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5 EAST 17 STREET

5 EAST 17 STREET · Chelsea

Year builtBuilt 1902
Residences≈ 6
Floors8
Building typeCondominium

A 8-story condominium built in 1902, with approximately 6 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.

Facade filed SWARMP

NYC DOB

The latest exterior inspection under FISP Cycle 7 reports the building's facade as SWARMP.

Wed Oct 06 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · FISP report

In the Ladies' Mile 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 3604970201F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 50,000 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 50000 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

2 DOB violation source records open

NYC DOB

Of 67 DOB violation source records on file, 2 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

7 major DOB filings (nearest: excavation or foundation about 138 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Thu Dec 11 · M01307523

Subway about 3 minutes away

MTA

14 St-Union Sq (4 5 6 L N Q R W) is about 836 ft from this building in a straight line (~3 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

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The complete record

Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeCondominium
Built1902
Floors8
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 6
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1008460006
BIN1016113
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodChelsea
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 / transfers3
Mortgage records2
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building22
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentOn file

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents5
Complaint source records0
Bedbug filings9
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records67
Currently open (source records)2
Complaint source records18
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits174
Jobs129
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators3
Latest FISP conditionSWARMP
Assessments & Tax

DOF coverage

Assessment rows10
Public sale recordsPublic-record sales — not classified as comparable sales2
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.54.4
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.62.6
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.225
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.50,000
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 signal225
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 districtLadies' Mile Historic District
Interior landmarkNot available

Architectural record

ArchitectEdwin Wilbur
Primary styleneo-Renaissance
Primary materialBrick
Original useCommercial, store and lofts
Date range (as recorded)1900 - 1902
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 districtM1-5M
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning map8d
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area5,845 sq ft
Built floor area ratio8.49
Maximum residential FAR0
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 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 ft5
Within 500 ft16
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

14 St-Union Sq~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 6 L N Q R W · 836 ft
14 St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 2 3 F L M · 1,328 ft
23 St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines R W · 1,356 ft
23 St-Baruch College~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines 6 · 1,507 ft
23 St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines F M · 1,845 ft

Bus

5 AV/W 17 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M1 M2 M3 M55
5 AV/W 20 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M1 M2 M3 M55
PARK AV SOUTH/E 18 ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes M1 M2 M3
E 14 ST/UNION SQUARE WEST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes L92 M14A-SBS M14D-SBS

Citi Bike

E 16 St & 5 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 65 docks (published)
Broadway & E 19 StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 99 docks (published)
E 17 St & BroadwayDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 78 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~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,146 ft
Morton Williams~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,296 ft

Pharmacy

CVS Pharmacy~3 min walk (approx.) · 894 ft
CVS Pharmacy~3 min walk (approx.) · 898 ft
CVS Pharmacy~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,001 ft

Hospital

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital~10 min walk (approx.) · 2,510 ft

Park

Union Square Park~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,009 ft

Parking

Unnamed place~3 min walk (approx.) · 819 ft
Unnamed place~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,103 ft

Ev Charging

Standard Parking 21 East 15th Street - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 616 ft
Icon Parking 16 W 16th Street - Tesla Destination~3 min walk (approx.) · 730 ft

Veterinarian

BluePearl~3 min walk (approx.) · 671 ft
Prism Veterinary Dentistry~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,100 ft

Clinic

Union Square Eye Care~4 min walk (approx.) · 977 ft
Mount Sinai-Union Square~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,134 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

Ballet Tech, NYC Public School for Dance~2 min walk (approx.) · 577 ft
The Clinton School~2 min walk (approx.) · 628 ft
Sixth Avenue Elementary School~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,220 ft
Harvest Collegiate High School~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,314 ft

Daycare

THE EAST CHELSEA CHILDRENS WORKSHOP, INC.~1 min walk (approx.) · 358 ft
Rebecca School~3 min walk (approx.) · 923 ft
THE MONTESSORI AT FLATIRON~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,183 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
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING1
NOISE RESIDENTIAL1
BUILDING CONDITION0
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY0
PESTS OR RODENTS0