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555 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

555 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS · Chelsea

Year builtBuilt 1974
Residences≈ 163
Floors6
Building typeRental

A 6-story rental built in 1974, with approximately 163 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations8
Record areas covered21

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 UNSAFE

NYC DOB

The latest exterior inspection under FISP Cycle 6 reports the building's facade as UNSAFE.

Wed Feb 21 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · FISP report

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 172,746 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 172746 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

3 DOB violation source records open

NYC DOB

Of 152 DOB violation source records on file, 3 are currently open. Counts are source records, not unique incidents.

Brickwise DOB sync · Violation source records

On HCR rent-stabilization building list

NYS Homes and Community Renewal

This building appears on the HCR registration list for buildings containing rent-stabilized apartments. That does not establish whether any specific apartment is rent stabilized.

2024 · 2024-DHCR-Bldg-File-Manhattan.pdf

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

11 major DOB filings (nearest: major alteration about 184 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Mon Jul 06 · M01422310

Subway about 1 minutes away

MTA

14 St (1 2 3 F L M) is about 137 ft from this building in a straight line (~1 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 229

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The complete record

Overview

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

At a glance

Building typeRental
Built1974
Floors6
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 163
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1007910036
BIN1014560
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodOfficial NTA: Chelsea–Hudson YardsChelsea
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 / transfers3
Mortgage records25
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building142
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationOn file
Managing agentOn file

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents17
Complaint source records104
Bedbug filings8
Litigations1
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

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

DOB

Violation source records152
Currently open (source records)3
Complaint source records80
Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits156
Jobs140
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators6
Latest FISP conditionUNSAFE
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

Not yet on Brickwise

Not yet available on Brickwise.

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 score16

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.95.5
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.75.2
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.1,442.2
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.172,746
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 signal1,442.2
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 districtC6-2A, R8B, R8A
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning map8d
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area30,975 sq ft
Built floor area ratio6.31
Maximum residential FAR6.02
Land use category4
Building classD6
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.6
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 ft2
Within 500 ft12
New building filings1
Demolition filings4
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.184 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~1 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 2 3 F L M · 137 ft
18 St~4 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 990 ft
14 St~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines A C E L · 1,673 ft
23 St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines F M · 1,883 ft
14 St-Union Sq~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 6 L N Q R W · 1,931 ft

Bus

AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS/W 16 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M7
6 AV/W 15 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes SIM1C SIM3C SIM4C SIM33C
6 AV/W 16 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M7 M55
6 AV/ W 14 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes X27

Citi Bike

W 15 St & 6 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 75 docks (published)
W 18 St & 6 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 69 docks (published)
W 15 St & 7 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 79 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

Westside Market~3 min walk (approx.) · 754 ft
Dainobu~3 min walk (approx.) · 836 ft

Pharmacy

Rite Aid~3 min walk (approx.) · 768 ft
Duane Reade~3 min walk (approx.) · 790 ft
CVS Pharmacy~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,022 ft

Hospital

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,156 ft

Playground

Chelsea Green~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,139 ft

Parking

Vincent 15 Parking LLC~1 min walk (approx.) · 117 ft
Centerpark West 17th Street Parking Garage~3 min walk (approx.) · 744 ft
Unnamed place~3 min walk (approx.) · 754 ft

Ev Charging

Icon Parking 101 W 15th - Tesla Destination~1 min walk (approx.) · 120 ft
Icon Parking 55 W 14th Street - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 525 ft

Veterinarian

Bond Vet~1 min walk (approx.) · 105 ft
NY Vet Practice~3 min walk (approx.) · 841 ft

Shipping

Old Chelsea Station USPS~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,276 ft

Clinic

FMS-Southern Manhattan Dialysis Center~2 min walk (approx.) · 587 ft
West 17th Street Family Health Center~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,262 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

Sixth Avenue Elementary School~1 min walk (approx.) · 348 ft
Harvest Collegiate High School~3 min walk (approx.) · 801 ft
The Clinton School~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,274 ft
P.S. 041 Greenwich Village~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,334 ft

Daycare

LITTLE SCHOLARS LEARNING CENTER VII~2 min walk (approx.) · 496 ft
LITTLE SCHOLARS LEARNING CENTER VII~2 min walk (approx.) · 496 ft
CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL~3 min walk (approx.) · 773 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 reports10
BUILDING CONDITION4
HEAT HOT WATER4
ELEVATOR1
NOISE RESIDENTIAL1
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.5104
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL1411
SANITATION AREA626
HEAT HOT WATER623
BUILDING CONDITION549
STREET CONDITION457
Rent Stabilization Signal

This is a building-level registration list signal only. It does not say whether any specific apartment is rent stabilized.

HCR registration list

Building list statusThis building appears on the HCR registration list for buildings containing rent-stabilized apartments.
Match basisBBL