Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

275 Water St

built 1896 · 9 stories · 5 apartments
Registered with the city: CFA MANAGEMENT, INC. · 26 other buildings here list it; SEAPORT TOWERS CORP

Apartments named in these records

Apt 8 1

1 of this building’s 5 apartments is named in a city record. The rest have no record naming them, which is the usual case.

These are city records about an apartment, not about anyone who lives or lived there. They may not be used to screen a tenant.

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Jun
General construction permit
2024 Aug
General construction permit
2020 Jan
General construction permit
2019 Aug
General construction permit
2016 Mar
General construction permit
2016 Jan
General construction permit
Show 2 more
2013 Aug
No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade) never closed · DOB violation
1986 Jun
Doors and windows class C · never closed · HPD violation
Facade rating

Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Feb 2023)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-19 · See the facade filings at DOB →
What this counts

Most recent facade (FISP) filing in the latest 5-year cycle

Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the South Street Seaport Historic District

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit

Flooding

Issues on record
FEMA flood zone

In a FEMA special flood hazard area: AE

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Reached by future high tide (sea level rise, with no storm); Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Limited storm, today's sea levels: Not loaded (file format unreadable)

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps, as of 2024-07-03
What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

Heat and hot water

Older records on file
What has happened here
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 8 complaint
2019 Aug
Heating/ventilation permit
2016 Mar
Heating/ventilation permit
2007 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain LGB-12-S), registration current since Oct 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection May 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 1992

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

No issues on record
What has happened here
2024 Aug
Plumbing permit
2019 Jul
Plumbing permit
Water service line

Non-Lead (statistical analysis/predictive model)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Elevators

Issues on record, most recently 2023
What has happened here
2023 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation
2021 Mar
Elevator DOB violation
Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Jun 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

General condition and all records

DOB violations

4 open: 1 about building conditions, 2 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years

2023 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2021 Mar
Elevator
2013 Aug
No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade) never closed
2007 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at DOB →
What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 1 older record from 1986 never closed. 2 violations on record in all, 1986–2015 — the 1 most recent are listed here
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints. None in the last 2 years, but 1 earlier complaint on record from 2024

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
Rent and tenancyNot applicable
  • Rent stabilizationnot requiredNot on the state's list. Rent stabilization generally applies to buildings with 6 or more apartments

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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