36 West 93rd Street, Manhattan
School · built 1995 · Block 1206, Lot 20.
Building permits
- Alteration, filed Oct 22, 2025, described as “Facade repairs”
- Alteration, filed Jun 13, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Application for the temporary installation and use of supported scaffold as per plans filed herein. No change in egress, use, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 5, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Temporary installation and use of sidewalk shed as per plans filed herewith. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 13, 2025, estimated cost $445K, described as “Filing for exterior repairs, including sill cladding/coating, facebrick replacement, repointing, lintel reconstruction, shelf angle restoration, and helical tie installation. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 17, 2023, estimated cost $1.5M, described as “Herewith filing architectrual & structural work as per plans. No change to use, egress of occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 17, 2023, estimated cost $165K, described as “Herewith filing mechanical work to existing system as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 15, 2023, estimated cost $45K, described as “Herewith filing sprinkler & plumbing work to existing systems as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 16, 2021, estimated cost $17K, described as “Removal and disposal of suspended ceilings & floor finishes with installation of new partitions on the 4th Floor (Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School) as per plans. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $9,570,600
- Market value (city estimate)
- $21,268,000
- Taxable value
- $0
- Assessed land
- $2,466,000
- Assessed improvements
- $7,104,600
Tax breaks
- Nonprofit exemption (student dormitory), with no end date, about $1,038,219 a year below the full tax.
Zoning
R7-2: floor area ratio 4.91 built, above the 3.44 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Landmarks
Part of Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District (Historic District). 22 Landmarks Preservation Commission permits are on file.
Board and land use applications
- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 300-12-BZ): Variance or special permit, Granted, filed Oct 19, 2012, decided Oct 7, 2014. Variance (§72-21) to permit an enlargement of an existing school building (Columbia Grammar and Preparatory), contrary to lot coverage (§24-11), permitted obstruction (§24-33), rear yard equivalent (§24-332), initial setback distance…
- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 77-08-BZ): Variance or special permit, Withdrawn, filed Apr 2, 2008, decided May 7, 2008. Variance (§72-21) to permit the enlargement of an existing five-story with sub cellar and cellar school building. R7-2 zoning district.
- COLUMBIA GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXPANSION (City Planning P1999M0435): Completed. 98HPD015M: SEEKS ZONING BULK VARIANCES AND AMENDMENT OF THE WEST SIDE U RBAN RENEWAL PLAN TO PERMIT THE EXPANSION OF ITS EXISTING UP PER SCHOOL BUILDING