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44 MACOMBS PLACE

44 MACOMBS PLACE · Central Harlem

Year builtBuilt 1936
Floors5
Building typeRental

A 5-story rental built in 1936, with approximately 376 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations8
Record areas covered19

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.

Designated individual landmark

NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated this building an individual landmark (Harlem River Houses). Exterior work in landmark buildings generally requires LPC review.

LPC designation record · LPC designation record

FEMA flood zone X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

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

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970083F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 69,694 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 69694 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 open DOB violation source records

NYC DOB

Of 50 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

5 major DOB filings (nearest: excavation or foundation about 320 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Thu Jul 07 · M00447295

Subway about 4 minutes away

MTA

Harlem-148 St (3) is about 929 ft from this building in a straight line (~4 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 436

No offering plan match

NY Attorney General

No NY Attorney General offering plan match is currently linked to this building in Brickwise.

NY AG sync · AG offering plan database

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The complete record

Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeRental
Built1936
Floors5
Approx. residences (complex / tax lot)PLUTO units_residential is tax-lot / multi-structure scoped — not a single-building count≈ 376
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1020370011
BIN1084153
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodCentral Harlem
Financials

No records found

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

Ownership & Sales

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

Recorded instruments (by Brickwise category)

Deeds / transfers0
Mortgage records46
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building77
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentOn file

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents329
Complaint source records508
Bedbug filings20
Litigations5
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records50
Currently open (source records)0
Complaint source records56
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits236
Jobs232
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
Exemptions14
Abatements0
Condo tax unitsTax-lot units, not apartment listings0
Offering Plan & Documents

No records found

No offering plan match found in NY Attorney General records for this building.

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 score29

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.97.5
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.85.2
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.4,168.2
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.627,253
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 signal1,895.2
Landmark & Historic

Designation status comes from the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Landmark rules can affect exterior work and approvals — LPC, not Brickwise, decides what applies.

Designation

Individual landmarkHarlem River Houses
Historic districtNot available
Interior landmarkNot available

Architectural record

ArchitectArchibald Manning Brown (chief architect)
Primary styleNot determined
Primary materialBrick
Original useResidential, multi-family, housing complex
Date range (as recorded)1936 - 1937
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 overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning mapNot available
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area227,608 sq ft
Built floor area ratioNot available
Maximum residential FARNot available
Land use category4
Building classC7
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 panel3604970083F

Hurricane evacuation

Evacuation zoneThe City orders evacuations by zone when a storm requires it.2
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 block8
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 ft0
Within 500 ft5
New building filings0
Demolition filings1
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.320 ft · Excavation or foundation
Getting Around

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

Subway

Harlem-148 St~4 min walk (approx.) · Lines 3 · 929 ft
155 St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines B D · 1,417 ft
155 St~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines C · 1,996 ft
145 St~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines A B C D · 2,153 ft
145 St~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines 3 · 2,192 ft

Bus

ADAM C POWELL BLVD/W 151 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M2
ADAM C POWELL BLVD/W 151 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M2
ADAM C POWELL BLVD/W 153 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M2
ADAM C POWELL BLVD/W 154 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M2

Citi Bike

Macombs Pl & W 152 StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 33 docks (published)
Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 151 StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 18 docks (published)
W 155 St & Frederick Douglass BlvdDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~4 min walk (approx.) · 31 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

Food City~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,237 ft

Park

Brigadier General Charles Young Triangle~2 min walk (approx.) · 445 ft
Percy E. Sutton Playground~2 min walk (approx.) · 497 ft
Bradhurst Gardens Association~3 min walk (approx.) · 722 ft

Playground

Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground~2 min walk (approx.) · 435 ft

Shipping

Colonial Park Post Office~2 min walk (approx.) · 496 ft

Clinic

William F. Ryan Community Health Center, Inc.~10 min walk (approx.) · 2,533 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.

Zoned elementary school

P.S. 200- The James McCune Smith SchoolPoint-in-polygon match. Not inferred from nearest school.Zoned (DOE attendance zone)

Nearby schools

Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School~1 min walk (approx.) · 374 ft
Frederick Douglass Academy~4 min walk (approx.) · 927 ft
P.S. 200- The James McCune Smith School~4 min walk (approx.) · 927 ft
P.S. 046 Arthur Tappan~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,457 ft

Daycare

MARY WALTON CHILDREN'S CENTER~1 min walk (approx.) · 9 ft
Community Life Center Inc.~1 min walk (approx.) · 381 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 reports169
NOISE RESIDENTIAL87
HEAT HOT WATER36
BUILDING CONDITION19
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING13
MOLD7

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.14250
HEAT HOT WATER4048
BUILDING CONDITION3176
NOISE RESIDENTIAL2718
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING1313
PESTS OR RODENTS927