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55 WALL STREET

55 WALL STREET · Financial District

Year builtBuilt 1842
Residences≈ 107
Floors9
Building typeCondominium

A 9-story condominium built in 1842, with approximately 107 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.

Designated individual landmark

NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated this building an individual landmark (National City Bank Building). Exterior work in landmark buildings generally requires LPC review.

Tue Dec 21 · LP-00040

FEMA flood zone X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

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

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970184F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 306,136 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 306136 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade D

NYC DOB

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

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

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

9 major DOB filings (nearest: major alteration about 113 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Wed May 04 · M00690568

Subway about 1 minutes away

MTA

Wall St (2 3) is about 332 ft from this building in a straight line (~1 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 333

Offering plan metadata on file

NY Attorney General

3 offering plans on file (0 document rows). Digital PDFs may be metadata-only or FOIL-possible.

NY AG offering plan records · 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
Built1842
Floors9
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 107
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1000270001
BIN1000827
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodOfficial NTA: Financial District–Battery Park CityFinancial District
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 / transfers4
Mortgage records4
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building56
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 sales85
Exemptions0
Abatements0
Condo tax unitsTax-lot units, not apartment listings0
Offering Plan & Documents

NY Attorney General

Offering plans3
Document rows0
Available online0
Metadata only0
Amendments24
Principals on file9
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.D
ENERGY STAR scoreMore than 25% of the Portfolio Manager-Calculated Property GFA is considered "Other."Not available

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.135.3
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.98.3
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.2,482
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.306,136
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 signal2,482
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 landmarkNational City Bank Building
Historic districtNot available
Interior landmarkNot available

Architectural record

ArchitectIsaiah Rogers
Primary styleGreek Revival
Primary materialGranite
Original useCommercial, bank
Date range (as recorded)1836 - 1842
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 districtC5-5
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtLM
Zoning map12b
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area31,469 sq ft
Built floor area ratio5.99
Maximum residential FAR10
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 panel3604970184F

Hurricane evacuation

Evacuation zoneThe City orders evacuations by zone when a storm requires it.4
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 ft11
New building filings0
Demolition filings1
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.113 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

Wall St~1 min walk (approx.) · Lines 2 3 · 332 ft
Broad St~2 min walk (approx.) · Lines J Z · 514 ft
Wall St~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 · 915 ft
Rector St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines R W · 1,202 ft
Rector St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 1,357 ft

Bus

WATER ST/GOUVERNEUR LN~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25 QM65
WATER ST/GOUVERNEUR LN~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15 M15-SBS
WATER ST/OLD SLIP~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15 SIM5
WATER ST/WALL ST~3 min walk (approx.) · Routes M15 SIM5 SIM35

Citi Bike

Pearl St & Hanover SquareDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 68 docks (published)
William St & Pine StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 57 docks (published)
Water St & Gouverneur LnDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 37 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

City Acres Market~2 min walk (approx.) · 548 ft
Whole Foods Market~3 min walk (approx.) · 827 ft
Jubilee Marketplace~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,182 ft

Pharmacy

Duane Reade~2 min walk (approx.) · 471 ft
Duane Reade~2 min walk (approx.) · 633 ft
Duane Reade~3 min walk (approx.) · 683 ft

Hospital

New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,956 ft

Park

The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden~2 min walk (approx.) · 432 ft
Vietnam Veterans Plaza~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,220 ft
Bowling Green~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,245 ft

Parking

dock 24/7~2 min walk (approx.) · 613 ft

Ev Charging

Icon Parking Wall Park - Tesla Destination~1 min walk (approx.) · 230 ft
Andaz Wall Street - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 457 ft

Veterinarian

Bond Vet~3 min walk (approx.) · 760 ft

Shipping

United States Post Office~1 min walk (approx.) · 230 ft
The UPS Store~1 min walk (approx.) · 276 ft

Clinic

Center for Hearing and Communication~3 min walk (approx.) · 921 ft
Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center~4 min walk (approx.) · 932 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

Millennium High School~3 min walk (approx.) · 683 ft
Lower Manhattan Community Middle School~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,099 ft
New York City Charter School of the Arts~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,099 ft
Richard R. Green High School of Teaching~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,099 ft

Daycare

GREEN IVY PINE STREET SCHOOL~2 min walk (approx.) · 514 ft
Green Ivy Pine Street, LLC~2 min walk (approx.) · 514 ft
LEMAN MANHATTAN PREPARATORY SCHOOL~2 min walk (approx.) · 597 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 reports9
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING4
NOISE RESIDENTIAL3
BUILDING CONDITION2
PESTS OR RODENTS0
MOLD0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.4015
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL1260
NOISE RESIDENTIAL644
STREET CONDITION610
NOISE CONSTRUCTION519
SANITATION AREA208