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59 Orchard Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan: Violations and Building Information
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About 59 Orchard Street
59 Orchard Street is an office building in Lower East Side, Manhattan, built in 1910, with 1 home and 12 other units, on 5 floors. The lot is 6,896 sq ft, zoned C6-2G.
- Building type
- Office building (class O5)
- Year built
- 1910
- Apartments
- 1
- All units
- 13
- Floors
- 5
- Building floor area
- 34,465 sq ft
- Lot area
- 6,896 sq ft
- Zoning
- C6-2G
- Floor area ratio
- 5.00 built of 6.50 allowed
- Programmes and lists
- Loft Law (IMD) · LL97: emission limits from 2024 · LL88 lighting
- BBL
- 1003080016
Zoning allows more floor area than the building uses: roughly 10,344 sq ft of unused development rights on paper. Zoning bonuses, overlays and lot conditions change the real number; an architect should confirm it.
From the city’s tax-lot records (DCP PLUTO), DOF, HPD, DOB and HUD programme lists. Zoning map for this lot.
NYC rules that apply here
Based on the building’s size, age and type. These apply whether or not anything is open.
- Loft Law (IMD)An Interim Multiple Dwelling under the Loft Law: former commercial lofts lived in as homes. The owner must legalise the residential units to code by Loft Board deadlines, under Loft Board supervision. Units become rent-stabilised once legalised.
- LL97: emission limits from 2024On DOB’s Local Law 97 list under Article 320: emission limits since January 1, 2024, report every May 1.
- LL88 lightingOn DOB’s Local Law 88 list: lighting in non-residential and common spaces had to meet code by January 1, 2025 (and tenant submeters in the largest buildings), with a report to DOB.
- HPD registration if rented outA one- or two-family home must register with HPD when neither the owner nor the owner’s family lives there. Read the guide
- Lead-paint rules for rented unitsBuilt before 1960: an apartment rented to a tenant falls under Local Law 1 (presumed lead paint, turnover work, records). Read the guide
- Natural gas alarms by January 1, 2027Every apartment in a building with gas service needs a natural gas alarm (Local Law 157 of 2016, deadline set by Local Law 102 of 2025). Read the guide
- Energy benchmarking and Local Law 97About 34,465 sq ft, over the 25,000 sq ft line: Local Law 84 benchmarking and the Local Law 97 emissions report are due May 1 if the building is on the covered list. Read the guide
How NYC violations are cleared
HPD violations
Housing code violations in three classes: C (immediately hazardous, such as no heat or lead paint), B (hazardous) and A (non-hazardous). Each is closed by correcting the condition and certifying the correction to HPD within its deadline.
HPD violation classes and how to clear themDOB violations and ECB summonses
Building code items such as boilers, elevators, gas piping and facades. DOB violations block permits and Certificates of Occupancy until dismissed; ECB summonses also carry a hearing and a penalty.
How to remove a DOB violationOther OATH summonses
Sanitation, environmental, health and fire-code summonses are heard at OATH. Each has a hearing date, and a missed hearing becomes a default at the maximum penalty.
OATH / ECB hearing guideWant it handled? Manhattan violation removal · HPD violation removal · DOB and ECB violation removal · Property management in Lower East Side
Source: NYC Open Data, compiled by Bulwark and last refreshed 10/24/2026. Records can lag the agencies’ own systems by a day or more. Owner and registration contact details are not shown on this page.
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