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636 WATER STREET

636 WATER STREET · Lower East Side

Year builtBuilt 1940
Floors6
Building typeRental

A 6-story rental built in 1940, with approximately 813 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.

FEMA flood zone X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

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

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970203F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 1,190,112 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 1190112 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade F

NYC DOB

DOB published energy efficiency grade F 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 145 DOB violation source records on file, 17 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

Subway about 8 minutes away

MTA

East Broadway (F) is about 2080 ft from this building in a straight line (~8 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 234

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

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)

Zoned elementary: DOE zone

NYC DOE

DOE elementary attendance-zone polygon covers this building's coordinates. This is the zoned school, not merely the nearest school.

Elementary school zones 2024–25 · School zone assignment

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The complete record

Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeRental
Built1940
Floors6
Approx. residences (complex / tax lot)PLUTO units_residential is tax-lot / multi-structure scoped — not a single-building count≈ 813
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1002600001
BIN1077528
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodLower East Side
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 records0
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building6
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentNot listed

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents1
Complaint source records0
Bedbug filings0
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records145
Currently open (source records)17
Complaint source records55
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits166
Jobs116
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators24
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.F
ENERGY STAR scoreNot tracking Energy for the entire building.Not available

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.51.9
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.112.3
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.3,841.4
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.1,391,256
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 signal8,200.5
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 overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning mapNot available
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area261,850 sq ft
Built floor area ratioNot available
Maximum residential FARNot available
Land use category3
Building classD9
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 panel3604970203F

Hurricane evacuation

Evacuation zoneThe City orders evacuations by zone when a storm requires it.4
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.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

No records found

No records found

No recent DOB job filings were found on neighbouring properties within the searched radius.

Getting Around

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

Subway

East Broadway~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines F · 2,080 ft
Delancey St-Essex St~10 min walk (approx.) · Lines J M Z · 2,519 ft

Bus

MADISON ST/GOUVERNEUR ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M22
MADISON ST/JACKSON ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M22
MADISON ST/GOUVERNEUR ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M22
MADISON ST/GOUVERNEUR ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M22

Citi Bike

Madison St & Montgomery StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 20 docks (published)
Henry St & Grand StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 36 docks (published)
Cherry StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~4 min walk (approx.) · 36 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

Fine Fare~3 min walk (approx.) · 846 ft
East Side Glatt~4 min walk (approx.) · 942 ft

Pharmacy

People's Choice Pharmacy~3 min walk (approx.) · 810 ft
CVS Pharmacy~4 min walk (approx.) · 990 ft
Medilane Pharmacy~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,281 ft

Park

Vladeck Park~1 min walk (approx.) · 250 ft
Lillian D Wald Playground~2 min walk (approx.) · 450 ft
Pier 42~3 min walk (approx.) · 772 ft

Playground

Henry M. Jackson Playground~3 min walk (approx.) · 676 ft
Sol Lain Plgd~3 min walk (approx.) · 739 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,313 ft

Ev Charging

Revel - Lower Manhattan~3 min walk (approx.) · 911 ft

Clinic

Lower Eastside Service Center Inc~2 min walk (approx.) · 477 ft
Betances Health Center~2 min walk (approx.) · 598 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

Zoned schoolPoint-in-polygon match. Not inferred from nearest school.Zoned (DOE attendance zone)

Nearby schools

University Neighborhood High School~1 min walk (approx.) · 348 ft
P.S. 134 Henrietta Szold~3 min walk (approx.) · 748 ft
P.S. 184m Shuang Wen~3 min walk (approx.) · 836 ft
Manhattan Charter School II~4 min walk (approx.) · 955 ft

Daycare

HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT~2 min walk (approx.) · 629 ft
EAST RIVER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,149 ft
EAST RIVER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,149 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 reports114
NOISE RESIDENTIAL113
PESTS OR RODENTS1
BUILDING CONDITION0
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING0
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.1646
NOISE RESIDENTIAL601
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL394
HEAT HOT WATER143
STREET CONDITION111
BUILDING CONDITION105