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173 AVENUE B

173 AVENUE B · East Village

Year builtBuilt 1900
Residences≈ 9
Floors5
Building typeRental

A 5-story rental built in 1900, with approximately 9 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations6
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.

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 121,234 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.

2023 · Reported gross floor area 121234 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

No open DOB violation source records

NYC DOB

Of 2 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

Subway about 6 minutes away

MTA

1 Av (L) is about 1491 ft from this building in a straight line (~6 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 119

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
Built1900
Floors5
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 9
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1003930008
BIN1004877
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodEast Village
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 / transfers3
Mortgage records2
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building21
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentOn file

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents3
Complaint source records8
Bedbug filings8
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records2
Currently open (source records)0
Complaint source records3
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits5
Jobs2
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 sales0
Exemptions14
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 gradeNot available
ENERGY STAR scoreGross Floor Area is too small.Not available

Reported energy use · 2023

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.67
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.89.1
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.502.6
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.121,234
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 signal502.6
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 districtR7A
Commercial overlayC1-5
Special districtNot available
Zoning map12c
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area2,325 sq ft
Built floor area ratio4.64
Maximum residential FAR4
Land use category4
Building classC7
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.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 block10
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 ft3
Within 250 ft0
Within 500 ft0
New building filings0
Demolition filings0
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.80 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

1 Av~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines L · 1,491 ft

Bus

E 10 ST/AVENUE B~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M8
E 10 ST/AVENUE B~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M8
E 10 ST/AVENUE C~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M8
AVENUE C/E 12 ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes M9 M14D-SBS

Citi Bike

E 11 St & Ave BDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 66 docks (published)
E 10 St & Ave ADock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 107 docks (published)
E 12 St & Ave CDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 41 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

C-Town~3 min walk (approx.) · 825 ft
Associated Supermarket~4 min walk (approx.) · 976 ft
Trader Joe's~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,283 ft

Pharmacy

Medilane Drugs~3 min walk (approx.) · 755 ft
Ave C Pharmacy~3 min walk (approx.) · 778 ft
Live Live and Organic~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,208 ft

Hospital

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai~9 min walk (approx.) · 2,337 ft

Park

11 BC Serenity Garden~1 min walk (approx.) · 285 ft
Children's Garden~1 min walk (approx.) · 304 ft
Joseph C. Sauer Park~1 min walk (approx.) · 322 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 988 ft

Veterinarian

Urban Vets Animal Hospital~2 min walk (approx.) · 643 ft
ABC Animal Hospital~3 min walk (approx.) · 875 ft

Clinic

Roberto Clemente Family Guidance Center~2 min walk (approx.) · 621 ft
Housing Works East 9th Street ADHCP~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,320 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 Children's Workshop School~1 min walk (approx.) · 307 ft
The East Village Community School~1 min walk (approx.) · 307 ft
East Side Community School~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,114 ft
P.S. 034 Franklin D. Roosevelt~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,261 ft

Daycare

BRIGHT HORIZONS AT EAST VILLAGE~4 min walk (approx.) · 936 ft
BRIGHT HORIZONS AT EAST VILLAGE~4 min walk (approx.) · 936 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
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY1
BUILDING CONDITION0
NOISE RESIDENTIAL0
MOLD0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.7617
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL1654
NOISE RESIDENTIAL1531
HEAT HOT WATER1309
BUILDING CONDITION967
SANITATION AREA464
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