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261 BROADWAY

261 BROADWAY · Tribeca

Year builtBuilt 1915
Residences≈ 65
Floors12
Building typeCondominium

A 12-story condominium built in 1915, with approximately 65 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.

FEMA flood zone X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

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

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970184F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 116,750 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 116750 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade B

NYC DOB

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

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

No DOB violation source records

NYC DOB

Brickwise found no DOB violation source records for this building in synced datasets.

Brickwise DOB sync · DOB violation datasets

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

4 major DOB filings (nearest: demolition about 112 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Wed Aug 05 · M01404775

Subway about 1 minutes away

MTA

City Hall (R W) is about 240 ft from this building in a straight line (~1 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 20

Offering plan metadata on file

NY Attorney General

1 offering plan on file (0 document rows). Digital PDFs may be metadata-only or FOIL-possible.

NY AG offering plan records · AG offering plan database

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 typeCondominium
Built1915
Floors12
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 65
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1001350033
BIN1001473
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodTribeca
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 / transfers4
Mortgage records3
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building102
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationNo records found
Managing agentNot listed

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents0
Complaint source records0
Bedbug filings0
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

No records found

No DOB violation or complaint source records found in synced datasets.

Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits0
Jobs0
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 sales25
Exemptions0
Abatements0
Condo tax unitsTax-lot units, not apartment listings0
Offering Plan & Documents

NY Attorney General

Offering plans1
Document rows0
Available online0
Metadata only0
Amendments0
Principals on file0
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.B
ENERGY STAR score96

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.31.7
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.53.4
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.310.3
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.116,750
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 signal310.3
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 districtC5-3
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning map12b
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area9,500 sq ft
Built floor area ratio11.73
Maximum residential FAR10
Land use category4
Building classRM
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 panel3604970184F

Hurricane evacuation

Evacuation zoneThe City orders evacuations by zone when a storm requires it.6
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 ft0
Within 250 ft5
Within 500 ft5
New building filings0
Demolition filings1
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.112 ft · Demolition
Getting Around

Distances are straight-line from this building's mapped point. Walk times are an approximation (~3 mph), not routed directions.

Subway

City Hall~1 min walk (approx.) · Lines R W · 240 ft
Chambers St~2 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 A C E R W · 450 ft
Chambers St~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 2 3 · 847 ft
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 6 J Z · 848 ft
Fulton St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 1,312 ft

Bus

BROADWAY/WARREN ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M22 SIM2 SIM34
BROADWAY/CHAMBERS ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M55 SIM1 SIM3C SIM32 SIM33C
BROADWAY/CHAMBERS ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes BxM18
CHAMBERS ST/BROADWAY~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M22

Citi Bike

Reade St & BroadwayDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 62 docks (published)
Warren St & W BroadwayDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 71 docks (published)
Park Pl & Church StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 54 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.

Pharmacy

Duane Reade~2 min walk (approx.) · 477 ft
CVS Pharmacy~2 min walk (approx.) · 485 ft
Duane Reade~3 min walk (approx.) · 671 ft

Hospital

New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,346 ft

Park

City Hall Park~2 min walk (approx.) · 647 ft
Thomas Paine Park~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,222 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~3 min walk (approx.) · 761 ft
Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,003 ft
Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,160 ft

Ev Charging

NYC GOV ONLY - Manhattan | Lower Manhattan | 10 Reade St~3 min walk (approx.) · 728 ft
Icon Parking 54 Murray Street - Tesla Destination~3 min walk (approx.) · 824 ft

Veterinarian

Reade Street Animal Hospital~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,307 ft
URvet Care~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,707 ft

Shipping

The UPS Store~2 min walk (approx.) · 429 ft
DHL~2 min walk (approx.) · 507 ft

Clinic

New York Presbyterian / Lower Manhattan Cancer Center~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,172 ft
Liberty Endoscopy Center~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,492 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

Spruce Street School~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,042 ft
Manhattan Early College School for Advertising~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,923 ft
Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,923 ft
The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,923 ft

Daycare

KIDDIE ACADEMY OF TRIBECA~2 min walk (approx.) · 432 ft
KIDDIE ACADEMY OF TRIBECA~2 min walk (approx.) · 432 ft
READE STREET PREP~2 min walk (approx.) · 442 ft
Quality of Life

No records found

No records found

No 311 service requests were found for this building or nearby in the last 12 months.