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120 LIBERTY STREET

120 LIBERTY STREET · Financial District

Year builtBuilt 1900
Residences≈ 21
Floors13
Building typeRental

A 13-story rental built in 1900, with approximately 21 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations8
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.

Facade filed UNSAFE

NYC DOB

The latest exterior inspection under FISP Cycle 6 reports the building's facade as UNSAFE.

Wed Feb 21 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · FISP report

FEMA flood zone X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

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

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970184F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 60,842 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 60842 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade C

NYC DOB

DOB published energy efficiency grade C 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 101 DOB violation source records on file, 0 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

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

2 major DOB filings (nearest: major alteration about 464 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Tue Nov 11 · M01305052

Subway about 2 minutes away

MTA

Cortlandt St (2 3 A C E R W) is about 515 ft from this building in a straight line (~2 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 21

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The complete record

Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeRental
Built1900
Floors13
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 21
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1000520021
BIN1001040
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodFinancial 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 / transfers19
Mortgage records18
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building109
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentOn file

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents82
Complaint source records90
Bedbug filings8
Litigations4
Vacate orders1
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records101
Currently open (source records)0
Complaint source records30
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits112
Jobs86
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators4
Latest FISP conditionUNSAFE
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.C
ENERGY STAR score87

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.66.5
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.92.3
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.321.4
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.60,842
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 signal321.4
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 districtC5-5
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtLM
Zoning map12b
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area5,166 sq ft
Built floor area ratio11.22
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 zoneX
Special Flood Hazard AreaFEMA's regulatory designation for the 1%-annual-chance floodplain.No
Base flood elevationNot available
FIRM panel3604970184F

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 block11
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 ft3
New building filings0
Demolition filings0
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.450 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

Cortlandt St~2 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 A C E R W · 515 ft
WTC Cortlandt~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 758 ft
Wall St~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 · 823 ft
Fulton St~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 846 ft
Rector St~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 900 ft

Bus

CHURCH ST / LIBERTY ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4 X27 X28
CHURCH ST/LIBERTY ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M55
TRINITY PL/THAMES ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25
BROADWAY/CEDAR ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes X27 X28

Citi Bike

Albany St & Greenwich StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 46 docks (published)
Greenwich St & Rector StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 59 docks (published)
Liberty St & BroadwayDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 67 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

Eataly~1 min walk (approx.) · 183 ft
Whole Foods Market~4 min walk (approx.) · 990 ft
Gristedes~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,128 ft

Pharmacy

Duane Reade~3 min walk (approx.) · 724 ft
Duane Reade~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,024 ft
Rite Aid~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,126 ft

Hospital

New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,944 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~2 min walk (approx.) · 522 ft
Battery Parking Garage~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,142 ft
Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,148 ft

Ev Charging

200 Liberty~1 min walk (approx.) · 247 ft
Center Park 250 Albany - Tesla Destination~3 min walk (approx.) · 915 ft

Veterinarian

Bond Vet~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,746 ft
URvet Care~10 min walk (approx.) · 2,509 ft

Shipping

The UPS Store~3 min walk (approx.) · 898 ft
The UPS Store~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,216 ft

Clinic

Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center~4 min walk (approx.) · 994 ft
Center for Hearing and Communication~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,151 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

High School of Economics and Finance~1 min walk (approx.) · 185 ft
Leadership and Public Service High School~1 min walk (approx.) · 290 ft
Lower Manhattan Community Middle School~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,506 ft
New York City Charter School of the Arts~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,506 ft

Daycare

BRIGHT HORIZONS CHILDREN'S CENTERS LLC~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,065 ft
BRIGHT HORIZONS CHILDREN'S CENTERS LLC~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,065 ft
BATTERY PARK CITY DAY NURSERY, INC.~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,170 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 reports4
HEAT HOT WATER3
PESTS OR RODENTS1
BUILDING CONDITION0
NOISE RESIDENTIAL0
MOLD0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.2261
STREET CONDITION532
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL525
NOISE CONSTRUCTION432
NOISE RESIDENTIAL193
SANITATION AREA158
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