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36 UNION SQUARE

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36 UNION SQUARE

36 UNION SQUARE · Gramercy

Year builtBuilt 1963
Residences≈ 70
Floors7

A building built in 1963, with approximately 70 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations8
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 65,430 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 65430 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade D

NYC DOB

DOB published energy efficiency grade D 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

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

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

12 major DOB filings (nearest: major alteration about 137 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Fri Aug 28 · M01354040

Subway about 2 minutes away

MTA

14 St-Union Sq (4 5 6 L N Q R W) is about 467 ft from this building in a straight line (~2 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 15

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

Building Intelligence Report

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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
Built1963
Floors7
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 70
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1008720001
BIN1017819
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodGramercy
Financials

No records found

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 / transfers20
Mortgage records1
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building33
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 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.D
ENERGY STAR score6

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.119.3
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.81.7
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.640.8
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.65,430
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 signal640.8
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 districtC6-4, C6-2A
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtUS
Zoning map12c
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area15,625 sq ft
Built floor area ratio4.19
Maximum residential FAR10
Land use category3
Building classD8
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.X
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 ft0
Within 250 ft8
Within 500 ft12
New building filings3
Demolition filings4
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.137 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

14 St-Union Sq~2 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 6 L N Q R W · 467 ft
3 Av~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines L · 1,389 ft
23 St-Baruch College~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines 6 · 1,544 ft
23 St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines R W · 1,933 ft
14 St~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines F L M · 2,171 ft

Bus

UNION SQ EAST/E 15 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M1 M2 M3
PARK AV SOUTH/E 18 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M1 M2 M3
E 14 ST/IRVING PL~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes L92 M14A-SBS M14D-SBS
E 14 ST/IRVING PL~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes L92 M14A-SBS M14D-SBS

Citi Bike

E 16 St & Irving PlDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 79 docks (published)
E 17 St & BroadwayDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 78 docks (published)
Broadway & E 14 StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 114 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

Whole Foods Market~3 min walk (approx.) · 808 ft
Westside Market~3 min walk (approx.) · 847 ft
Trader Joe's Pronto~3 min walk (approx.) · 914 ft

Pharmacy

CVS Pharmacy~1 min walk (approx.) · 347 ft
CVS Pharmacy~1 min walk (approx.) · 370 ft
CVS Pharmacy~2 min walk (approx.) · 581 ft

Hospital

NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,757 ft
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,816 ft

Park

Union Square Park~2 min walk (approx.) · 462 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,102 ft
Unnamed place~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,274 ft

Ev Charging

Champion Parking E 16th Street - Tesla Destination~1 min walk (approx.) · 112 ft
100 E 15th St - 100 E 15th St~1 min walk (approx.) · 388 ft

Veterinarian

BluePearl~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,309 ft
Gotham Animal Clinic~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,697 ft

Clinic

Avantus Irving Place Dialysis Center~1 min walk (approx.) · 328 ft
Mount Sinai-Union Square~2 min walk (approx.) · 589 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

Academy for Software Engineering~2 min walk (approx.) · 565 ft
Gramercy Arts High School~2 min walk (approx.) · 565 ft
International High School at Union Square~2 min walk (approx.) · 565 ft
Success Academy Union Square (Manhattan 1)~2 min walk (approx.) · 565 ft

Daycare

BEGINNINGS NURSERY SCHOOL, INC.~2 min walk (approx.) · 516 ft
THE EAST CHELSEA CHILDRENS WORKSHOP, INC.~4 min walk (approx.) · 979 ft
THE JACK AND JILL SCHOOL AT ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,000 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.

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.4636
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL1268
HEAT HOT WATER596
SANITATION AREA552
NOISE RESIDENTIAL520
STREET CONDITION437
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