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495 WEST STREET

495 WEST STREET · West Village

Year builtBuilt 1998
Residences≈ 9
Floors11
Building typeCondominium

A 11-story condominium built in 1998, with approximately 9 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations7
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 AE

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

FEMA maps this building's location inside a Special Flood Hazard Area (zone AE). Lenders generally require flood insurance for federally backed mortgages in an SFHA.

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970182F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 36,104 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 36104 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

3 major DOB filings (nearest: new building about 145 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Thu Apr 24 · M00587493

Subway about 8 minutes away

MTA

8 Av (A C E L) is about 2035 ft from this building in a straight line (~8 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 115

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
Built1998
Floors11
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 9
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1006410002
BIN1085761
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodWest Village
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 / transfers5
Mortgage records6
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building36
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 sales11
Exemptions0
Abatements0
Condo tax unitsTax-lot units, not apartment listings0
Offering Plan & Documents

NY Attorney General

Offering plans1
Document rows0
Available online0
Metadata only0
Amendments3
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 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.58.4
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.63.5
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.172.5
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.36,104
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 signal172.5
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 districtC1-7A
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning map12a
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area5,414 sq ft
Built floor area ratio5.56
Maximum residential FAR6.02
Land use category2
Building classR1
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 zoneAE
Special Flood Hazard AreaFEMA's regulatory designation for the 1%-annual-chance floodplain.Yes — inside the mapped SFHA
Base flood elevationDatum: NGVD2910 Feet
FIRM panel3604970182F

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 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 ft4
Within 500 ft1
New building filings1
Demolition filings0
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.109 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

8 Av~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines A C E L · 2,035 ft
Christopher St-Stonewall~9 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 2,413 ft
14 St~10 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 2 3 · 2,559 ft

Bus

GREENWICH ST/HORATIO ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes M11
BETHUNE ST/GREENWICH ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes M11
HUDSON ST/W 12 ST~4 min walk (approx.) · Routes L92 M14A-SBS
HUDSON ST/BETHUNE ST~4 min walk (approx.) · Routes M11

Citi Bike

Bank St & Washington StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 31 docks (published)
Washington St & Gansevoort StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 51 docks (published)
Bank St & Hudson StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~4 min walk (approx.) · 27 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

D'Agostino~3 min walk (approx.) · 808 ft

Hospital

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital~9 min walk (approx.) · 2,481 ft

Park

Abingdon Square~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,123 ft
Bleecker Playground~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,171 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,006 ft

Ev Charging

Superior Ink~1 min walk (approx.) · 139 ft
Apple Parking 332 W 11th Street - Tesla Destination~4 min walk (approx.) · 938 ft

Veterinarian

West Village Veterinary Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,921 ft

Clinic

Blavatnik Family - Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai~8 min walk (approx.) · 2,084 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

P.S. 003 Charrette School~8 min walk (approx.) · 2,128 ft
M.S. 297~10 min walk (approx.) · 2,555 ft
N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies~10 min walk (approx.) · 2,639 ft
N.Y.C. Museum School~10 min walk (approx.) · 2,639 ft

Daycare

WEST VILLAGE NURSERY SCHOOL~3 min walk (approx.) · 716 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 reports2
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY2
ELEVATOR0
BUILDING CONDITION0
NOISE RESIDENTIAL0
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.1983
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL470
HEAT HOT WATER343
NOISE RESIDENTIAL251
STREET CONDITION200
NOISE CONSTRUCTION178