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20 SHERMAN AVENUE

20 SHERMAN AVENUE · Inwood

Year builtBuilt 1920
Residences≈ 41
Floors6
Building typeRental

A 6-story rental built in 1920, with approximately 41 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 X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

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

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970081F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 41,000 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 41000 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade C

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Grade C is derived from the building's filed ENERGY STAR score using the Local Law 95 thresholds. It is not the grade posted at the entrance.

2024 · LL95 threshold mapping from LL84 ENERGY STAR score

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: new building about 337 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Mon Nov 29 · M00628716

Subway about 4 minutes away

MTA

Dyckman St (A) is about 1047 ft from this building in a straight line (~4 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 144

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The complete record

Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeRental
Built1920
Floors6
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 41
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1021750100
BIN1064239
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodInwood
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 records10
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building56
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 sales2
Exemptions2
Abatements2
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 gradeDerived here from the filed ENERGY STAR score using the Local Law 95 thresholds. Not the grade posted at the building entrance.C
ENERGY STAR score56

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.80.8
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.84.3
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.216.4
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.41,000
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 signal216.4
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 districtR7-2
Commercial overlayC2-4
Special districtNot available
Zoning map3a
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area9,812 sq ft
Built floor area ratio4.18
Maximum residential FAR3.44
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 panel3604970081F

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 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 filings1
Demolition filings0
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.337 ft · New building
Getting Around

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

Subway

Dyckman St~4 min walk (approx.) · Lines A · 1,047 ft
Dyckman St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 1,228 ft
190 St~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines A · 2,046 ft

Bus

BROADWAY/SHERMAN AV~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes Bx7 M100
BROADWAY/DONGAN PL~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes Bx7 M100
BROADWAY/SHERMAN AV~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes Bx7 M100
DYCKMAN ST/SHERMAN AV~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes BxM1 M100

Citi Bike

Broadway & Ellwood StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 19 docks (published)
Sherman Ave & Thayer StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 21 docks (published)
Riverside Dr & BroadwayDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~4 min walk (approx.) · 24 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

Dan's Supermarket~4 min walk (approx.) · 983 ft
Fine Fare~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,237 ft

Pharmacy

CVS Pharmacy~3 min walk (approx.) · 882 ft
Duane Reade~4 min walk (approx.) · 943 ft
Dyckman Pharmacy~4 min walk (approx.) · 944 ft

Park

Lt. Wm. Tighe Triangle~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,101 ft

Clinic

Inwood Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Inc.~1 min walk (approx.) · 327 ft
Broadway Clinic~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,329 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

City College Academy of the Arts~3 min walk (approx.) · 784 ft
Middle School 322~3 min walk (approx.) · 784 ft
P.S. 152 Dyckman Valley~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,159 ft
Professor Juan Bosch Public School~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,324 ft

Daycare

NEW YORK CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC.~3 min walk (approx.) · 732 ft
THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY~3 min walk (approx.) · 921 ft
Y M/Y W H A OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS & INWOOD INC.~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,050 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 reports37
HEAT HOT WATER11
BUILDING CONDITION10
NOISE RESIDENTIAL10
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING6
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.10014
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL2913
HEAT HOT WATER1915
BUILDING CONDITION1824
NOISE RESIDENTIAL1237
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING895
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