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20 MADISON STREET

20 MADISON STREET · Two Bridges

Year builtBuilt 1950
Floors17
Building typeRental

A 17-story rental built in 1950, with approximately 1934 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations7
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.

FEMA flood zone X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

FEMA maps this building's location in flood zone X.

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970203F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 2,149,568 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 2149568 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade F

NYC DOB

DOB published energy efficiency grade F for this tax lot under Local Law 33.

Latest published grade · DOB Sustainability Compliance Map published LL33 letter grade

49 DOB violation source records open

NYC DOB

Of 317 DOB violation source records on file, 49 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

Subway about 6 minutes away

MTA

Chambers St (4 5 6 J Z) is about 1677 ft from this building in a straight line (~6 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 105

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

Zoned elementary: P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith

NYC DOE

DOE elementary attendance-zone polygon covers this building's coordinates. This is the zoned school, not merely the nearest school.

Elementary school zones 2024–25 · 02M001

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The complete record

Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeRental
Built1950
Floors17
Approx. residences (complex / tax lot)PLUTO units_residential is tax-lot / multi-structure scoped — not a single-building count≈ 1934
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1001110100
BIN1077417
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodTwo Bridges
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 / transfers0
Mortgage records0
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building5
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentNot listed

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents9
Complaint source records8
Bedbug filings0
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records317
Currently open (source records)49
Complaint source records168
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits756
Jobs650
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators24
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

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.F
ENERGY STAR score30

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.111
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.97.7
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.15,411.9
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.2,149,568
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 signal15,411.9
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 districtR7-2
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning mapNot available
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area781,000 sq ft
Built floor area ratioNot available
Maximum residential FARNot available
Land use category4
Building classD6
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 panel3604970203F

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.Not reported
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

Chambers St~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 6 J Z · 1,677 ft
Fulton St~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 A C J Z · 2,204 ft
City Hall~10 min walk (approx.) · Lines R W · 2,529 ft

Bus

SAINT JAMES PL/ROBERT F WAGNER SR PL~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15 M22
MADISON ST/SAINT JAMES PL~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15
MADISON ST/OLIVER ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15 M22
PEARL ST / PEARL ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15

Citi Bike

St James Pl & Pearl StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 27 docks (published)
Catherine St & Monroe StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 35 docks (published)
St James Pl & Oliver StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~4 min walk (approx.) · 48 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

Superfresh~2 min walk (approx.) · 475 ft
Met Fresh Foods of Manhattan~3 min walk (approx.) · 694 ft
Wai Wah Market~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,106 ft

Pharmacy

Generation~3 min walk (approx.) · 666 ft

Hospital

New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,879 ft

Park

Alfred E. Smith Playground~1 min walk (approx.) · 336 ft
James Madison Plaza~2 min walk (approx.) · 647 ft
Catherine Slip Malls~3 min walk (approx.) · 711 ft

Playground

Playground One~3 min walk (approx.) · 792 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,292 ft

Veterinarian

Bond Vet~10 min walk (approx.) · 2,607 ft

Clinic

Lower Eastside Service Center Inc~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,436 ft
Lower Eastside Service Center Inc~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,565 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

P.S. 001 Alfred E. SmithPoint-in-polygon match. Not inferred from nearest school.Zoned (DOE attendance zone)

Nearby schools

P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis~1 min walk (approx.) · 370 ft
Manhattan Early College School for Advertising~3 min walk (approx.) · 718 ft
Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers~3 min walk (approx.) · 718 ft
The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management~3 min walk (approx.) · 718 ft

Daycare

UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK~2 min walk (approx.) · 594 ft
HAMILTON MADISON HOUSE, INC.~3 min walk (approx.) · 678 ft
HAMILTON MADISON HOUSE, INC.~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,259 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 reports244
NOISE RESIDENTIAL234
ELEVATOR3
PESTS OR RODENTS2
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING2
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY2

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.1898
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL433
NOISE RESIDENTIAL392
HEAT HOT WATER282
STREET CONDITION163
SANITATION AREA149