180 Water Street

180 Water Street is a rental apartment building at 180 Water Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, converted by Metro Loft Management. It was built as an office building and reopened as rental apartments, part of the run of Water Street conversions that turned the district’s mid-century office stock into housing.

The building stands between John and Fletcher Streets, a short walk from the South Street Seaport, Pier 17 and the East River esplanade, with the Brooklyn Bridge approach just to the north. The Fulton Center, where the A, C, J, Z, 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains meet, is two blocks west, and Wall Street and the Stone Street lane are just south.

Completed in 1971 as an office building, it now holds 569 apartments over 29 floors. Metro Loft Management, which converted it, has specialized in turning older Financial District office buildings into rentals, including 20 Broad Street beside the Stock Exchange.

Like other conversions on Water Street, it offers large windows and generous ceiling heights inherited from its office past, and its location between the Seaport and Wall Street puts both within a few minutes’ walk.