# 11 Essex Street, Manhattan

Vacant land · Block 297, Lot 24.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/1002970024/11-essex-street

More construction in Lower East Side: https://umarelli.org/nyc/manhattan/lower-east-side.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Multi-Family, filed Oct 5, 2022, 7 units, 9 stories, described as “Development HUB Initial Consultation completed on 08/02/2022 at 2:00 pm. Erect new residential buildings.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 8, 2025, described as “Application for the installation and use of suspended scaffold as per plans filed herein. No change in egress, use, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 9, 2025, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of temporary roof protection per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 26, 2025, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of temporary netting per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 21, 2025, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of Temporary Single Personnel/Material Hoists As per Plans Submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 25, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 25, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 10, 2024, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary standpipe with air pressurization alarm, for temporary use during construction operations. No change in occupancy, useor egress.filed in conjunction with #NB M08014320-I1”
- Alteration, filed Jan 28, 2020, described as “Installation of pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 18, 2019, described as “Installation of pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 21, 2019, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 29, 2019, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of temporary construction plywood fence as per plans during construction. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Fence to comply with chapter 33 of NYC building code of 2014.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $561,150
- 2026–27 tax: $38,555
- Market value (city estimate): $1,247,000
- Taxable value: $355,410
- Assessed land: $561,150

## Zoning

C6-2: floor area ratio 0.00 built, 6.02 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Aug 15, 2017: $11,400,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

## Board and land use applications

- Appeal (Board of Standards and Appeals 243-04-A): Appeal, Denied, filed Jun 30, 2004, decided Dec 7, 2004. An appeal challenging the Department of Buildings’ decision dated June 7, 2004, in which the department refused to issue a vacate order regarding subject premises, to facilitate needed repairs without endangering the occupants thereof.

## In the news

[Permits Filed for 11 Essex Street in Chinatown, Manhattan](https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/10/permits-filed-for-11-essex-street-in-chinatown-manhattan.html), New York YIMBY, Oct 9, 2022.

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology