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538 HUDSON STREET

538 HUDSON STREET · West Village

Year builtBuilt 2021
Residences≈ 18
Floors7

A building built in 2021, with approximately 18 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.

In the Greenwich Village 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 38,332 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 38332 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

No open DOB violation source records

NYC DOB

Of 19 DOB violation source records on file, 0 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

Subway about 4 minutes away

MTA

Christopher St-Stonewall (1) is about 936 ft from this building in a straight line (~4 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 323

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 typeNot available
Built2021
Floors7
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 18
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1006210001
BIN1091682
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodOfficial NTA: West VillageWest Village
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 / transfers4
Mortgage records4
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building36
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentOn file

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents0
Complaint source records0
Bedbug filings2
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records19
Currently open (source records)0
Complaint source records17
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits71
Jobs66
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators2
Latest FISP conditionNot available
Assessments & Tax

DOF coverage

Assessment rows10
Public sale recordsPublic-record sales — not classified as comparable sales1
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.; Single Store is marked as No.Not available

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.48
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.46.1
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.196
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.38,332
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 signal196
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 districtGreenwich Village Historic District
Interior landmarkNot available

Architectural record

ArchitectNot determined
Primary styleUtilitarian
Primary materialNot determined
Original useCommercial, gas station
Date range (as recorded)1927
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 districtC1-6
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning map12a
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area8,020 sq ft
Built floor area ratio4.78
Maximum residential FAR3.44
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 panel3604970182F

Hurricane evacuation

Evacuation zoneThe City orders evacuations by zone when a storm requires it.5
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 block8
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

No records found

No records found

No recent DOB job filings were found on neighbouring properties within the searched radius.

Getting Around

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

Subway

Christopher St-Stonewall~4 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 936 ft
W 4 St-Wash Sq~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines A B C D E F M · 1,711 ft
14 St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 2 3 · 1,936 ft
8 Av~8 min walk (approx.) · Lines A C E L · 2,064 ft
Houston St~9 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 2,353 ft

Bus

HUDSON ST/PERRY ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M20
W 10 ST/HUDSON ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M8
HUDSON ST/CHRISTOPHER ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M20
W 10 ST/BLEECKER ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M8

Citi Bike

Greenwich St & Perry StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 45 docks (published)
Perry St & Bleecker StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 35 docks (published)
Bank St & Hudson StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 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~4 min walk (approx.) · 939 ft
Health and Harmony~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,019 ft
Brooklyn Fare~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,108 ft

Pharmacy

Rite Aid~1 min walk (approx.) · 129 ft
CVS Pharmacy~3 min walk (approx.) · 835 ft

Hospital

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,818 ft

Park

Bleecker Playground~3 min walk (approx.) · 703 ft
Abingdon Square~4 min walk (approx.) · 959 ft
Christopher Park~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,052 ft

Parking

Centerpark Charles Street Parking Garage~3 min walk (approx.) · 754 ft

Ev Charging

Parkright 738 Greenwich Street - Tesla Destination~1 min walk (approx.) · 383 ft
Apple Parking 332 W 11th Street - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 608 ft

Veterinarian

Abingdon Square Veterinary Clinic~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,782 ft
West Village Veterinary Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,953 ft

Clinic

NYU Langone Occupational and Industrial Orthopaedic Center (OIOC)~8 min walk (approx.) · 2,057 ft
Blavatnik Family - Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai~9 min walk (approx.) · 2,422 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~3 min walk (approx.) · 762 ft
M.S. 297~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,394 ft
P.S. 041 Greenwich Village~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,888 ft
High School M560 - City As School~8 min walk (approx.) · 2,058 ft

Daycare

VILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PRESCHOOL~3 min walk (approx.) · 713 ft
ST. LUKES'S SCHOOL~3 min walk (approx.) · 814 ft
BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,106 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.5601
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL1351
HEAT HOT WATER907
NOISE RESIDENTIAL766
BUILDING CONDITION498
SANITATION AREA483