131 WEST 16 STREET: Building Information, Records & Financials

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131 WEST 16 STREET

131 WEST 16 STREET · Chelsea

Year builtBuilt 1918

Residences≈ 48

Floors6

Building typeCondominium

A 6-story condominium built in 1918, with approximately 48 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations8

Record areas covered20

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 3604970201F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 39,792 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 39792 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade A

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Grade A 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

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

6 major DOB filings (nearest: excavation or foundation about 344 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Fri Apr 11 · M01189008

Subway about 2 minutes away

MTA

14 St (1 2 3 F L M) is about 565 ft from this building in a straight line (~2 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 229

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 typeCondominium

Built1918

Floors6

Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 48

Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1007920016

BIN1014598

BoroughManhattan

NeighborhoodChelsea

Financials

No records found

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 / transfers1

Mortgage records2

Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building7

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 sales21

Exemptions0

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 gradeDerived here from the filed ENERGY STAR score using the Local Law 95 thresholds. Not the grade posted at the building entrance.A

ENERGY STAR score99

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.55.6

National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.102

Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.153.8

Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.39,792

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 signal153.8

Landmark & Historic

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 districtR8A

Commercial overlayNot available

Special districtNot available

Zoning map8d

Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area9,200 sq ft

Built floor area ratio3.37

Maximum residential FAR6.02

Land use category3

Building classR4

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 panel3604970201F

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 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 ft8

New building filings0

Demolition filings0

Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.344 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

14 St~2 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 2 3 F L M · 565 ft

18 St~2 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 573 ft

14 St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines A C E L · 1,306 ft

23 St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 1,724 ft

23 St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines F M · 1,745 ft

Bus

7 AV/W 17 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M7 M20

6 AV/W 16 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M7 M55

AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS/W 16 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M7

6 AV/W 15 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C SIM33C

Citi Bike

W 17 St & 7 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 47 docks (published)

W 15 St & 7 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 79 docks (published)

W 15 St & 6 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 75 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

Westside Market~2 min walk (approx.) · 578 ft

Dainobu~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,167 ft

Trader Joe's~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,291 ft

Pharmacy

Duane Reade~2 min walk (approx.) · 650 ft

Rite Aid~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,068 ft

CVS Pharmacy~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,300 ft

Hospital

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,128 ft

Playground

Chelsea Green~3 min walk (approx.) · 847 ft

Parking

Centerpark West 17th Street Parking Garage~1 min walk (approx.) · 323 ft

Unnamed place~1 min walk (approx.) · 347 ft

Vincent 15 Parking LLC~2 min walk (approx.) · 436 ft

Ev Charging

Standard Parking 151 W 17th Street - Tesla Destination~1 min walk (approx.) · 272 ft

Icon Parking 101 W 15th - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 439 ft

Veterinarian

Bond Vet~2 min walk (approx.) · 461 ft

Pearly Bites Veterinary~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,158 ft

Shipping

Old Chelsea Station USPS~3 min walk (approx.) · 849 ft

Clinic

West 17th Street Family Health Center~3 min walk (approx.) · 856 ft

FMS-Southern Manhattan Dialysis Center~4 min walk (approx.) · 935 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

Sixth Avenue Elementary School~2 min walk (approx.) · 514 ft

Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,162 ft

Harvest Collegiate High School~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,217 ft

P.S. 041 Greenwich Village~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,566 ft

Daycare

LITTLE SCHOLARS LEARNING CENTER VII~2 min walk (approx.) · 573 ft

CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL~3 min walk (approx.) · 921 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.

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.5235

NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL1191

SANITATION AREA722

HEAT HOT WATER655

BUILDING CONDITION637

NOISE RESIDENTIAL556

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