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38 LAIGHT STREET

38 LAIGHT STREET · Tribeca

Year builtBuilt 1896
Residences≈ 18
Floors8
Building typeCondominium

A 8-story condominium built in 1896, with approximately 18 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.

In the Tribeca North Historic District historic district

NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

This building sits in a Landmarks Preservation Commission historic district. Exterior work in a historic district generally requires LPC review.

LPC designation record · LPC designation record

FEMA flood zone X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

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

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970182F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 61,717 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 61717 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

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: major alteration about 455 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Thu May 26 · M00545877

Subway about 2 minutes away

MTA

Canal St (1) is about 459 ft from this building in a straight line (~2 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 325

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

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
Built1896
Floors8
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 18
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1002200036
BIN1086557
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodTribeca
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 / transfers8
Mortgage records5
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building51
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 sales23
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 gradeNot available
ENERGY STAR scoreTotal Number of Residential Living Units is too small.Not available

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.55.1
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.55.1
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.312.1
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.61,717
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 signal312.1
Landmark & Historic

Designation status comes from the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Landmark rules can affect exterior work and approvals — LPC, not Brickwise, decides what applies.

Designation

Individual landmarkNot available
Historic districtTribeca North Historic District
Interior landmarkNot available

Architectural record

ArchitectClinton & Russell
Primary styleRenaissance Revival
Primary materialCast Iron
Original useCommercial, warehouse
Date range (as recorded)1896
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 districtC6-2A
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtTMU
Zoning map12a
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area9,154 sq ft
Built floor area ratio6.74
Maximum residential FAR6.02
Land use category3
Building classR4
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 panel3604970182F

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

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 ft3
Within 500 ft5
New building filings1
Demolition filings0
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.247 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

Canal St~2 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 459 ft
Canal St~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines A C E · 825 ft
Franklin St~4 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 1,053 ft
Spring St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines C E · 1,840 ft
Canal St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines 6 J N Q R W Z · 1,884 ft

Bus

VARICK ST/WATTS ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M20
6 AV/GRAND ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes M55
HUDSON ST/NORTH MOORE ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes M20
6 AV/W BROADWAY~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes BxM18 M55 X27 X28

Citi Bike

Laight St & Hudson StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 87 docks (published)
Varick St & Watts StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 49 docks (published)
Greenwich St & Hubert StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 35 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.

Park

Albert Capsouto Park~2 min walk (approx.) · 445 ft
Duarte Square~2 min walk (approx.) · 620 ft
Grand Canal Court~3 min walk (approx.) · 732 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,148 ft

Ev Charging

Parkit 27 N Moore Street - Tesla Destination~3 min walk (approx.) · 833 ft
Parkit 10 Wooster St. - Tesla Destination~3 min walk (approx.) · 915 ft

Veterinarian

Tribeca Soho Animal Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,815 ft
Reade Street Animal Hospital~8 min walk (approx.) · 2,097 ft

Shipping

Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,145 ft

Clinic

The Door - A Center of Alternatives~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,072 ft
APICHA Community Health Center~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,925 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

Broome Street Academy Charter School~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,040 ft
Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,155 ft
NYC iSchool~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,155 ft
P.S. 150~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,307 ft

Daycare

VIVVI 1, LLC~2 min walk (approx.) · 552 ft
VIVVI 1, LLC~2 min walk (approx.) · 552 ft
TRIBECA COMMUNITY SCHOOL~2 min walk (approx.) · 619 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.