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Popular:1 MORTON SQUARE1 UNIVERSITY PLACE1 WALL STREET
160 WATER STREET

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160 WATER STREET

160 WATER STREET · Financial District

Year builtBuilt 1972
Residences≈ 588
Floors30

A building built in 1972, with approximately 588 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.

Facade filed SAFE

NYC DOB

The latest exterior inspection under FISP Cycle 8 reports the building's facade as SAFE.

Wed Feb 21 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · FISP report

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 531,682 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 531682 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

33 DOB violation source records open

NYC DOB

Of 279 DOB violation source records on file, 33 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

6 major DOB filings (nearest: major alteration about 221 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Fri Mar 27 · M01376401

Subway about 3 minutes away

MTA

Wall St (2 3) is about 891 ft from this building in a straight line (~3 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 333

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

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The complete record

Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeNot available
Built1972
Floors30
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 588
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1000700043
BIN1001135
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodOfficial NTA: Financial District–Battery Park CityFinancial District
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 / transfers4
Mortgage records24
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building226
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentContacts on file

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents2
Complaint source records8
Bedbug filings2
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records279
Currently open (source records)33
Complaint source records58
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits221
Jobs199
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators18
Latest FISP conditionSAFE
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

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.C
ENERGY STAR score86

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.40.1
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.53.5
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.1,960.6
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.531,682
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 signal1,960.6
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 districtNot available
Zoning mapNot available
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area24,092 sq ft
Built floor area ratioNot available
Maximum residential FARNot available
Land use category3
Building classD5
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: NGVD2910 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 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 ft3
Within 500 ft8
New building filings0
Demolition filings0
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.221 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

Wall St~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 · 891 ft
Fulton St~4 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 972 ft
Broad St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines J Z · 1,437 ft
Wall St~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 · 1,677 ft
Cortlandt St~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 E R W · 2,004 ft

Bus

WATER ST/JOHN ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15
WATER ST/JOHN ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes QM11 QM25
WATER ST/MAIDEN LN~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes QM7 QM8 QM65 SIM5 SIM15 SIM35
WATER ST / PINE ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4

Citi Bike

Water St & Fletcher StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 79 docks (published)
Maiden Ln & Pearl StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 29 docks (published)
Front St & Pine StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 53 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

City Acres Market~2 min walk (approx.) · 466 ft
Jubilee Marketplace~2 min walk (approx.) · 545 ft
55 Fulton Market~3 min walk (approx.) · 780 ft

Pharmacy

Duane Reade~2 min walk (approx.) · 470 ft
Duane Reade~4 min walk (approx.) · 967 ft
Southbridge Pharmacy~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,021 ft

Hospital

New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,326 ft

Park

DeLury Square~3 min walk (approx.) · 868 ft
The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,218 ft
Peck Slip~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,278 ft

Playground

Imagination Playground~2 min walk (approx.) · 578 ft
Pearl St Playground~3 min walk (approx.) · 682 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,072 ft
Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,139 ft

Ev Charging

Icon 299 Peal Street Seaport Parking - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 459 ft
The State-Whitehall Co - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 492 ft

Veterinarian

Bond Vet~1 min walk (approx.) · 377 ft

Shipping

United States Post Office~1 min walk (approx.) · 246 ft
PhysicalAddress.com~3 min walk (approx.) · 800 ft

Clinic

Liberty Endoscopy Center~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,138 ft
WCINYP at 53 Beekman~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,165 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

The Peck Slip SchoolPoint-in-polygon match. Not inferred from nearest school.Zoned (DOE attendance zone)

Nearby schools

The Peck Slip School~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,200 ft
Spruce Street School~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,652 ft
Millennium High School~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,660 ft
Leadership and Public Service High School~8 min walk (approx.) · 1,986 ft

Daycare

BRIGHT MINDS CENTER~1 min walk (approx.) · 360 ft
GOLDEN MINDS PREP LLC~2 min walk (approx.) · 440 ft
KinderCare Education LLC~2 min walk (approx.) · 443 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 reports12
NOISE RESIDENTIAL6
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY2
ELEVATOR2
BUILDING CONDITION1
HEAT HOT WATER1

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.3675
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL1255
NOISE RESIDENTIAL557
STREET CONDITION450
NOISE CONSTRUCTION386
SANITATION AREA246