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156 BEEKMAN STREET

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156 BEEKMAN STREET

156 BEEKMAN STREET · Financial District

Year builtBuilt 1823
Residences≈ 20
Floors6
Building typeRental

A 6-story rental built in 1823, with approximately 20 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.

In the South Street Seaport Historic District historic district

NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

This building sits in a Landmarks Preservation Commission historic district. Exterior work in a historic district generally requires LPC review.

LPC designation record · LPC designation record

FEMA flood zone AE

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

FEMA maps this building's location inside a Special Flood Hazard Area (zone AE). Lenders generally require flood insurance for federally backed mortgages in an SFHA.

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970184F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 27,698 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 27698 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 open DOB violation source records

NYC DOB

Of 30 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

3 major DOB filings (nearest: excavation or foundation about 68 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Thu May 25 · M00854325

Subway about 6 minutes away

MTA

Fulton St (2 3 4 5 A C J Z) is about 1485 ft from this building in a straight line (~6 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 332

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
Built1823
Floors6
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 20
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1000970010
BIN1001331
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 / transfers7
Mortgage records4
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building70
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentNot listed

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents0
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 records30
Currently open (source records)0
Complaint source records15
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits29
Jobs21
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators1
Latest FISP conditionNot available
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 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 score97

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.28.7
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.47.6
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.73.1
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.27,698
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 signal73.1
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 landmarkNot available
Historic districtSouth Street Seaport Historic District
Interior landmarkNot available

Architectural record

ArchitectNot determined
Primary styleNot determined
Primary materialBrick
Original useNot determined
Date range (as recorded)Not determined
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 districtC6-2A
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtLM
Zoning map12b
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area5,110 sq ft
Built floor area ratio5.42
Maximum residential FAR6.02
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 zoneAE
Special Flood Hazard AreaFEMA's regulatory designation for the 1%-annual-chance floodplain.Yes — inside the mapped SFHA
Base flood elevationDatum: NGVD2911 Feet
FIRM panel3604970184F

Hurricane evacuation

Evacuation zoneThe City orders evacuations by zone when a storm requires it.1
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 ft5
Within 250 ft0
Within 500 ft5
New building filings1
Demolition filings0
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.67 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

Fulton St~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 1,485 ft
Wall St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 · 1,891 ft
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall~9 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 6 J Z · 2,278 ft
Broad St~9 min walk (approx.) · Lines J Z · 2,438 ft

Bus

PEARL ST/FULTON ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15 SIM5 SIM35
PEARL ST/BEEKMAN ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15-SBS
PEARL ST/FULTON ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15 M15-SBS SIM5 SIM15 SIM35
PEARL ST / PECK SLIP~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4 QM65

Citi Bike

Peck Slip & South StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 45 docks (published)
Cliff St & Fulton StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 65 docks (published)
Water St & Fletcher StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~4 min walk (approx.) · 79 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

55 Fulton Market~3 min walk (approx.) · 921 ft
Jubilee Marketplace~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,223 ft

Pharmacy

Duane Reade~2 min walk (approx.) · 621 ft
Southbridge Pharmacy~4 min walk (approx.) · 966 ft

Hospital

New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,540 ft

Park

Peck Slip~1 min walk (approx.) · 323 ft
Fishbridge Garden~3 min walk (approx.) · 785 ft
DeLury Square~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,117 ft

Playground

Pearl St Playground~2 min walk (approx.) · 570 ft
Imagination Playground~2 min walk (approx.) · 583 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~3 min walk (approx.) · 794 ft
Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,067 ft

Ev Charging

Icon 299 Peal Street Seaport Parking - Tesla Destination~3 min walk (approx.) · 717 ft
Icon Parking 70 Gold Street - Tesla Destination~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,254 ft

Veterinarian

Bond Vet~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,352 ft

Shipping

United States Post Office~4 min walk (approx.) · 962 ft

Clinic

WCINYP at 53 Beekman~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,365 ft
Liberty Endoscopy Center~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,485 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

The Peck Slip School~2 min walk (approx.) · 655 ft
Manhattan Early College School for Advertising~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,673 ft
Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,673 ft
The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,673 ft

Daycare

KinderCare Education LLC~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,140 ft
KinderCare Education LLC~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,140 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.1637
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL498
NOISE RESIDENTIAL206
STREET CONDITION172
HEAT HOT WATER151
NOISE CONSTRUCTION146