2 West 13th Street, Manhattan

College · built c. 1913 · Block 576, Lot 36.

Building permits

Alteration, filed May 5, 2026, described as “Installation of suspended scaffold for facade work or inspection.”
Alteration, filed Jul 18, 2025, estimated cost $500K, described as “Application is filed for facade repairs. No change of use, egress or occupancy. The workshall be as shown and called for in the contract documents and shall include, but notlimited to, masonry repairs”
Alteration, filed Jun 23, 2025, described as “Suspended scaffold installation for facade repairs and inspections”
Alteration, filed May 19, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plan. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
Alteration, filed May 3, 2025, estimated cost $16K, described as “Interior removals associated with the preparation of the Classroom 300 at the New School for the abatement. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
Alteration, filed Jul 22, 2019, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”

Nonprofit exemption (college or university), with no end date, about $1,018,204 a year below the full tax.

C6-2 (part of the lot is C6-4): floor area ratio 11.14 built, above the 6.02 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

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

Part of Educational Building, 70 Fifth Avenue (Individual Landmark). 9 Landmarks Preservation Commission permits are on file.

The Educational Building, 70 Fifth Avenue (City Planning 2021M0424): Completed, filed May 28, 2021, decided Aug 31, 2021. An application by the Historic Landmarks Commission for the designation of an individual historic landmark, The Educational Building, located at 70 Fifth Avenue (aka 2-6 West 13th Street) in Greenwich Village, Community District 2,…