All citiesSan FranciscoClevelandNew York CityWashington, D.C.CincinnatiLos AngelesOaklandSan Diego
Seattle and Austin coming October 1st.
SCANTHEBLOCK

Scan the Block · for developer or builder

The parcel's constraints, before the architect bills.

The lot's constraints, before the architect bills. The zoning district and any overlay, whether the lot is landmarked or inside a historic district, the floor area ratio already built against the ratio allowed, and every permit on file with the Department of Buildings — the feasibility questions, answered from the city's own roll in the order due diligence asks them.

The questions it answers

The sections that earn their keep

Zoning and heightThe district, the limit, and the historic status that decides what review an alteration needs.
Mapped hazardsThe FEMA flood zone with its panel, the federal wetland inventory read at the lot, and the EPA's compliance record for every regulated site on the surrounding blocks.
The building's permitsEvery filing on the parcel back to the earliest on record, with open items flagged.
What is coming nearbyWho else is already entitled within a radius — your comps for what gets approved here.
Mapped wetlandsWhether the federal inventory maps a wetland where the parcel stands. Filling or building on one engages the Clean Water Act, and it is the gate that decides a schedule before an architect has drawn anything.
Work permitted in the street outsideEvery street-use permit in force around the parcel, grouped by job rather than by block face, with the window each runs for — what the street is already committed to before you apply for your own.
The EPA's compliance recordWhat the agency holds a record for on the surrounding blocks, and how much of it is out of compliance — the neighbours a phase one will ask about.

Written for you

How to read a New York reportFour agencies keep the record here and none of them keys it the same way. Which number comes from where, and why two of them are not supposed to agree.Why the borough is not optional350 Broadway is a real address in more than one borough, and they are different buildings. This is the one thing a New York lookup cannot guess.Assessed is not market, and here the gap is the pointNew York assesses most property at a fraction of what it would fetch and limits how fast that figure may climb. A $577m assessment is not an estimate of the price.Built against allowed: the floor area ratioThe single most useful number on a New York lot, and one no other city in this product publishes. The Empire State Building is at 308% of what its own zoning now allows.

See it on a real address

Run any New York City address and the report reads that city's portal live, at the moment you ask. Plans start at $49 a month, billed monthly or annually, and re-reading a report you have run is always free.

See the plans Try an address

Also written for: buying a home · renting · owner or landlord · agent or broker · investor · lender or underwriter · insurance · hoa or property management · attorney or other professional · contractor or trade