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453 FDR DRIVE

453 FDR DRIVE · Lower East Side

Year builtBuilt 1955
Floors20
Building typeCooperative

A 20-story cooperative built in 1955, with approximately 833 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 3604970203F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 581,560 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 581560 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade C

NYC DOB

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

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

Minimum 20% down payment reported

Domecile

Domecile lists a minimum down-payment / financing limit for this building. Policies may change — confirm with managing agent.

2026-08-21 · https://www.domecile.com/buildings/453_FDR_Drive

46 DOB violation source records open

NYC DOB

Of 242 DOB violation source records on file, 46 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

2 major DOB filings (nearest: new building about 453 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Fri Nov 14 · M01269055

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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Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeCooperative
Built1955
Floors20
Approx. residences (complex / tax lot)PLUTO units_residential is tax-lot / multi-structure scoped — not a single-building count≈ 833
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1002630008
BIN1083400
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodLower East Side
Purchase & Building Policies

Source: Domecile. Last checked: 2026-08-21. Policies may change. Confirm current requirements with building management.

Purchase & Ownership

Pied-à-terreNot allowed
Co-purchasingAllowed
GuarantorsAllowed
Minimum down payment20% — 80% of purchase price
Max financing80% — 80% of purchase price
Parents buying for childrenAllowed
Secondary residenceAllowed
Corporate purchase/leaseAllowed
Diplomat purchase/leaseNot allowed
LLC ownershipAllowed
Post-closing liquidityPost Closing Liquidity Required

Living Rules

PetsAllowed
SublettingAllowed
Washer/dryerNot allowed
SmokingNot allowed
Short-term rentalsNot allowed
AirbnbNot allowed

Board Process

Board summer recessThe Board of Directors has summer recess in July and August.

Fees & Transfer Costs

Application processing feeBuyer · Submission · 2900
Move-out depositShareholder · Upon Approval · 500
Credit / background checkBuyer · Submission · $250 per adult beyond the 2nd applicant
Attorney Fee (Non-Refundable)Buyer · Submission (Third Party Payable) · 500
Stock Certificate and Proprietary Lease Fee (Non-Refundable)Shareholder · Submission · $225 (if applicable)
Transfer Deposit Fee (Refundable)Shareholder · Submission (Third Party Payable) · 2500

Insurance

Homeowner's insuranceRequired
Renter's insuranceRequired

Management

Public contact rolesTransfer Agent

Amenities & Services

LaundryYes
ElevatorYes
Listed amenitiesAll Exposure Views; City Views; Designated Space(s); East River; Outdoor Lot (Private); Oversized Windows; Panoramic Views; Parking Available on Waitlist; Street Parking; Water Views; Windows in all rooms; No Dogs Allowed; 24 Hour Security; Porter; Security Guard; Basketball Court; Bike Storage; Children's Playroom; Community Room/Event Space; Elevator; Fitness Center; Laundry Room; Outdoor Parks; Video Surveillance

Additional building information (Domecile): 24hr. Laundry facilities available in all buildings.

Additional Building Information

Outdoor spacesChildren's Playground; Lawn Chairs; Parks Available; Private Balcony (Standard, Juliette, etc); Private Patio; Private Terrace
Building featuresFireproof
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 records8
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building3749
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentContacts on file

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents50
Complaint source records167
Bedbug filings0
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records242
Currently open (source records)46
Complaint source records137
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits526
Jobs468
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators12
Latest FISP conditionNot available
Assessments & Tax

DOF coverage

Assessment rows10
Public sale recordsPublic-record sales — not classified as comparable sales229
Exemptions34
Abatements22
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.C
ENERGY STAR score8

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.57.7
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.41.1
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.3,611.4
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.581,560
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 signal3,611.4
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 area212,250 sq ft
Built floor area ratioNot available
Maximum residential FARNot available
Land use category3
Building classD4
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.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 block11
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 ft0
Within 500 ft2
New building filings1
Demolition filings0
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.453 ft · New building
Getting Around

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

Bus

GRAND ST/FDR DR~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes L92 M14A-SBS M22
GRAND ST/FDR DRIVE~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M21
GRAND ST/FDR DR~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes L92 M14A-SBS M22
GRAND ST/FDR DR~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M21

Citi Bike

Cherry StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 36 docks (published)
Henry St & Grand StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 36 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

Fine Fare~2 min walk (approx.) · 567 ft
East Side Glatt~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,239 ft

Pharmacy

People's Choice Pharmacy~3 min walk (approx.) · 871 ft

Park

John V. Lindsay East River Park~1 min walk (approx.) · 104 ft
Corlears Hook Park~2 min walk (approx.) · 473 ft
Vladeck Park~3 min walk (approx.) · 869 ft

Playground

Henry M. Jackson Playground~3 min walk (approx.) · 794 ft
Sidney Hillman Playground~3 min walk (approx.) · 832 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,020 ft

Clinic

Betances Health Center~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,298 ft
Lower Eastside Service Center Inc~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,355 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

Zoned schoolPoint-in-polygon match. Not inferred from nearest school.Zoned (DOE attendance zone)

Nearby schools

P.S. 110 Florence Nightingale~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,207 ft
P.S. 134 Henrietta Szold~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,427 ft
University Neighborhood High School~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,444 ft
P.S. 184m Shuang Wen~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,905 ft

Daycare

EAST RIVER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER~1 min walk (approx.) · 274 ft
EAST RIVER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER~1 min walk (approx.) · 283 ft
GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT, INC.~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,005 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 reports19
HEAT HOT WATER9
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING5
NOISE RESIDENTIAL3
MOLD1
ELEVATOR1

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.1192
NOISE RESIDENTIAL636
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL186
STREET CONDITION87
HEAT HOT WATER71
NOISE CONSTRUCTION66