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85 JOHN STREET

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85 John Street

BBL 1000770001
Financial District-Battery Park City · Manhattan
Floors
14
Built
1926
Area
160.0ksf
Units
160

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Address

PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
Property address
85 JOHN STREET
Alternate address(es)
27-31 Gold St
83 John St
87 John St
Zip code
10038
Neighborhood
Financial District-Battery Park City
Borough
Manhattan
Block & lot
00077-0001

Zoning & buildable

Lot 12,180 sf · C6-4
Zoning district
C6-4
Special district
LM
PLUTO building class
D7
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Ownership

PLUTO · owner of record
HENRY 85
Ownership form
Rental
Last recorded sale
None since 2000

Ownership history · 1 record since 2000 — the parties, amounts, and connected properties in the full report.

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Tenancy & use

PLUTO units + DHCR rent-stabilization roll
160residential units14 rent-stabilized · 9%
Residential sq. ft.
147,400
Commercial sq. ft.
12,600
PLUTO class
D7
Rent stabilization constrains repositioning — buy-outs typically required to convert stabilized units to market-rate.

Stabilization history on file — the year-by-year DHCR roll, peak unit count and trend are in the full report.

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Lot

PLUTO · DOF parcel geometry
Lot area
12,180 sf
Dimensions
68.3 × 151.7 ft
Position
Corner lot
Front street
GOLD ST
Side street
JOHN ST
D/F ratio
2.2 typical NYC block geometry

Financial

NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
Total assessment
$18.3M
Land value
$4.5M
$/sf (implied)
$114

Compliance

HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Minor activity
0 open HPD violations · 0 open HPD complaints · 2 active DOB jobs
HPD violations (24 months)
0
DOB violations (24 months)
0
HPD complaints (24 months)
2
HPD complaints (open)
0
DOB jobs (24 months)
7
$204K in alteration permits over last 24 months

Provenance

Every datum on this page is sourced from public NYC + federal datasets, refreshed on the schedule below.
SourceWhat it coversLast refresh
PLUTONYC DCP · physical / zoning / ownership baselineJul 9, 2026
ACRISNYC DOF · deed + mortgage historyJul 9, 2026
HPDHousing Preservation & Development · violations + complaintsJul 9, 2026
DOBDepartment of Buildings · violations + permitsJul 9, 2026
DHCRRent Stabilization roll (through 2024)Jul 9, 2026
LPCLandmarks Preservation Commission · landmark statusnot loaded
FootprintNYC DoITT photogrammetric building polygonsnot loaded
Assembled at Jul 9, 2026. Discrepancies between sources reflect upstream-data quality, not assembly bugs — file in our quality tracker.

Data from NYC public records — Department of City Planning (PLUTO), ACRIS, HPD, DOB, DHCR and LPC. Presented for research; verify independently before relying on it.

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