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198 AVENUE A

198 AVENUE A · East Village

Year builtBuilt 1910
Residences≈ 8
Floors5
Building typeRental

A 5-story rental built in 1910, with approximately 8 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations5
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

3 DOB violation source records open

NYC DOB

Of 25 DOB violation source records on file, 3 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 3 minutes away

MTA

1 Av (L) is about 674 ft from this building in a straight line (~3 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
Built1910
Floors5
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 8
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1004060003
BIN1005198
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 / transfers1
Mortgage records5
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 incidents74
Complaint source records58
Bedbug filings6
Litigations6
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records25
Currently open (source records)3
Complaint source records79
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits24
Jobs22
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
Exemptions0
Abatements0
Condo tax unitsTax-lot units, not apartment listings0
Offering Plan & Documents

Not yet on Brickwise

Not yet available on Brickwise.

Energy & Emissions

No records found

No records found

No Local Law 84 benchmarking disclosure was found for this building. Buildings below the benchmarking size threshold are not required to file.

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 overlayC2-5
Special districtNot available
Zoning map12c
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area2,472 sq ft
Built floor area ratio3.62
Maximum residential FAR4
Land use category2
Building classC4
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.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 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

No records found

No records found

No recent DOB job filings were found on neighbouring properties within the searched radius.

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~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines L · 674 ft
3 Av~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines L · 1,968 ft

Bus

AVENUE A/E 11 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes L92 M14A-SBS
AVENUE A/E 14 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes L92
AV A/E 14 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes L92
E 14 ST/AVENUE A~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M14A-SBS M14D-SBS

Citi Bike

E 13 St & Ave ADock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 90 docks (published)
Ave A & E 11 StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 69 docks (published)
Ave A & E 14 StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 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

Trader Joe's~2 min walk (approx.) · 484 ft
Whole Foods Market~3 min walk (approx.) · 698 ft

Pharmacy

NYC Pharmacy~3 min walk (approx.) · 730 ft
Live Live and Organic~3 min walk (approx.) · 742 ft
Medilane Drugs~3 min walk (approx.) · 769 ft

Hospital

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,521 ft
NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,898 ft

Park

Dias Y Flores~1 min walk (approx.) · 271 ft
El Sol Brilliante Jr~2 min walk (approx.) · 438 ft
Joseph C. Sauer Park~2 min walk (approx.) · 517 ft

Playground

Lower East Side Playground~2 min walk (approx.) · 637 ft

Ev Charging

Parkit 310 E 11th Street - Tesla Destination~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,314 ft

Veterinarian

ABC Animal Hospital~1 min walk (approx.) · 48 ft
East Village Animal Clinic~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,264 ft

Shipping

US Post Office~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,113 ft

Clinic

Roberto Clemente Family Guidance Center~2 min walk (approx.) · 474 ft
New York Eye & Ear Outpatient Center~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,612 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

East Side Community School~2 min walk (approx.) · 439 ft
The Children's Workshop School~4 min walk (approx.) · 946 ft
The East Village Community School~4 min walk (approx.) · 946 ft
P.S. 019 Asher Levy~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,042 ft

Daycare

BRIGHT HORIZONS AT EAST VILLAGE~2 min walk (approx.) · 586 ft
BRIGHT HORIZONS AT EAST VILLAGE~2 min walk (approx.) · 586 ft
THE EDUCTIONAL ALLIANCE, INC.~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,057 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 reports40
BUILDING CONDITION24
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY10
HEAT HOT WATER4
PESTS OR RODENTS1
NOISE RESIDENTIAL1

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.7756
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL1620
HEAT HOT WATER1569
NOISE RESIDENTIAL1214
BUILDING CONDITION1020
SANITATION AREA622
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