy

Duane Reade~2 min walk (approx.) · 598 ft
Duane Reade~3 min walk (approx.) · 825 ft
Duane Reade~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,189 ft

Hospital

New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,587 ft

Park

DeLury Square~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,115 ft
The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,151 ft
Peck Slip~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,282 ft

Playground

Imagination Playground~2 min walk (approx.) · 432 ft
Pearl St Playground~3 min walk (approx.) · 818 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,292 ft
Unnamed place~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,297 ft

Ev Charging

The State-Whitehall Co - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 505 ft
Icon 299 Peal Street Seaport Parking - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 634 ft

Veterinarian

Bond Vet~2 min walk (approx.) · 594 ft

Shipping

United States Post Office~2 min walk (approx.) · 507 ft
PhysicalAddress.com~2 min walk (approx.) · 633 ft

Clinic

Liberty Endoscopy Center~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,407 ft
WCINYP at 53 Beekman~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,420 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

The Peck Slip School~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,317 ft
Millennium High School~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,636 ft
Spruce Street School~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,914 ft
Lower Manhattan Community Middle School~8 min walk (approx.) · 2,142 ft

Daycare

BRIGHT MINDS CENTER~2 min walk (approx.) · 550 ft
GOLDEN MINDS PREP LLC~2 min walk (approx.) · 658 ft
KinderCare Education LLC~3 min walk (approx.) · 721 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 reports67
HEAT HOT WATER20
BUILDING CONDITION18
PESTS OR RODENTS16
NOISE RESIDENTIAL7
MOLD4

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.3185
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL1168
NOISE RESIDENTIAL523
STREET CONDITION377
NOISE CONSTRUCTION326
SANITATION AREA188
Rent Stabilization Signal

This is a building-level registration list signal only. It does not say whether any specific apartment is rent stabilized.

HCR registration list

Building list statusThis building appears on the HCR registration list for buildings containing rent-stabilized apartments.
Match basisBBL