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117 NINTH AVENUE

117 NINTH AVENUE · Chelsea

Year builtBuilt 1965
Floors7
Building typeRental

A 7-story rental built in 1965, with approximately 272 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 3604970182F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 932,450 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 932450 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

12 DOB violation source records open

NYC DOB

Of 111 DOB violation source records on file, 12 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

4 major DOB filings (nearest: new building about 387 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Thu Oct 02 · M00503537

Subway about 5 minutes away

MTA

14 St (A C E L) is about 1279 ft from this building in a straight line (~5 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 166

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)

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The complete record

Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeRental
Built1965
Floors7
Approx. residences (complex / tax lot)PLUTO units_residential is tax-lot / multi-structure scoped — not a single-building count≈ 272
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1007150010
BIN1078418
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodChelsea
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 building7
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentNot listed

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents5
Complaint source records0
Bedbug filings0
Litigations1
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records111
Currently open (source records)12
Complaint source records34
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits116
Jobs96
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators7
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 score4

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.134.5
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.87.3
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.9,530.4
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.932,450
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 signal9,530.4
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 districtR8
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning mapNot available
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area89,700 sq ft
Built floor area ratioNot available
Maximum residential FARNot available
Land use category3
Building classD1
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 panel3604970182F

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 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

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 ft1
Within 500 ft4
New building filings2
Demolition filings1
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.191 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

14 St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines A C E L · 1,279 ft
23 St~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines C E · 2,041 ft
18 St~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 2,103 ft
14 St~9 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 2 3 · 2,430 ft
23 St~10 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 2,515 ft

Bus

9 AV/W 18 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M11 M12 M14D-SBS
W 18 ST/10 AV~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M12
W 18 ST/10 AV~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M14D-SBS
10 AV/W 18 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M14D-SBS

Citi Bike

W 18 St & 9 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 39 docks (published)
9 Ave & W 18 StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 84 docks (published)
W 16 St & The High LineDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 60 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

Western Beef~1 min walk (approx.) · 339 ft

Pharmacy

Chelsea Royal Care Pharmacy~2 min walk (approx.) · 570 ft
Duane Reade~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,162 ft

Hospital

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital~9 min walk (approx.) · 2,470 ft

Park

Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,034 ft
Clement Clarke Moore Park~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,104 ft
The High Line~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,169 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~3 min walk (approx.) · 906 ft
Unnamed place~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,317 ft

Ev Charging

444 W 19th St - Basement~2 min walk (approx.) · 477 ft
The Caledonia~2 min walk (approx.) · 523 ft

Veterinarian

West Village Veterinary Hospital~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,535 ft
Downtown Veterinary Clinic~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,872 ft

Shipping

United States Post Office~2 min walk (approx.) · 616 ft

Clinic

Michael Callen-Audre Lorde Community Health Center~2 min walk (approx.) · 494 ft
Blavatnik Family - Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,003 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. 011 William T. HarrisPoint-in-polygon match. Not inferred from nearest school.Zoned (DOE attendance zone)

Nearby schools

Hudson High School of Learning Technologies~2 min walk (approx.) · 607 ft
Humanities Preparatory Academy~2 min walk (approx.) · 607 ft
James Baldwin School, The: A School for Expedition~2 min walk (approx.) · 607 ft
Landmark High School~2 min walk (approx.) · 607 ft

Daycare

CORLEARS SCHOOL~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,113 ft
CORLEARS SCHOOL~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,113 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 reports19
NOISE RESIDENTIAL16
ELEVATOR1
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY1
BUILDING CONDITION1
HEAT HOT WATER0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.3403
BUILDING CONDITION670
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL668
NOISE RESIDENTIAL502
SANITATION AREA353
HEAT HOT WATER279