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246 Mercer Street

655Records
17City systems
0Open violations
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Manhattan · ZIP 10012 · Neighborhood: Greenwich Village
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655 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 338 311 service requests, 59 DOB permits, 49 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10012
Built1981
Floors20
Res. units0
ClassH8
Owner (PLUTO)NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
BBL1005320008
BIN1066869, 1086637

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

157 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (80) · Mobile Food Vendor (29) · Homeless Person Assistance (7) · Illegal Parking (7) · Graffiti (6) · Panhandling (3).

Filed construction activity

$15,793,973 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (19 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.

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Head officerLINDA CHIARELLI
Managing agentNEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Last registered2025-10-16

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$60,329,000 $27,148,050
2026$62,127,000 $27,957,150
2027$68,068,000 $30,630,600

The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: STUDENT DORMITORY

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

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

SubwayBleecker St — 6 B D F M · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
8 St-NYU — R W · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 3 St — M1 M55 · 100 ft
Citi BikeMercer St & Bleecker St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 003 Charrette School
Middle: M.S. 297. 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

246 Mercer Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

157 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — 38 buildings, 1,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
100 Bleecker Street MN397 A
125 West 14 Street MN275 A
347 East 33 Street MN209 A
106 East 14 Street MN172 A
14 Washington Place MN151 B
130 Mac Dougal Street MN138 A
320 East 22 Street MN94 A
79 Washington Square E MN93 A
1 1/2 5 Avenue MN92 A
37 Washington Square W MN63 A
27 Washington Square N MN27 A
6 East 8 Street MN11 A
22 East 8 Street MN10 A
36 East 8 Street MN7 A
12 East 8 Street MN4 A
16 East 8 Street MN1 A
18 East 8 Street MN0 —
35 5 Avenue MN0 —
246 Mercer Street MN0 —
5 University Place MN0 —
433 East 30 Street MN0 —
35 Cooper Square MN0 —
15 Washington Place MN0 —
126 East 14 Street MN0 —
334 East 26 Street MN0 —
316 3 Avenue MN0 —
787 Broadway MN0 —
31 3 Avenue MN0 —
35 Washington Square W MN0 —
21 Union Square MN0 —
38 East 7 Street MN0 —
67 3 Avenue MN0 —
120 East 12 Street MN0 —
334 East 25 Street MN0 —
89 West 3 Street MN0 —
1 Washington Square N MN0 —
330 East 25 Street MN0 —
545 1 Avenue MN0 —

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017032802758
2018041001125
201904190326
202006150122
202109161127
202240300236
2023119350661
20240211107120
2025102270342
202681170127
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The full timeline

Construction 108Enforcement 93Housing & tenants 367Ownership & money 13Health & systems 74

Every one of the 655 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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