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160 Water Street

1,427Records
21City systems
1Open violations
0.4Penalty rate

1,427 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 262 DOB permits, 217 311 service requests, 199 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10038
Built1972
Floors30
Res. units588
ClassD5
Owner (PLUTO)EO 160 WATER LLC
BBL1000700043
BIN1001135

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 88% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.4. In ZIP 10038, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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B
C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2026-04-29.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’24–25
2
’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

69 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (24) · Vendor Enforcement (14) · Illegal Parking (4) · Street Condition (3) · Encampment (3) · Lead (2).

Filed construction activity

$719,008,637 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (73 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1972)
YesSix or more residential units (588)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)EO 160 Water LLC
Head officerFrank Scaffa
Managing agentMaria Figueroa
Last registered2025-07-03

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$113,987,000 $51,294,150
2026$180,193,000 $81,086,850
2027$182,573,000 $82,157,850

The city's market estimate has risen 60% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)C — ENERGY STAR score 62/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNONE
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Funny Face BakeryBakery Products/DessertsA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.

Hurricane evacuation zone 1 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayFulton St — 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Water St / John St — M15 · 150 ft
Citi BikeWater St & Fletcher St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: The Peck Slip School
Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.

Report a problem to 311

160 Water Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

69 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.

311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $40,970,041 on 2022-09-08 (lender: Bref VI Trs LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-10-01M&CON $238,000,000 — from EO 160 WATER LLC to EQUITABLE FINANCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $238,000,000
2023-11-29RPTT&RET $1,333,901 — from JEFFREY, LYNN to MICHAEL BEN-JACOB, TTEE THE LYNN JEFFREY $1,333,901
2022-09-08Mortgage $40,970,042 — from EO 160 WATER LLC to BREF VI TRS LLC $40,970,042
2022-09-08Mortgage $96,599,688 — from EO 160 WATER LLC to BREF VI TRS LLC $96,599,688
2022-09-08M&CON $73,625,000 — from EO 160 WATER LLC to BREF VI TRS LLC $73,625,000
2021-05-24Agreement $70,000,000 — from EO 160 WATER LLC to BREF VI TRS LLC $70,000,000
2014-05-07Deed $165,000,000 — from 160 WATER STREET ASSOCIATES L.P. to EO 160 WATER LLC $165,000,000
2014-05-07M&CON $99,600,000 — from EO 160 WATER LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO $99,600,000
2014-03-19RPTT&RET $1,333,099 — from JEFFREY, NOEL to THE NOEL JEFFREY FAMILY TRUST $1,333,099
2011-01-11AL&R $56,000,000 — from 160 WATER STREET ASSOCIATES L.P. to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $56,000,000
2011-01-11Agreement $56,000,000 — from 160 WATER STREET ASSOCIATES L.P. to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $56,000,000
2011-01-11Mortgage $4,762,524 — from 160 WATER STREET ASSOCIATES L.P. to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $4,762,524
2007-01-17RPTT $15,792,259 — from MCI, INC, ON BEHALF OF ITS FORMER SHAREH; SHAREHOLDERS OF MCI INC.; MCI, INC., ON BEHALF O to ELI ACQUISITION LLC; ELI ACQUISITION LLC $15,792,259
2007-01-17RPTT $15,792,259 — from MCI, INC, ON BEHALF OF ITS FORMER SHAREH; SHAREHOLDERS OF MCI INC.; MCI, INC., ON BEHALF O to ELI ACQUISITION LLC; ELI ACQUISITION LLC $15,792,259
2004-03-26Agreement $55,278,611 — from 160 WATER STREET ASSOCIATES; G.L.O. MANAGEMENT, INC. to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $55,278,611

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171425200564
2018651001233
2019026160446
202005100015
20212317934092
20225821239100211
20233722641079
20243120231479
2025835284580
202637260036
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The full timeline

Construction 477Enforcement 336Housing & tenants 231Ownership & money 196Health & systems 187

Every one of the 1,427 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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