636 Water Street, Manhattan

An elevator apartment building on a 261,850 sq ft Manhattan lot on Water Street, zoned R7-2, built in 1940.

636 Water Street is an elevator apartment building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1002600001). The property is zoned R7-2, on a 261,850 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 813 residential units. It was built in 1940. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 6 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	1002600001
Borough	Manhattan — Community District 3
Neighborhood	Lower East Side
ZIP code	10002
Zoning district	R7-2
Building class	D9 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	261,850 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	813
Year built	1940
FAR	1.96 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

4 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation
1 open Housing Preservation & Development violation
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2023-10-31)

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.

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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.