# 655 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan

College · built 2021 · Block 2050, Lot 149.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/1020500149/655-st-nicholas-avenue

More construction in Harlem: https://umarelli.org/nyc/manhattan/harlem.md

## Building permits

- No Work, filed Jul 15, 2021
- Alteration, filed Jun 23, 2021, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of temporary platform per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 14, 2021, described as “Installation of temporary system stair/system scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 6, 2021, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of temporary material hoist per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 6, 2021, estimated cost $6K, described as “Installation of temporary debris chute per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 6, 2021, estimated cost $22K, described as “Installation of temporary roof protection per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 6, 2021, estimated cost $13K, described as “Installation of temporary needle beam per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 6, 2021, estimated cost $76K, described as “Installation of temporary supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 16, 2020, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed as per plans, sidewalk shed live load will be 300 psf, shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2014 code no change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 8, 2020, estimated cost $122K, described as “Civil plumbing work”
- Alteration, filed Jul 28, 2020, estimated cost $110K, described as “Filing for new boiler installation in conjunction with New Building #121206621.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 22, 2020, estimated cost $1.0M, described as “New plumbing, sprinkler and standpipe system in conjunction with new building #121206621 as shown on drawings filed herewith.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 10, 2020, described as “Installation of temporary fence as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 8, 2020, estimated cost $1.5M, described as “Mechanical work for new building as shown on drawings filed herewith.”
- Alteration, filed May 20, 2020, estimated cost $2.0M, described as “Structural work for new building as shown on drawings filed herewith”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $4,008,150
- Market value (city estimate): $8,907,000
- Taxable value: $0
- Assessed land: $640,350
- Assessed improvements: $3,367,800

## Tax breaks

- Nonprofit exemption (school), with no end date, about $434,804 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

R7A: floor area ratio 1.40 built, 4.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Flood zone

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

## Board and land use applications

- P1987M0121 (City Planning P1987M0121): Completed, decided Jan 22, 1987. DISPOSITION OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY, 3 PARCELS.

## In the news

[New Harlem Academy Building Opens at 655 St. Nicholas Avenue in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan](https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/12/new-harlem-academy-building-opens-at-655-st-nicholas-avenue-in-hamilton-heights-manhattan.html), New York YIMBY, Dec 23, 2021.

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