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78 CHRISTOPHER STREET

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78 CHRISTOPHER STREET

78 CHRISTOPHER STREET · West Village

Year builtBuilt 1889
Residences≈ 15
Floors5
Building typeCooperative

A 5-story cooperative built in 1889, with approximately 15 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.

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

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

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

7 major DOB filings (nearest: demolition about 203 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Thu Aug 01 · M01069372

Subway about 1 minutes away

MTA

Christopher St-Stonewall (1) is about 163 ft from this building in a straight line (~1 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 typeCooperative
Built1889
Floors5
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 15
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1005910049
BIN1010198
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodWest 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 co-op UCC financing filings with identifiable secured parties were found in the recent window.

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

Co-op share financing appears as UCC / personal-property security filings, not real-property mortgages. Filings may be incomplete, assigned, or terminated; Brickwise does not infer outstanding loan balance.

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 records4
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building27
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 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

No records found

No records found

No Local Law 84 benchmarking disclosure was found for this building. Buildings below the benchmarking size threshold are not required to file.

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

ArchitectE. L. Angell
Primary styleRomanesque Revival (late)
Primary materialBrick
Original useResidential, multi-family
Date range (as recorded)1889
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 districtC4-5, R6
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning map12a
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area2,960 sq ft
Built floor area ratio3.91
Maximum residential FAR3.44
Land use category2
Building classC6
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 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 ft1
Within 250 ft4
Within 500 ft15
New building filings0
Demolition filings1
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.64 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

Christopher St-Stonewall~1 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 163 ft
W 4 St-Wash Sq~3 min walk (approx.) · Lines A B C D E F M · 908 ft
14 St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 2 3 L · 1,864 ft
Houston St~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines 1 · 1,936 ft
8 Av~9 min walk (approx.) · Lines L · 2,353 ft

Bus

CHRISTOPHER ST/7 AV SOUTH~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M8
7 AV SOUTH/BARROW ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M20
W 10 ST/BLEECKER ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M8
CHRISTOPHER ST/BLEECKER ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M8

Citi Bike

W 4 St & 7 Ave SDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~1 min walk (approx.) · 60 docks (published)
7 Ave S & Bleecker StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 87 docks (published)
Perry St & Bleecker StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 35 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

Gristedes~1 min walk (approx.) · 321 ft
Health and Harmony~4 min walk (approx.) · 953 ft
Tashkent Supermarket~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,031 ft

Pharmacy

CVS Pharmacy~1 min walk (approx.) · 139 ft
Rite Aid~3 min walk (approx.) · 777 ft
CVS Pharmacy~4 min walk (approx.) · 971 ft

Hospital

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,746 ft

Park

Christopher Park~1 min walk (approx.) · 330 ft
Sheridan Square Viewing Garden~2 min walk (approx.) · 414 ft
McCarthy Square~3 min walk (approx.) · 829 ft

Playground

West 4th Street Courts~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,073 ft
Minetta Playground~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,151 ft

Ev Charging

Parkright 738 Greenwich Street - Tesla Destination~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,091 ft
140 Charles St - Garage~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,241 ft

Veterinarian

Abingdon Square Veterinary Clinic~4 min walk (approx.) · 999 ft
West Village Veterinary Hospital~9 min walk (approx.) · 2,266 ft

Shipping

Mailbox NYC~3 min walk (approx.) · 686 ft

Clinic

NYU Langone Occupational and Industrial Orthopaedic Center (OIOC)~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,555 ft
FMS-Southern Manhattan Dialysis Center~8 min walk (approx.) · 2,220 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.) · 735 ft
M.S. 297~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,337 ft
P.S. 041 Greenwich Village~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,434 ft
High School M560 - City As School~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,737 ft

Daycare

BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE~1 min walk (approx.) · 340 ft
ACADEMY OF ST. JOSEPH PRESCHOOL~3 min walk (approx.) · 732 ft
ST. LUKES'S SCHOOL~3 min walk (approx.) · 888 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 reports1
BUILDING CONDITION1
ELEVATOR0
NOISE RESIDENTIAL0
WATER LEAK OR PLUMBING0
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY0

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.6397
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL1680
HEAT HOT WATER929
NOISE RESIDENTIAL923
SANITATION AREA707
BUILDING CONDITION534
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